Elana Slagle, STEM K-12 Committee 49 th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting January 6, 2011
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Elana Slagle, STEM K-12 Committee 49 th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting January 6, 2011 Engineers as Educators 2011
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Engineers as Educators 2011. Elana Slagle, STEM K-12 Committee 49 th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting January 6, 2011. Contact Information. Lisa Bacon Program Manager, STEM K-12 Outreach [email protected] Elana Slagle STEM K-12 Committee Chair [email protected]. Tonight’s Goal. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Elana Slagle, STEM K-12 Committee49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
January 6, 2011
Engineers as Educators 2011
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Contact Information
Lisa BaconProgram Manager, STEM K-12 Outreach
Elana SlagleSTEM K-12 Committee Chair
Tonight’s Goal
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Why We Hope You’re Here
• To encourage students to pursue STEM careers• To learn techniques and activities to use with
K-12 students• To share what you’ve learned with your others
in your region and section• To make learning engaging!
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• See how many names you can collect from the other participants in the room. • Each participant may only be used once.• Keep track of the numbers you’ve found!• See how many you can find in 10 minutes.• Can you fill in all of the spaces?
Scavenger Hunt
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Find Someone Who…1
Has mentored a robotics team
2Owns a lab coat
3Is on the STEM K-
12 Outreach committee
4Has seen a space
shuttle launch
5Has flown in a hot
air balloon
6Knows what SCAMPER is
7Has launched a
straw rocket
8Is not an engineer
9Designs space
suits
10Has worked with
students in the last month
11Thinks math &
science should be engaging!
12Has flown a paper airplane in the past
week
13Has attended any other education
trainings
14Knows an astronaut
15Has a pilots’
license
16Knows what Think-
Pair-Share is
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A Unique Opportunity
Share your passion for STEM with future scientists, technologists,
engineers and mathematicians!
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Today’s Student …
• Is a visual and kinesthetic learner• Is hyper-connected to the real world via
social media • Expects technology in their classroom• Places a high value on interactivity and
active learning• Depends on transferable skills
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``What you need to invent, is an imagination
and a pile of junk.''
-Thomas Edison
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Use the materials provided to design a straw rocket that travels further than all others.
You must be ready to test your straw rocket in 15 minutes.
Individual Challenge
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The Requirements
• All Straw Rockets Must:• Have a straw fuselage with an opening at the
bottom for launch• Contain at least 2 fins• Have a 2.268g clay nose
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Time Remaining
15:00
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The Engineering Process
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How have Oreo cookies changed? Why?
SCAMPER
SubstituteCombineAdaptMagnify/MinifyPut to Other UseEliminateReverse/Rearrange
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Use the Engineering Process to redesign your straw rocket. You will need to demonstrate your new design in a fly-off in 10 minutes.
Redesign
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Time Remaining
10:00
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Debriefing
What did we learn?
What concepts can we teach from this?
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Debriefing
• Hands-On Activity: Straw Rockets• Grade Range: 2-9• Possible Concepts Taught:
• Generating Hypothesis• Engineering Design Process• Data Collection/ Graphing/ Analysis• Center of Gravity• Force and Motion• Acceleration• Trajectory
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Elementary School (K-5)
• Want to understand “why?”• Require concrete examples of concepts• Enjoy pictures ,videos, models, props
• Recommendations:• Hands-on activities• Movement activities (younger students)• PowerPoint presentations (older students)
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Middle School (6-8)
• Want to understand “how?” • Enjoy concrete examples of concepts• Connect academics to real-world• Enjoy pictures ,videos, models, props
• Recommendations:• Hands-on activities• PowerPoint presentations with visual media• Connections between topics and real-world
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High School (9-12)
• Want to understand “why not?”• Connect academics to real-world• Enjoy being spoken to rather than spoken above
• Recommendations:• Hands-On Activities• PowerPoint presentations with visual media• Connections between topics and real-world• More specific content – extend into college-level
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Use the materials provided to design a parachute that stays aloft longer than all others.
You must be ready to test your parachute in 30 minutes.(You will not have an opportunity to redesign your parachute.)
Team Challenge
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The Requirements
• All Parachutes Must:• Use no more than ½ sheet of
tissue paper• Carry the designated parachute
weight (4 Starburst candies)
• All parachutes May:• Use the provided gore pattern
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Time Remaining
30:00
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Debriefing
What did we learn?
What concepts can we teach from this?
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Debriefing
• Hands-On Activity: Parachutes• Grade Range: 6-12• Possible Concepts Taught:
• Engineering Design Process• Constructing and Experiment• Data Collection/ Graphing/ Analysis• Velocity/ Acceleration• Aerodynamic Drag• Forces of Flight
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When You’re in the Classroom
• Communicate with the teacher prior to your visit• Ask about student needs• Share lesson with the teacher and ask for help with
supplies
• Create a lesson that is engaging and appropriate for students• Make connections between your job and the
student’s world• “An open mind is a creative mind”
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Contact Information
Lisa BaconProgram Manager, STEM K-12
Elana Slagle
STEM K-12 Committee [email protected]
