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NASA Resources for

ND Teachers

February 22-23, 2021

Led by: the ND Space Grant

Deputy Director, Marissa Saad (msaad@space.edu) and

Coordinator, Tori McIntosh (tori.mcintosh@und.edu)

Our website:

ndspacegrant.und.edu

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Meet our NASA education team!

Director, Caitlin Nolby

Deputy Director, Marissa Saad

Coordinator, Tori McIntosh

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Space education is interdisciplinary

Engage in and promote the effective use of STEM investigations and integration of NASA-developed resources with equitable teaching strategies.

Replicate these activities (virtually or in-person) through an inclusive, accessible, and equitable lens.

We selected a couple activities that are great for remote or hybrid learning!

Become confident in the NASA opportunities that exist for North Dakota teachers

Ask questions anytime!

Use the chat feature, unmute yourself, or use the “raise hand” feature within the participants button.

The goals for today:

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Thinking ahead...

You’ll have digital access to:

This Google Slideshow
All material lists
All lesson plans and procedures
ND teacher listserv!

At the end, you can type your email into this chat box to join our educator listserv

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Pocket Solar System

You’ll need: one arm's length of receipt tape and something to write/color with

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Place the Sun and Pluto on the edges, and then the planets where you think they should be!

Asteroid Belt

Earth

Jupiter

Mars

Mercury

Neptune

Saturn

Pluto

Uranus

Venus

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Flip your receipt tape over to the blank side

Draw the Sun and Pluto on their respective sides

(tip: if you pinch the existing Sun with your thumb, the new Sun should go where your index finger rests).

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Fold your paper in half, then half again.

You should see three creases.

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Open your paper back up.

<stand test>�What planet is halfway between the Sun and Pluto?

URANUS

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�What planet is halfway between the Pluto and Uranus?

NEPTUNE

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�What planet is halfway between the Sun and Uranus?

SATURN

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�What planet is halfway between the Sun and Saturn?

JUPITER

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�What’s halfway between the Sun and Jupiter?

ASTEROID BELT

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�What planet is halfway between the Sun and the Asteroid Belt?

MARS

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�What planet is halfway between the Sun and Mars?

EARTH

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�What planet is halfway between the Sun and Earth?

VENUS

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�What planet is halfway between the Sun and Venus?

MERCURY

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Confused? Surprised? Amazed?

Why?

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NASA’s GLOBE APP

We’re flexible:

You can participate now

or

follow along now and remember how to do it later

(you can even click a button to “skip taking images”

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What is Citizen Science?

Opportunity for your students to help out scientists!

Students have power!
Citizen support to gather data - much more than the researchers could do on their own!
Can do remotely or in the classroom

Some examples:

Biology, birding

eBird (app for world’s largest biodiversity project)
Great Backyard Bird Count (migrations)
Christmas Day Bird count (real-time snapshot)
Hummingbirds at Home (Audubon)

Astronomy

CosmoQuest (mapping solar system objects)
Logbook Transcription Project (transcribe Smithsonian's work from female computers/astronomers!)
GLOBE (since 2016)

NASA citizen science has come to dominate multiple fields of science. Our 1.5 million+ citizen scientists have discovered:

Most of the known comets.
Most of the ultracool brown dwarfs.
Most of the long period exoplanets.
Every known sample of interstellar dust.

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Total Solar Eclipse, August 21, 2017

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Download the GLOBE app

Find it in the App store (it’s free!)

Made by NASA and NOAA

Click here for a cloud chart

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Create or sign in to your account, accept terms:

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Home Screen and general directions

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How to start the observations

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Continued

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Taking pictures of the sky….and ground?

If you’re indoors, click this

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How it concludes:

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So many great resources for teachers!

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What is Space Grant?

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ndspacegrant.und.edu

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How can we assist ND educators?

K-12 Funding Opportunities

FIRST Robotics support
Teacher Conferences and Workshops

Space Camp, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL
Space Exploration Educators Conference, Johnson Space Center, TX
S.P.A.C.E. at Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Educator Mini-Grants (up to $1,000 for classroom materials)
In-service teacher workshops (rotates around the state...or virtual)
NDSGC Brochure

Let’s visit our website!

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Our Wix Outreach site:

https://spacegranteducation.wixsite.com/ndsgc

STEM Ambassadors are a resource for you!

College students across the state who bring STEM education to the schools and the ND public.

Virtual field trip ideas
Hands-on Activities

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Spot the Station

Fun remote activity for your students! (or you!)

2/22/21

Click for Minot’s flyovers →

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NASA for Educators

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NASA for Students

K-4

5-8

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What is Artemis? (Very relevant!)

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NASA Space Place

Great resource for kids to explore!

Great for online/hybrid learning!

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Space Math

Search lesson plans by grade level

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Every NASA mission has a great website for kids!

OSIRIS-REx Mission: Bringing back asteroid Bennu’s rock pieces right now!

Insight Mission: on Mars right now! Marsquakes?!

Curiosity Mission: on Mars right now! Water?!

New Horizons: flying past Pluto, outside of our Solar System!

Perseverance Rover - LANDED!

#LaunchAmerica: first Americans launched from our soil since 2011

...just a few!

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We would love to get your feedback!

https://und.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cGxPyL5ErUxSWsB

Very quick, anonymous survey to help us improve future iterations of these NASA workshops.

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NASA Resources for

ND Teachers

February 2021

Led by: the ND Space Grant

Deputy Director, Marissa Saad (msaad@space.edu) and

Coordinator, Tori McIntosh (tori.mcintosh@und.edu)

Our website:

ndspacegrant.und.edu