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The Impact of Discovery – STEAM Experience
When: April 9, 2016
Where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA – 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. PT
Think 360 Arts for Learning, Denver, CO – 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. MT
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX – 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT
Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD – 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET
*For those who cannot attend in person, the panel discussions will be streamed live and archived. Check the website for more information as the time gets closer.
Target Audience: Formal and informal educators for grades K-12
Cost: $25. Lunch and snacks will be provided.
Overview: Get to know active and upcoming NASA space missions from the scientists and engineers who make them happen and take away resources and activities for students in grades K-12. NASA's Discovery Program invites formal and informal educators to attend its annual educator workshop – this year with a special focus on STEAM (STEM plus art) engagement!
Participants will:
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Hear the latest on emerging science from the New Horizons and MESSENGER missions.
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Follow the ion-propelled Dawn spacecraft as it orbits dwarf planet Ceres.
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Learn how to participate in JunoCam as the Juno spacecraft prepares to enter orbit around Jupiter on July 4.
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Get the latest on NASA’s first asteroid-sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, as it moves toward a September launch.
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Be among the first to learn about NASA’s new mission to Europa, a moon of Jupiter that may harbor an ocean of water beneath its icy crust.
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Receive resource materials, including a flash drive containing mission-designed curriculum and activities for all grade levels with links to online interactives. Plus posters, bookmarks and stickers.
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Bonus for JPL attendees! Take a tour of JPL following the workshop from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Contact Shari Asplund two weeks prior to the event to join the tour.
Register by March 18 at http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/discovery/impact_of_discovery.asp
Discover more upcoming educator workshops and events from NASA/JPL Education.
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