Educator Workshop: The Impact of Discovery

 

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: Hear the latest on emerging science from the New Horizons and MESSENGER missions. Follow the ion-propelled Dawn spacecraft as it orbits dwarf planet Ceres. Learn how to participate in JunoCam as the Juno spacecraft prepares to enter orbit around Jupiter on July 4. Get the latest on NASA's first asteroid-sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, as it moves toward a September launch. 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. 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. 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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