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.

Planetary Missions — NASA, We’re Out There: Peering Beneath Jupiter's Clouds With NASA's Juno Mission
Audience: Pre-service, In-service, Home School and Informal Educators of Grades 5-9
Event Date: June 6, 2016, at 4 p.m. EDT

• Discover how NASA's Juno mission will peer through Jupiter's clouds and investigate what's in its core. Jupiter, its moons and its interactions with other bodies in the solar system will be discussed. Discover how to use NASA activities to talk about forces and motion, composition, and energy. Bilingual resources will also be presented. Activities in this webinar will address Next Generation Science Standards ESS1, ESS2 and PS2. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/182525

Planetary Missions — NASA, We’re Out There: Is There Any Life Out There? Extremophiles
Audience: Pre-service, In-service, Home School and Informal Educators of Grades 6-12
Event Date: June 9, 2016, at 6 p.m. EDT

• Students come to class filled with questions about life on other worlds. They have seen fantastic scenarios presented on television and in films; they have read and heard about exploring and the expansion of human presence in the solar system; they have followed the drama of space missions involving astronauts and robots. The answers to the questions that arise out of these experiences are often complex and multidimensional. How can teachers meaningfully address such questions? Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/137580

Space Launch System QM-2 Test Question-and-Answer Session
Audience: Pre-service, In-service, Home School and Informal Educators of Grades K-12
Event Date: June 16, 2016, at 4:30 p.m. EDT

• Participants in this webinar will get an overview of the solid rocket boosters for the Space Launch System and the QM-2 (Qualification Motor-2) test firing scheduled for June 28, 2016. A question-and-answer session with an expert about the SLS and its boosters will be an integral part of this experience. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/181163

Planetary Missions — NASA, We're Out There: Modeling Our Solar System
Audience: Pre-service, In-service, Home School and Informal Educators of Grades 5-8
Event Date: June 16, 2016, at 6 p.m. EDT

• Explore our solar system with NASA STEM activities and missions. This webinar will investigate classifying, graphing and scale models to help participants better understand and visualize our sun, planets, asteroids and other objects as a true system. Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/181689

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.