Explore Flight — Airborne Research at NASA
Event Date: Nov. 2 at 1 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580485
For decades, NASA has utilized aircraft and high-altitude scientific balloons. Both platforms are useful for enhancing understanding of our planet and the universe, while also providing suborbital opportunities to develop new instruments. This work also provides an essential complement to validate measurements taken by Earth-observing satellites. We will explore NASA's Airborne Science and Balloon Programs to learn more about these versatile platforms, specific research projects and their role in inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Mission Biomes and the Earth System Data Explorer — an Overview of Two Tools NASA Offers for Education
Event Date: Nov. 2 at 4:30 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580473
Mission Biomes is an activity hosted by NASA Earth Observatory to support interactive learning and awareness of seven terrestrial biomes: Rainforest, Grassland, Temperate Deciduous Forest, Coniferous Forest, Desert, Tundra and Shrub land. This webinar will provide an overview of the Mission Biomes website, activities created to test user knowledge and teacher resources to explore further. Participants will also learn about related datasets offered on My NASA Data’s Earth System Data Explorer and how users can visualize these data showing patterns over space and time.
STEM Teaching Tips for Parents and Caregivers
Event Date: Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580614
This webinar is designed to help parents and caregivers learn how to guide STEM student learning in a home setting using expert tips and strategies. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), the Mathematics Common Core and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for science and math will be reviewed to aid participants in locating information about what students are expected to learn at each grade level. We will wrap up by sharing many exciting NASA resources to supplement the distance learning programs parents/guardians and children may be using during this time of stay-in-place teaching and learning.
Explore Space Tech — Drag Devices
Event Date: Nov. 4 at 1 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580628
Participants will learn how technology drives exploration. Using the Beginning Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST) curriculum, participants will explore ways to use the engineering design process to build and test a drag device. Participants will also learn about current research at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.
Explore Flight — Pressure Suits
Event Date: Nov. 4 at 4:30 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580606
Participants will learn how pressure suits are used to protect pilots and astronauts during flight and spacewalks. Learn about the International Space Station as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of astronauts living and working on the space station.
Small Steps to Giant Leaps — Geometry and Aeronautics: Shape Your Flight
Event Date: Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580446
Join us for an overview of the “Shape Your Flight” activity. Explore geometry — with a focus on trigonometry — and how it relates to aircraft design. Review the history of X-planes and NASA aeronautical research, and learn about the future of NASA aeronautics innovation, including NASA's newest X-plane, the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST), and research on quiet supersonic flight.
Explore Flight: Bernoulli's Principle
Event Date: Nov. 5 at 4:30 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580621
Join us as we explore how airplanes take off and fly between continents. Participants will get an overview of Bernoulli's principle and how it relates to flight while using NASA's “Museum in the Box” curriculum. Explore inquiry-based lessons featuring a series of experiments that demonstrates Bernoulli’s principle. Attendees will have access to this curriculum to implement in their classrooms.
Explore Moon to Mars — an Exploration of Models as STEM Learning Tools With the Orion Spacecraft
Event Date: Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580597
NASA is expanding human exploration by visiting the Moon and then Mars. The new lunar exploration program that will land the first woman and the next man on the surface of the Moon is called the Artemis program. To help educators engage students with the Artemis program, NASA has developed curriculum modules on concepts related to the Space Launch System (SLS), Orion and Gateway. Participants will explore how to use models to teach STEM concepts that relate to NASA's Orion spacecraft. The webinar will also provide a quick walkthrough of other educational resources and opportunities including digital badges (microcredentials).
NASA Educational Resources for teaching Life Skills - Expeditionary Skills for Life
Event Date: Nov. 9 at 12 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/582058
As all of us are scrambling to adjust to a new circumstance that seems like sprung upon us overnight! The effect on our students' education and social-emotional wellbeing is a primary concern for both educators, parents, and care givers. Join us as we explore
a series of educational activities designed to take you through educational expeditions that will help your students learn life skills that they can apply in almost every aspect of life including the current uncertainty.
