Free Education Webinars From NASA Educator Professional Development
The NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative (EPDC) at Texas State University is presenting a series of free webinars open to all educators. Join NASA education specialists to learn about activities, lesson plans, educator guides and resources that bring NASA into your classroom. REGISTRATION is needed to participate in the scheduled webinars. Simply click on the provided REGISTRATION link, for each webinar, to register online.
September 16, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. ET: Using NASA to Teach About Gravity (Grades 5-8) – Participants will get an overview of resources for teaching about gravity and microgravity to students in 5th through 8th grade. Discussion will include modifications of activities and accommodations. This webinar addresses the Next Generation Science Standards PS2 and PS3. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/138134
September 17, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. ET: Rockets 2 Racecars: Session 1 – Train Like an Astronaut (Grades 3-9) – Get your students revved up with NASA's Rockets 2 Racecars (R2R) STEM education webinar series! Educators will discover correlations between stock car drivers and astronauts that include muscle strength and endurance, reaction time, and effects to your brain when exposed to high levels of carbon dioxide. There is a special opportunity for twelve educators to put their knowledge to the test as representatives of NASA content at Dover Speedway on the weekend of October 2, 2015. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/138932
September 21, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. ET: The Spectrum of Astronomy (Grades 5-8) – Learn about resources for teaching the full range of astronomical observation from infrared to gamma ray. This webinar will also include discussion of the missions making observations and information learned in each subset of the electromagnetic spectrum. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/138493
September 22, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. ET: Rockets 2 Racecars: Session 2 – Race Suit Space Suit (Grades 3-9) – Get your students revved up with NASA's Rockets 2 Racecars (R2R) STEM Education webinar series! Discover similarities in NASA space suits and race suits used by racecar drivers. Learn the technologies developed by NASA that are used by the racing industry and investigate how technology development is linked to processes of the human body. There is a special opportunity for twelve educators to put their knowledge to the test as representatives of NASA content at Dover Speedway on the weekend of October 2, 2015. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/138945
September 23, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. ET: Robotics On a Budget (Grades 5-8) – Robots are a part of our everyday lives. We use them in ways we don't always realize. What are robots, how are they used in our lives and how are they used at NASA? These are some of the questions explored in this webinar. Using NASA STEM robotics missions, curriculum, online resources and the NGSS, we'll also explore how to use robotics, inexpensively, in your classroom to enhance your students' STEM understanding. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/140417
September 24, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. ET: Mission to Mars Series: Parachuting Onto Mars (Grades 6-8) – Participants in this webinar will calculate surface area and measure the mass of a spacecraft. Participants will learn the design process behind the parachute system used on the Orion spacecraft. Math concepts that will be covered during the session are expression and equations, geometry, quantitative relationships and problem solving. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/140725
For the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development webinar schedule, go to: http://www.txstate-epdc.net/events/
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