K-8 Educator Professional Development Workshop

STREAM with NASA’s Engineering Design Process

/ Sponsored by the College of Education Departments of Secondary Education and Elementary and Bilingual Education with support from NASA and the Schools First Center for Creativity and Critical Thinking
AGENDA for June 27-28-29, 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
Time / Activity / Presenter
Tuesday
8:00-8:30 / Sign-in, NASA BEST Survey, Introductions, Overview / Vikki Costa, Professor, CSUF/NASA AFRC
8:30-9:30 / Introduction to the Engineering Design Process / Vikki Costa, Professor, CSUF/NASA AFRC
9:30-9:45 / Legacy vs. Next Generation BEST Educator Guides / Mera Burton, Education Specialist, NASA AFRC
9:45-10:00 / BREAK
10:00-11:30 / Build and Launch a Satellite (Legacy) / Mera Burton, Education Specialist, NASA AFRC
11:30-12:30 / LUNCH
12:30-3:15 / Total Eclipse of the Sun / Beverly Berekian, AUHSD and NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassador
3:15-3:30 / Debrief, Overview of Wednesday, What’s in the Bag? / Vikki Costa, Professor, CSUF/NASA AFRC
Wednesday
8:00-8:30 / Opening Activities / Vikki Costa, Professor, CSUF/NASA AFRC
8:30-10:00 / Build a Solar Sail (Next Generation) / Mera Burton, Education Specialist, NASA AFRC
10:00-10:15 / BREAK
10:15-11:30 / Build a Mars Rover (Legacy) / Mera Burton, Education Specialist, NASA AFRC
11:30-12:30 / LUNCH
12:30-3:15 / Art and the Cosmic Connection / Andrea Guillaume, Professor, CSUF
3:15-3:30 / Debrief and Overview of Thursday / Vikki Costa, Professor, CSUF/NASA AFRC
Thursday
8:00-8:30 / Opening Activities / Vikki Costa, Professor, CSUF/NASA AFRC
8:30-10:00 / Atomic Clock (Next Generation) / Mera Burton, Education Specialist, NASA AFRC
10:00-10:15 / BREAK
10:15-11:30 / Read and Write Like an Engineer (Vocabulary/Read) / Vikki Costa, Professor, CSUF/NASA AFRC
11:30-12:30 / LUNCH
12:30-1:00 / Read and Write Like an Engineer (Listening) / Vikki Costa, CSUF/NASA AFRC
1:00-2:00 / Conversation with a NASA Engineer
via NASA Digital Learning Network (DLN) / Todd Ely, Engineer, NASA JPL
Mera Burton, Education Specialist, NASA AFRC
2:00-3:00 / Read and Write Like an Engineer (Writing) / Vikki Costa, CSUF/NASA AFRC
3:00-3:30 / Debrief and Closure
NASA Workshop Reflection
Certificates / Vikki Costa, Professor, CSUF/NASA AFRC