NASA Commercial Crew Program. Mission and Resources Overview Update
Event Date: Nov. 9 at 4:30 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580528
NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is the next phase in space transportation, enabling industry to provide safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from the International Space Station and low-Earth orbit. In this webinar you will be provided with an overview of. Participants will learn about the companies, the vehicles, the crew and the STEM classroom resources related to the Commercial Crew Program.
Explore Flight: Gliders
Event Date; Nov. 10 at 4:30 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/582214
Airplanes of the future may look vastly different from those of today. NASA is developing innovative technology solutions for a new generation of safe, environmentally compatible, and highly productive aircraft. Explore flight with a look at NASA gliders. During this webinar we will discuss the scientific, technological, engineering, and mathematical foundations of aeronautics. These foundations provide exciting classroom opportunities for authentic hands-on, minds-on experimentation, prediction, data collection and interpretation, teamwork, and problem solving. Attendees will have access to NASA resources to implement into their classrooms.
Explore Flight: Weather to Fly By
Event Date: Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580618
Participants will learn about basic meteorological concepts that are designed to demonstrate understanding of the general characteristics of the atmosphere and how weather conditions and weather phenomena occur. There will be hands-on, standards aligned mathematics, science and engineering activities about density, mass, fluid dynamics and weather that participants can take back to their classrooms. Real world connections with NASA and the airplanes that do weather research will be discussed as we highlight a partnership between NASA Armstrong and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with the Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT) mission.
Explore Moon to Mars: The Artemis Mission and Teaching Science and Engineering Practices with The Gateway Presented in Spanish
Event Date: Nov. 11 at 1 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/581311
NASA is expanding human exploration by visiting the Moon and then Mars. The new Lunar Exploration program that will land the first woman and the next man on the surface of the moon is called the Artemis Program. This webinar will enable educators to engage their students with the Artemis Program, NASA has developed curriculum modules on concepts related to Space Launch System (SLS), Orion, and The Gateway. to explore how to use models to teach STEM concepts that relate to NASA's Orion Spacecraft. The webinar will also provide a quick walkthrough of other educational resources and opportunities including Digital Badges (micro-credential).
Explore Rodents in Space I: What Can Astro-Mice Teach Astronauts?
Event Date: Nov. 11 at 4:30 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/582063
This year, NASA marks 20 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This one-of-a-kind research laboratory is central to solving the myriad of challenges associated with deep space exploration, including physiological alterations. While cellular research provides certain insights into changes caused by long-duration spaceflight, its full impact can only be understood at the entire organism level. In this first installment of a two-part series, we'll explore the basics of rodent research on the ISS, and its benefits to both Earth- and space-based medicine. Relevant instructional resources will also be included.
Explore Flight: NASA Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)
Event Date: Nov. 11 at 9 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/581217
This webinar features NASA's vision for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). Learn how AAM is helping to emerge aviation markets to safely develop an air transportation system that moves people and cargo between places previously not serve or underserved by aviation. This work will provide substantial benefit to the United States industry and the public. Free STEM hands-on student activities will explore the STEM principles behind Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and the AAM system. These activities have been designed for middle school age students but can be easily modified.
NASA STEM: BEST Green Propellent
Event Date: Nov. 12 at 5 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/575307
Join us to explore Teaching Force and Motion has never been so much fun. NASA's BEST Next Generation Engineering Design Challenge will take propulsion to a new level. We will complete the Green Propellant Infusion Mission challenge by designing and building a simple spacecraft and “green” spacecraft propellant.
Take Flight with NASA Rocketry!
Event Date: Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/582209
Few classroom topics generate as much excitement as ROCKETS! Explore NASA rocketry, physical science concepts, and the laws of motion through authentic hands-on, minds on experimentation and the Engineering Design Process (EDP). Participants will learn more about NASA's Artemis (Moon to Mars) Mission and NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). SLS is the most powerful and capable rocket NASA has ever built and will send missions farther and faster through space. It is "rocket science!" Attendees will have access to NASA resources to implement into their classrooms.
