Free Education Webinars From NASA Educator Professional Development
The NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative 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 required to participate. To register, simply click on the link provided beneath the webinar description.
Technology Drives Exploration: Robotics on a Budget
Audience: Pre-service, In-service, Home School and Informal Educators of Grades 6-8
Event Date: March 3, 2016, at 6 p.m. EST
Robots are 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? How they are used at NASA? These are some of the questions explored in this webinar. Participants will learn how to use robotics inexpensively in the classroom to enhance students’ STEM understanding by integrating NASA STEM robotics missions, curriculum, online resources and the NGSS Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science, or ETS. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/161659
Technology Drives Exploration: Calculator Robotics
Audience: Pre-service, In-service, Home School and Informal Educators of Grades 4-10
Event Date: March 7, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. EST
Participants will get an overview of the NASA resource “Calculator-Based Robots” and the basics of programming calculator robots. This webinar addresses the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Equations and Expressions, Functions and Geometry. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/155802
Technology Drives Exploration: Spinoffs
Audience: Pre-service, In-service, Home School and Informal Educators of Grades Pre-K – 12
Event Date: March 8, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. EST
NASA has a long history of transferring technologies from their original mission applications to secondary uses. This is the 40th anniversary of the NASA Spinoff publication, which has highlighted over 2,000 different ways that NASA spinoff technology is impacting our daily lives. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/161520
Technology Drives Exploration: NASA’s BEST Next Generation Technology Demonstration Challenges
Audience: Pre-service, In-service, Home School and Informal Educators of Grades 5-8
Event Date: March 10, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. EST
Explore the engineering design process through NASA’s Technology Demonstration Missions. These challenges focus on bringing in real-world science, mathematics and technology into the classroom for 5-8 educators. These activities align with Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core Math Standards. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/164243
For a full schedule of upcoming webinars, visit http://www.txstate-epdc.net/events/.
Please direct questions about this series of webinars to Steve Culivan at stephen.p.culivan@nasa.gov.
