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. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Teacher Workshop'
Summer is Here
June 1st, 2013 · No Comments · Discovery, Honeywell, Labs, NASA, NASA explorers school, Space Camp, STEM, Teacher Ideas, Teacher Workshop
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Discovery Spring VirtCon Live
April 21st, 2013 · No Comments · Discovery, STEM, Teacher Ideas, Teacher Workshop, Web 2.0 Tool
Well Saturday (April 20th) was the VirtCon with Discovery. We hosted a F2F event our Cardinal Gibbons HS, we had a small crowd. But, great collaboration and sharing of resources occurred. We started the day with a great talk by Suzie Boss “Connecting Classroom and Community with PBL”. Her talk included ideas from other teachers [...]
NSTA National Conference- Summarized
April 16th, 2013 · No Comments · Labs, NASA, NSTA, STEM, Teacher Ideas, Teacher Workshop
To begin with, my blog entries are definitely running a bit behind I have a ton of information to post from various activities and lessons I completed in the past month. However, I am going to focus on my attendance at the National NSTA conference in San Antonio. This was my first science teacher’s conference. [...]
Discovery Spring VirtCon
March 28th, 2013 · No Comments · Discovery, STEM, Teacher Workshop, Web 2.0 Tool
Well the word is a go for the Spring VirtCon. Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh, NC, will be hosting a F2F event. We have already started getting our plans together. You can sign up for the event at Gibbons by completing the online registration and checking the box for Gibbons. We have a form [...]
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 [...]
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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Day 1: Langley Summer Experience
July 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Labs, NASA, NASA explorers school, Teacher Workshop
We had a great day at Langley Research Center today. It was full of introductions, guest speakers and a tour of their DLN studio (pictured above). The day began with introductions by our workshop leader Rudo Kashiri, we were given the opportunity to meet Roger Hathaway, Director of Education Langley Research Center. His enthusiasm and [...]
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Xbox and NASA?
July 21st, 2012 · No Comments · Labs, NASA, School Events, Space Camp, STEM, Teacher Workshop
Yep. It’s true, Xbox has partnered with NASA to bring a Mars Curiosity game to the Xbox Kinect platform. The game simulates the “seven minutes” of terror, the landing. According to Jeff Norris of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the game shows what scientists will be going through on the night of August 5th when the [...]
Summer Experience Continues
July 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Labs, NASA, NASA explorers school, Teacher Workshop
After Space Academy, It took me a week to rest up from all the excitement. I still can’t believe I was given the opportunity to experience space camp. But now I head to my next summer experience, NASA and atmospheric studies. With the help of NASA explorer schools, I ‘m able to attend [...]
