Thursday, February 3, 2022

NASA EXPRESS -- Your STEM Connection for Feb. 3, 2022

From astronauts to scientists to leaders, African Americans have played a vital role in NASA’s achievements.

Celebrate Black History Month with crafts to spark creativity and puzzles to test your knowledge as you learn about the trailblazers who light the way for future generations.
Tune in live to watch in-flight education downlinks between students on Earth and astronauts orbiting 250 miles above in space.

Students will ask questions of NASA astronauts living and working on the International Space Station.


Upcoming Downlinks:

Feb. 7: 1:15-1:35 p.m. EST
North Decatur Elementary
Greensburg, Indiana
Feb. 9: 1:15-1:35 p.m. EST
Worthing Early College High School
Houston, Texas

Feb. 10: 1:10-1:30 p.m. EST
Virginia Western Community College
Roanoke, Virginia
Times are tentative, and sessions are virtual.

Learn more about downlinks and how you can host your own by visiting the education downlinks webpage.
Join the NASA STEM Engagement & Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for educator professional development webinarsAttendees earn a certificate that can be submitted for
professional development hours.
Feb. 7 at 6 p.m. EST
Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. EST
Feb. 9 at 5 p.m. EST
For a full list of upcoming webinars, click here.
Audience: Formal and Informal Educators, Parents, and Caregivers
Webinar Date: Feb. 10 at 2 p.m. EST
 
Join the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) program for a professional development webinar for educators and citizen scientists. Join Juan Felipe Restrepo Mesa and Kathy Velandia Ricardo as they share their experience working with secondary school students to translate GLOBE materials into Spanish for use reaching rural educators in Colombia. Click here to register to attend.
Early this year, the Artemis I mission will send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft thousands of miles beyond the Moon – farther than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown.
 
Are you looking to share the excitement of Artemis with your STEM learners?

Leading up to launch, NASA’s Artemis I STEM Learning Pathway will provide weekly newsletters filled with STEM resources and ready-to-use content. Each week’s resources can be used individually or in combination to create a lesson plan tied to the learning series’ weekly theme.
 
Are you ready to sign up? Click here to register and select the “Artemis I STEM Learning Pathway” add-on option.
Audience: Formal and Informal Educators, Grades 3-12
 
Looking for classroom-ready tools to engage multilingual learners in science? Check out the updated Data Literacy Cube Guide from My NASA Data. The guide features strategies to support students’ exploration of graphs, data tables, and mapped images of NASA Earth science data (or other sources of Earth data). Leveled question sheets provide opportunities for students to connect with data, regardless of language proficiency or academic skill. These tools were created with the Next Generation Science Standards in mind. They help students develop their data analysis and interpretation skills, as well as help them to recognize patterns, cause and effect, stability and change, and more.
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Are you looking for NASA STEM materials to support your curriculum?
Search hundreds of resources by subject, grade level, type and keyword at https://www.nasa.gov/education/materials/.

Find NASA science resources for your classroom. NASA Wavelength is a digital collection of Earth and space science resources for educators of all levels — from elementary to college, to out-of-school programs. https://science.nasa.gov/learners/wavelength

Check out the ‘Explore NASA Science’ website! Science starts with questions, leading to discoveries. Visit science.nasa.gov. To view the site in Spanish, visit ciencia.nasa.gov.
Visit NASA STEM Engagement on the Web: 
NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement: https://stem.nasa.gov 
NASA Kids’ Club: https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub

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