Event Date: Nov. 2 at 1 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580485
For decades, NASA has utilized aircraft and high-altitude scientific balloons. Both platforms are useful for enhancing understanding of our planet and the universe, while also providing suborbital opportunities to develop new instruments. This work also provides an essential complement to validate measurements taken by Earth-observing satellites. We will explore NASA's Airborne Science and Balloon Programs to learn more about these versatile platforms, specific research projects and their role in inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Mission Biomes and the Earth System Data Explorer — an Overview of Two Tools NASA Offers for Education
Event Date: Nov. 2 at 4:30 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580473
Mission Biomes is an activity hosted by NASA Earth Observatory to support interactive learning and awareness of seven terrestrial biomes: Rainforest, Grassland, Temperate Deciduous Forest, Coniferous Forest, Desert, Tundra and Shrub land. This webinar will provide an overview of the Mission Biomes website, activities created to test user knowledge and teacher resources to explore further. Participants will also learn about related datasets offered on My NASA Data’s Earth System Data Explorer and how users can visualize these data showing patterns over space and time.
STEM Teaching Tips for Parents and Caregivers
Event Date: Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580614
This webinar is designed to help parents and caregivers learn how to guide STEM student learning in a home setting using expert tips and strategies. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), the Mathematics Common Core and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for science and math will be reviewed to aid participants in locating information about what students are expected to learn at each grade level. We will wrap up by sharing many exciting NASA resources to supplement the distance learning programs parents/guardians and children may be using during this time of stay-in-place teaching and learning.
Explore Space Tech — Drag Devices
Event Date: Nov. 4 at 1 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580628
Participants will learn how technology drives exploration. Using the Beginning Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST) curriculum, participants will explore ways to use the engineering design process to build and test a drag device. Participants will also learn about current research at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.
Explore Flight — Pressure Suits
Event Date: Nov. 4 at 4:30 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580606
Participants will learn how pressure suits are used to protect pilots and astronauts during flight and spacewalks. Learn about the International Space Station as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of astronauts living and working on the space station.
Small Steps to Giant Leaps — Geometry and Aeronautics: Shape Your Flight
Event Date: Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580446
Join us for an overview of the “Shape Your Flight” activity. Explore geometry — with a focus on trigonometry — and how it relates to aircraft design. Review the history of X-planes and NASA aeronautical research, and learn about the future of NASA aeronautics innovation, including NASA's newest X-plane, the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST), and research on quiet supersonic flight.
Explore Flight: Bernoulli's Principle
Event Date: Nov. 5 at 4:30 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580621
Join us as we explore how airplanes take off and fly between continents. Participants will get an overview of Bernoulli's principle and how it relates to flight while using NASA's “Museum in the Box” curriculum. Explore inquiry-based lessons featuring a series of experiments that demonstrates Bernoulli’s principle. Attendees will have access to this curriculum to implement in their classrooms.
Explore Moon to Mars — an Exploration of Models as STEM Learning Tools With the Orion Spacecraft
Event Date: Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580597
NASA is expanding human exploration by visiting the Moon and then Mars. The new lunar exploration program that will land the first woman and the next man on the surface of the Moon is called the Artemis program. To help educators engage students with the Artemis program, NASA has developed curriculum modules on concepts related to the Space Launch System (SLS), Orion and Gateway. Participants will explore how to use models to teach STEM concepts that relate to NASA's Orion spacecraft. The webinar will also provide a quick walkthrough of other educational resources and opportunities including digital badges (microcredentials).
NASA Educational Resources for teaching Life Skills - Expeditionary Skills for Life
Event Date: Nov. 9 at 12 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/582058
As all of us are scrambling to adjust to a new circumstance that seems like sprung upon us overnight! The effect on our students' education and social-emotional wellbeing is a primary concern for both educators, parents, and care givers. Join us as we explore
a series of educational activities designed to take you through educational expeditions that will help your students learn life skills that they can apply in almost every aspect of life including the current uncertainty.
