Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for free 60-minute webinars.
https://www.txstate-epdc.net/events/
Explore Flight: Exploring the Extreme - Force and Motion
Monday 01/14/2019
5:30 p.m.
Educators in Grades 5-8
John Weis has been an Education Specialist with NASA for the last 10 years. He is currently stationed at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. In addition to providing online professional development for educators, John is responsible for educational outreach including professional development for pre-service and in-service teachers, community programs and liaising with state and local education agencies in the Marshall region of Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Alabama and Tennessee. John earned a BS in Science and Mathematics Teaching with an emphasis in Mathematics and Physics from the Florida State University and an MS in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Scranton. Before joining NASA education, he spent 10 years as a secondary science teacher in Volusia County, Florida. His areas of specialization include Mathematics, Physics, Earth/Space Science, and Astronomy.
Explore Flight: Flying with STEM in Your Classroom
Wednesday 01/16/2019
5 p.m.
Educators in Grades K-12
Explore the principles and physics of flight with flying things in your classroom. Using NASA online resources and simple, inexpensive STEM classroom activities and design challenges, we’ll investigate the parts of an airplane, what makes an airplane fly, and how can we design and build aircraft that can actually fly in your classroom. Steve Culivan is the NASA STEM Education Professional Development Collaborative Specialist at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Mr. Culivan develops and provides NASA STEM online and face-to-face professional development programs for in-service, pre-service and informal educators. Mr. Culivan was the Principal Investigator for two International Space Station (ISS) in-flight education demonstrations. He additionally developed and co-developed several NASA STEM lessons and lesson guides. Prior to his current thirty-year career with NASA Education, Mr. Culivan taught middle school Earth and Space Science, life science, English, art and coached several sports. He holds a current teaching certificate in science and English. Mr. Culivan received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Louisiana Tech University and a Masters of Science degree in Education from Oklahoma State University.
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Explore Flight: Real World Balloon Aerodynamics
Educators in Grades 4-10
1/17/2019 from 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Presented by: Susan Kohler
Explore Flight With Elementary STEM Science and Literacy Connections
Educators in Grades K-5
1/23/2019 from 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Presented by: Susan Kohler