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Archive: Exploration Generation: Sensemaking in Elementary Rocketry, November 29, 2023

This web seminar will introduce teachers to the Exploration Generation Elementary School Playlist and Unit Plan. These instructional materials provide equitable STEM experiences to students and increase educator confidence in teaching rocketry. Explo...

Preschool Elementary Aerospace Earth & Space Science Engineering Physics STEM

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: Exploring the Unknown: The Importance of Space-Based Telescopes, January 25, 2024

In this web seminar Dr. Jon Arenberg, Chief Engineer, James Webb Space Telescope, Northrop Grumman, will provide unparalleled insights into working on NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the James Webb Space Telescope....

Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education Astronomy Earth & Space Science Engineering Mathematics STEM Technology

Journal Article

From Birding to Robotics: Integrating STEM Learning Through Community Collaboration

By Katherine Marie Blagden

Elementary Informal Education NGSS Preservice Science Education STEM Technology

Journal Article

We Are Water Patch Activity Promotes Action for Watershed Stewardship

By Annamarie Schaecher, Brigitta Rongstad Strong, and Anne U. Gold

Elementary Informal Education Environmental Science Inquiry Instructional Materials STEM

Journal Article

Place-Based Education and Community Knowledge Connect Youth to Water Topics

By Brigitta Rongstad Strong, Anne U. Gold, Claire Ratcliffe Adams, Victoria Tomas, and Angela Watkins

Informal Education Environmental Science Inclusion Multicultural STEM

Web Seminar

Archive: Safe Solar Eclipse Viewing Techniques and What School Administrators Need to Know, September 14, 2023

While many people think they need solar-viewing glasses to safely observe an eclipse, there are MANY safe alternatives.  This web seminar will demonstrate easy and practical ways to view the upcoming solar eclipses taking place on October 14, 20...

Preschool Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education Astronomy Earth & Space Science STEM

Journal Article

Research Project-Based Learning in Meteorology Using an Online Severe Weather Events Archive

This article presents a semester-long, interdisciplinary project-based learning (PBL) suitable for secondary and postsecondary students enrolled in a second-semester (i.e., intermediate) meteorology course. This case-study approach builds on the rese...

By Joby Hilliker and Shannon Hilliker

Earth & Space Science Research STEM