NASA Commercial Crew Program. Mission and Resources Overview Update
Event Date: Nov. 9 at 4:30 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580528
NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is the next phase in space transportation, enabling industry to provide safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from the International Space Station and low-Earth orbit. In this webinar you will be provided with an overview of. Participants will learn about the companies, the vehicles, the crew and the STEM classroom resources related to the Commercial Crew Program.
Explore Flight: Gliders
Event Date; Nov. 10 at 4:30 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/582214
Airplanes of the future may look vastly different from those of today. NASA is developing innovative technology solutions for a new generation of safe, environmentally compatible, and highly productive aircraft. Explore flight with a look at NASA gliders. During this webinar we will discuss the scientific, technological, engineering, and mathematical foundations of aeronautics. These foundations provide exciting classroom opportunities for authentic hands-on, minds-on experimentation, prediction, data collection and interpretation, teamwork, and problem solving. Attendees will have access to NASA resources to implement into their classrooms.
Explore Flight: Weather to Fly By
Event Date: Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/580618
Participants will learn about basic meteorological concepts that are designed to demonstrate understanding of the general characteristics of the atmosphere and how weather conditions and weather phenomena occur. There will be hands-on, standards aligned mathematics, science and engineering activities about density, mass, fluid dynamics and weather that participants can take back to their classrooms. Real world connections with NASA and the airplanes that do weather research will be discussed as we highlight a partnership between NASA Armstrong and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with the Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT) mission.
Explore Moon to Mars: The Artemis Mission and Teaching Science and Engineering Practices with The Gateway Presented in Spanish
Event Date: Nov. 11 at 1 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/581311
NASA is expanding human exploration by visiting the Moon and then Mars. The new Lunar Exploration program that will land the first woman and the next man on the surface of the moon is called the Artemis Program. This webinar will enable educators to engage their students with the Artemis Program, NASA has developed curriculum modules on concepts related to Space Launch System (SLS), Orion, and The Gateway. to explore how to use models to teach STEM concepts that relate to NASA's Orion Spacecraft. The webinar will also provide a quick walkthrough of other educational resources and opportunities including Digital Badges (micro-credential).
Explore Rodents in Space I: What Can Astro-Mice Teach Astronauts?
Event Date: Nov. 11 at 4:30 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/582063
This year, NASA marks 20 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This one-of-a-kind research laboratory is central to solving the myriad of challenges associated with deep space exploration, including physiological alterations. While cellular research provides certain insights into changes caused by long-duration spaceflight, its full impact can only be understood at the entire organism level. In this first installment of a two-part series, we'll explore the basics of rodent research on the ISS, and its benefits to both Earth- and space-based medicine. Relevant instructional resources will also be included.
Explore Flight: NASA Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)
Event Date: Nov. 11 at 9 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/581217
This webinar features NASA's vision for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). Learn how AAM is helping to emerge aviation markets to safely develop an air transportation system that moves people and cargo between places previously not serve or underserved by aviation. This work will provide substantial benefit to the United States industry and the public. Free STEM hands-on student activities will explore the STEM principles behind Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and the AAM system. These activities have been designed for middle school age students but can be easily modified.
NASA STEM: BEST Green Propellent
Event Date: Nov. 12 at 5 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/575307
Join us to explore Teaching Force and Motion has never been so much fun. NASA's BEST Next Generation Engineering Design Challenge will take propulsion to a new level. We will complete the Green Propellant Infusion Mission challenge by designing and building a simple spacecraft and “green” spacecraft propellant.
Take Flight with NASA Rocketry!
Event Date: Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m. EST
https://na.eventscloud.com/582209
Few classroom topics generate as much excitement as ROCKETS! Explore NASA rocketry, physical science concepts, and the laws of motion through authentic hands-on, minds on experimentation and the Engineering Design Process (EDP). Participants will learn more about NASA's Artemis (Moon to Mars) Mission and NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). SLS is the most powerful and capable rocket NASA has ever built and will send missions farther and faster through space. It is "rocket science!" Attendees will have access to NASA resources to implement into their classrooms.
