Free Education Webinars — NASA Educator Professional Development

NASA Rockets 2 Racecars Introduction

Audience: In-service, Pre-service, Home School and Informal Educators of Grades 4-9

Event Date: Feb. 19, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. EST

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics are the foundation for a successful career in racing, as well as NASA! Like driving a racecar or launching a rocket, mastering these subjects takes some practice. Bring the excitement of racing and the thrill of aerospace into your classroom. Take a pit stop, and learn how to get students “revved up” about STEM!https://connect.its.txstate.edu/stennisnasaepd/

Magnetospheric Multiscale Mathematics

Audience: Pre-service, In-service, Home School and Informal Educators of Grades 5-8

Event Date: Feb. 19, 2015, at 5:30 p.m. EST

Participants will learn about the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission set to launch in March 2015 and the mathematics-based educator guide associated with the mission. Participants will learn about the mission, get an overview of the lesson and engage in discussion about classroom implementation.https://connect.its.txstate.edu/marshallnasaepd/

NASA is With You When You Fly: Flying with Bernoulli

Audience: Pre-service, In-service, Home School and Informal Educators of Grades K-8

Event Date: Feb. 23, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. EST

Did you know that NASA is with you when you fly? Come learn about energy transfer as well as motions and forces as you discover hands-on, standards-aligned mathematics, science and engineering activities, each of which will demonstrate the Bernoulli Principle. Make real world connections with NASA research and the airplanes that are flying today.https://connect.its.txstate.edu/armstrongnasaepd/

Exploring Our Earth: A View From Space

Audience: Pre-service, In-service, Home School and Informal Educators of Grades 4-12

Event Date: Feb. 24, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. EST

This “Earth-based” webinar integrates science, technology, engineering, mathematics and geography (STEM-G) with Earth observations, remote sensing, and maps as we explore our planet Earth with the unique perspective from space. NASA missions and curriculum resources will be integrated for a better understanding of our Earth and the processes that shape it.https://connect.its.txstate.edu/stennisnasaepd/

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

NASA STEM Mania! — Free NASA Educator Professional Development Webinars

Kickoff your classroom activities with "NASA STEM Mania" and discover the sports in NASA with free virtual K-12 STEM educator professional development. The 60 minute online webinars are offered weekly Monday – Thursday at 4:00pm ET beginning February 16th and running through March 19th.

The sports related topics include: "Spaced Out Sports", "Rain Out or Game On: Clouds and Weather", "Sports: STEM is Newton's Laws at Play", "Space, Satellites and Sports" and "Robo Arm and Weightlifting".

For more information, and to register, please visit:  http://www.nasa.gov/larc/stem-mania-2015/