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Kites in the Classroom: Training Teachers to Conduct Remote Sensing Missions

October 25, 2024

NASA

The NASA Science Activation program’s AEROKATS and ROVER Education Network (AREN), led by Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) in Wayne County, MI, provides learners with hands-on opportunities to engage with science instruments & NASA technologies and practices in authentic, experiential learning environments. On July 25, 2024, the AREN team held a four-day virtual workshop:…
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Educator Night at the Museum of the North: Activating Science in Fairbanks Classrooms

October 24, 2024

NASA

The NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT) set out to activate science in Fairbanks classrooms in early October at the University of Alaska’s Museum of the North annual Educators’ Night. This free Fall semester event introduces educators and school staff to a variety of resources and connections, connecting attendees with resources and university departments…
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Science Activation’s PLACES Team Facilitates Third Professional Learning Institute

October 4, 2024

NASA

The NASA Science Activation program’s Place-Based Learning to Advance Connections, Education, and Stewardship (PLACES) project supports middle and high school educators to engage students in data-rich Earth science learning through the integration of NASA data sets, images, classroom lessons, and other assets. This project draws on a place-based approach as a means to increase “data…
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Going Back-to-School with NASA Data

September 16, 2024

Charles G. Hatfield

As students head back to school, teachers have a new tool that brings NASA satellite data down to their earthly classrooms. For over 50 years of observing Earth, NASA’s satellites have collected petabytes of global science data (that’s millions and millions of gigabytes) – with terabytes more coming in by the day. Since 2004, the My…
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Celebrate Heliophysics Big Year: Free Monthly Webinars on the Sun Touches Everything

August 6, 2024

NASA

Once a month (usually on the first Tuesday), the Heliophysics Education Community meets online to share knowledge and opportunities. During the Heliophysics Big Year (HBY) – a global celebration of the Sun’s influence on Earth and the entire solar system, beginning with the Annular Solar Eclipse on October 14, 2023, continuing through the Total Solar…
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GLOBE Alumna and Youth for Habitat Program Lead Named Scientist of the Month in Alaska

July 30, 2024

NASA

As a 16-year old high school graduate, Maggie House decided to leave the military base in Germany where she lived with her family and go to college close to nature in Fairbanks, Alaska. She had lived in many countries and US states and knew she was ready. At the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha’…
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PLACES team publishes blog post on NextGenScience Blog

July 29, 2024

NASA

The NASA Science Activation program’s PLACES (Broadening Data Fluency Through the Integration of NASA Assets and Place-Based Learning to Advance Connections, Education, and Stewardship) team – which focuses on supporting educators to implement Place-Based, Data-Rich (PBDR) instruction using NASA assets in their own contexts – recently published a blog post about the PLACES PBDR framework…
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Slow Your Student’s ‘Summer Slide’ and Beat Boredom With NASA STEM

June 17, 2024

Kaitlyn Adams

The school year has come to an end, and those long summer days are stretching ahead like an open runway. Parents and educators often worry about the “summer slide,” the concept that students may lose academic ground while out of school. But summer doesn’t mean students’ imaginations have to stay grounded! Are you hoping to…
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Category: Grades 5 – 8 for Educators

Kites in the Classroom: Training Teachers to Conduct Remote Sensing Missions

Educator Night at the Museum of the North: Activating Science in Fairbanks Classrooms

Science Activation’s PLACES Team Facilitates Third Professional Learning Institute

Going Back-to-School with NASA Data

Celebrate Heliophysics Big Year: Free Monthly Webinars on the Sun Touches Everything

GLOBE Alumna and Youth for Habitat Program Lead Named Scientist of the Month in Alaska

PLACES team publishes blog post on NextGenScience Blog

Slow Your Student’s ‘Summer Slide’ and Beat Boredom With NASA STEM

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