|
Please choose a location from the list to learn more about that archived
workshop.
(or simply scroll down the page to see the entire archived workshop list)
Liftoff to Learning: Aviation and Space in the
Classroom
Teachers will engage in aerospace and technology-related, hands-on
activities, that can be integrated into the current curriculum. The course
will include field trips to a local airport and an aerospace facility.
Participants will meet at a local airport for an orientation flight at
a time TBD.
Date: Monday, July 17 - Saturday, July 22, 2006
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm Daily
Venue: Fernbank Science Center
Room/Location: 156 Heaton Park Drive N.E. Atlanta, GA 30307 Aerospace
Education Laboratory
Email for More Information: debi.huffman@fernbank.edu
top
Future Flight Design
This workshop focuses on standards-based, hands-on, and web-based
activities created by NASA Ames Research Center for middle school students.
Participants will solve a future flight challenge and explore activities
with hovercraft, helicopters, and gliders
Date: Monday, April, 24 2006
Time: 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Presenter: Peggy Eddy
Venue: Magnet Schools of America Conference in Omaha,
Nebraska
Location: Omaha Hilton, Hill Room
More Information: http://www.msaomaha.org
top
Future Flight Design
Participants will learn about an exciting, online multimedia website
called Future Flight Design. Future Flight Design provides a problem-based learning
and interactive design environment to teach students about forces of flight and
air transportation/ aircraft systems of the future. This workshop focuses on
standards-based,
hands-on, and web-based activities created by NASA Ames Research Center for middle
school students. Participants will solve a future flight challenge and explore
activities with hovercraft, helicopters, and gliders
Date: Friday, April, 7 2006
Time: 9:00pm - 4:00pm (presentation will
only be from 11-12)
Venue: NASA Teacher Workshops
Location: Challenger Learning Center of Lucas County, Oregon,
Ohio
Email for More Information: akrajnak@kelleys.k12.oh.us
top
NASA's
ASEC Teacher Training
Educators will receive training in the Air Space Systems Program. NASA's mission
includes commitment to inspiring and educating future generations to pursue careers
in science, technology, math, and engineering. Teachers will receive a shuttle-ful
of materials and ideas.
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2006
Time: 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
Presenter: Gloria J.H. Ewing
Venue: Missouri Science and Math 2006 Interface A
Location: Tan-TarA Resort, Lake of the Ozarks, MO.
Email for more Information: gjhewing@hazelwoodschools.org
top
Revise
the Skies with Future Flight Design (If
it's not broke, don't fix it!)
Students
will investigate relationship between force, mass, and the motion of
objects. This session focuses on web-based activities developed by
NASA AMES for students of all ages. We'll explore the website and then
participate in examples of some of the actual
activities.
Date: Thursday, February 16, 2006
Time: Noon - 1:00pm
Presenter: Deborah J. Huffman
Venue: Georgia Science Teachers Association, Columbus, GA
Location: Columbus Ironworks Convention Center
More Information: http://www.georgiascienceteacher.org
top
Smart
Skies and Exploring Aeronautics Workshop for Sixth through Eighth Grade
Teachers
Teachers will have fun using hands-on, technology based instruction. The activities
involve solving distance-rate-time problems using multiple approaches which address
state standards.
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Time: 4:30 pm-5:30 pm
Presenter: Gloria J.H. Ewing
Venue: Hazelwood School District in-service training
Location: Galactic Center Computer Lab, Rm. B218
Email for more Information: gjhewing@hazelwoodschools.org
top
What Does
NASA Have For You?
We will be demonstrating current technologies and resources available for educators
including hands-on activities to get a "feel" for the materials.
Date:Thursday, February 9, 2006
Time: 8:30 am
Presenter: Doug Porter
Venue: Hoosier Association of Science Teachers
Location: Indianapolis Convention Center
More Information: http://www.hasti.org/convention/convention.html
top
Future
of Flight Design
Four seasoned educators join forces to engage you
in standards-based, hands-on, and web-based activities for middle school
students. Participants will solve a future flight challenge and explore
activities with a hovercraft, helicopter, and glider. A CD will be provided with
all the lesson plans, handouts, and resource information.
Date: Friday, February 3, 2006
Time: 4:15 pm-5:30 pm
Presenter: Amy Krajnak
Venue: Space Exploration Educator Conference
Location: Spacecenter Houston; Houston, TX
More Information: Web: http://www.spacecenter.org/seec.html or Email: akrajnak@kelleys.k12.oh.us
top
Future
Flight Design and Exploring Aeronautics Workshop for Fourth and Fifth
Grade Teachers
Teachers will have fun using hands-on, technology based instruction focusing
on differentiation. ! ; The goal of the activities presented is to help students
better understand the principles of aircraft design. These activities relate
well with the fourth grade Motion and Design Kit, and may be used in balanced
literacy corners.
Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Time: 4:30 pm-5:30 pm
Presenter: Gloria J.H. Ewing
Venue: Hazelwood School District in-service training
Location: Galactic Center Computer Lab, Rm. B218
Email for more Information: gjhewing@hazelwoodschools.org
top
NASA's
"Astro-Venture" Astrobiology Program
"Astro-Venture" is a free interactive astrobiology program by the NASA
Ames
Research Center. In this program students learn about astronomy, atmospheric
science, geology, and biology to see what conditions are needed to support life.
Students then design a planet based on what they have learned.
Date: Friday, January 27, 2006
Time: 1:30 - 2:15pm
Presenter: Doug Porter
Venue: Indiana Computer Educators Conference ICE
Location: Indiana Convention Center
top
Rhode
Island Science Teachers Association Conference
Frustrated at the Airport? Through "Smart Skies" and "Future Flight
Design" students
will use inquiry to explore problems and design solutions as they integrate aerospace
science, math and technology. Your pupils will be highly engaged in problems
of distance/rate/time, air transportation and aircraft design. Through NASA's
Airspace Systems Education Cohort, workshop participants will learn how these
exciting hands-on and standards-based materials can be incorporated into and
enhance any 5th - 9th grade curriculum.
Date: November
19,
2005
Time: 8:00am-4:00pm
Presenter: Stuart Sharack
Location: Clarke Science Building of Rhode Island College,
Providence, RI.
top
Regional Math
and Science Center Fall Science Update
Virtual Skies and more! This ASEC session will be one of many at the
Fall Science Update. Other session topics may include science content,
science and education research projects; science and technology workshops;
discussions of teaching pedagogy and strategies; and demonstrations
of classroom activities.
Date: November 16, 2005
Time: 4pm-9pm
Presenter: Gary Dewey
Location: Grand Valley State University, Allendale,
MI
Registration Information: Call (616) 331-2267 for
more information.
top
Powering
Up With Technology
Participants will be exposed to the various web-based activities provided by
NASA such as: Robin Whirlybird, Future Flight, and Virtual Skies.
Date: November 12, 2005
Time: 9:45am-10:45am
Presenter: Valerie Hawkins
Location: Northwestern High School, Adelphi, Maryland
top
Future Flight
Design: A Web-based Problem Solving Learning Environment.
“Three-Screen Gene” brings you an exciting multimedia
approach to teaching with NASA’s latest online educational product
in aeronautics for middle school students.
Date: November 5, 2005
Time: 1:30 pm
Presenter: Eugene Bush
Location: Cape Room of the Double Tree Hotel Conference
Center
Venue: Florida
Association of Science Teachers (FAST) Annual Conference, Orlando,
FL. Nov. 3-5, 2005.
Registration Information: http://www.fastscience.org/conference.htm
top
FFD
- Magnet Schools of Texas Conference
This workshop will focus on standards based, hands-on, and web-based activities
for middle grade students. Participants will be involved in solving future flight
challenges and explore activities with gliders.
Date: Sunday, October 23, 2005
Time: 10:45am -11:45 am
Presenter: Margaret Eddy
Venue: Wyndham Hotel
Location: Houston, Texas - I-45 and Greens Point
top
FFD
- Booster Stage Workshop
Participants will learn about an exciting online multimedia website called Future
Flight Design that teaches students about forces of flight and air transportation/aircraft
systems of the future. Teachers will also be engaged in numerous hands-on space
activities, and learn about the many educational resources that NASA has to offer.
Date: Friday, October 21, 2005
Time: 8:00 am-3:00 pm
Presenter: John Walsh
Venue: Buehler Challenger & Science Center
Location: Conference room of Challenger Center on Bergen Community
College Campus
400
Paramus Road - Paramus, NJ 07652
Registration Information: http://www.bcsc.org
top
Smart
Skies
Smart Skies has been developed by NASA's Airspace Systems Program to
engage students in Grades 5-9 in real-life applications of mathematics
and science. It consists of six Air Traffic Control situations examining
different real-world distance-rate-time air
traffic scenarios.
Date: Saturday, October 15
Time: 10:30 am-11:30 am
Presenter: Bill Gruner
Location: Room 304 WSTA 2005 Fall Conference, East Wenatchee, WA
Registration Information: http://www.wsta.net
top
Design a Mars
Airplane
Enable your students to work with NASA scientists and engineers to design
an airplane that can be packaged for safe travel to Mars and then fly
upon arrival.
Date: Saturday, October 15
Time: 2:45 pm-3:45 pm
Presenter: Bill Gruner
Location: Room 304 WSTA 2005 Fall Conference, East Wenatchee, WA
Registration Information: http://www.wsta.net
top
Problem-Based
Learning with NASA's Web-Based Activities
Participants will be exposed to the various web-based activities provided by
NASA such as Robin Whirlybird,
Future Flight and Virtual Skies
.
Date: Saturday, November 12
Time: 9:45 am-10:45 am
Presenter: Valerie Hawkins
Location: Northwestern High School, Adelphi, Maryland
Registration Information: http://blackboard.pgcps.org/webapps/bbcms/portfolio/viewPortfolio.jsp?pid=_153_1&tid=_150_1
top
|
