Free Education Webinars From NASA Educator Professional Development

Written by Nathan Smith on April 10, 2015. Posted in STEM and STEAM.

NASA Educator Professional Development 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. Simply click on the provided link to register.

New Horizons: Pluto Up Close and Personal
Audience: Pre-service, In-service, Home School and Informal Educators of Grades 4-8
Event Date: April 15, 2015, at 6 p.m. EDT
What is Pluto? How is Pluto both alike and different from other objects in our solar system? These are some of the questions to be investigated by NASA’s New Horizons mission, the first robotic mission to Pluto. This webinar will explore the New Horizon mission and related NASA STEM education curriculum and online resources.
Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/123373

Rockets: Launching Forces and Motion in Your Classroom
Audience: Pre-service, In-service, Home School and Informal Educators of Grades 4-8
Event Date: April 16, 2015, at 6 p.m. EDT
Participants will explore forces, motion and energy with fun and exciting activities. These include designing, building and launching simple rockets while recording, analyzing and graphing data. Learn how to integrate NASA missions, STEM curriculum and online education resources into teaching strategies.
Register online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/123375

Questions about this series of webinars should be directed to Steve Culivan at Stephen.p.culivan@nasa.gov.

Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith is Director of Technology for the College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University. In that role, he also directs The Adele & Dale Young Education Technology Center (The YETC) located in room 170 of the Education Building on Utah State University's Logan campus. The YETC is a combination student openaccess computer facility, a K12 curriculum materials library, a NASA Educator Resource Center for Utah, and a technology training center. Nathan served eight years (20042012) on the Board of Directors for the Utah Coalition for Education Technology (UCET) He was reelected in 2014 to serve another two year term on the board. A former elementary school teacher, Nathan has taught students every age from young children to senior citizens. He has had the opportunity beginning in 2011 to train international high school teachers from all over the world about technology in education, through the U.S. State