Ripper's Chatter

D. Ripollone is a STAR member of the Discovery Educator Network

Ripper's Chatter

Entries Tagged as 'NASA explorers school'

Summer is Here

June 1st, 2013 · No Comments · Discovery, Honeywell, Labs, NASA, NASA explorers school, Space Camp, STEM, Teacher Ideas, Teacher Workshop

So I think every teacher thinks about what they will do over the summer. Of course part of it is catching up on sleep. And of course some of us think about what we can work on for next year. Well I think I try to do both, however this summer is a bit different. [...]

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NES Student Challenge: Inspired Science

March 26th, 2013 · No Comments · Labs, NASA, NASA explorers school, Project

Well we just got the results back. The kids did not get picked for the winning entry. But it was well worth the effort for them and me.  Actually it has encouraged the students to investigate their topic a bit more. I enjoyed watching them get excited (even high school students can get excited once [...]

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Lunar Challenge…the Build- Part Two

February 10th, 2013 · No Comments · Labs, NASA, NASA explorers school, Project, STEM, Teacher Ideas

Okay here we go…students began to build their landers and rovers after brainstorming and sketching their ideas. After identifying the criteria and constraints, students went to step 3 and brainstormed possible solutions. Step 4 is where students began to design and sketch their projects. Once students selected their design, they then could build.  Some interesting [...]

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Lunar Egg Challenge- Pre-Build Part One

February 9th, 2013 · No Comments · Honeywell, Labs, NASA, NASA explorers school, Project, School Events, Space Camp

“The Engineering Design Process is a series of steps engineers use to guide them in problem solving. Engineers must ask a question, imagine a solution, plan a design, create that model, experiment and test that model, then take time to improve the original – all steps that are crucial to mission success at NASA. What [...]

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NASA Mars Workshop

January 27th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Labs, NASA, NASA explorers school, Project, Teacher Workshop

Today, Saturday January 26th, started a bit late due to weather. The Mars Workshop being hosted at NC Museum of Natural Sciences was suppose to start at 10 am. Bad weather delayed the workshop until 11 am. Upon arrival we were given tons of information and materials for day. Brandon Hargis, from NASA Aerospace Education [...]

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New Project

November 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Energy Sources, Labs, NASA, NASA explorers school, Project

“We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give” Winston Churchill As we head into break I’ve come to the conclusion that I would love to implement tons of teaching strategies and assessments, good intentions but too little time. I’ve had to change things around due to some [...]

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NC Catholic Conference…. Greensboro

October 7th, 2012 · No Comments · Discovery, Honeywell, NASA, NASA explorers school, Space Camp, STEM, Web 2.0 Tool

After talking Angie Melcher into doing the conference with me I came to realize there was a lot of information we needed to get together. Well we did and what a team we made.  I think we were well received and had tons of information for those that attended. We started off by introducing the [...]

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A month later… and never busier!

September 29th, 2012 · No Comments · Discovery, Labs, NASA, NASA explorers school, STEM

Its like the title states, a month later and I’m totally busy. Wouldn’t have it any other way though. Ton’s of fun these last couple of weeks. They actually make me appreciate my job even more. Teaching has become a love….no a passion lately. The summer has just infused so much energy in my lessons. [...]

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Day 4: Last Day @ Langley

July 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Labs, NASA, NASA explorers school, School Events, Space Camp, Teacher Workshop

The last day at our summer experience was full of Globe information. Jessica Taylor presented the different protocols used with the program. She reviewed some of the students opportunities available, such as student symposium, video competition and other events for students to get involved in. The day was filled with  information on how to use [...]

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Day 3 Weather Balloon and CALIPSO

July 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Labs, NASA, NASA explorers school, School Events, Teacher Workshop

  Guest speaker Dr. Travis Knepp started the day talking about data collection and analysis. His talk addressed the proper way to collect data and analyze it. One of his main points was to “keep it simple”. Don’t complicate your data collection, because you want the results to be precise. A good rule to follow [...]

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