Elana Slagle, STEM K-12 Committee 49 th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting January 6, 2011.
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Transcript of Elana Slagle, STEM K-12 Committee 49 th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting January 6, 2011.
Elana Slagle, STEM K-12 Committee49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
January 6, 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…11
Has mentored a robotics team
22Owns a lab coat
33Is on the STEM K-
12 Outreach committee
44Has seen a space
shuttle launch
55Has flown in a hot
air balloon
66Knows what SCAMPER is
77Has launched a
straw rocket
88Is not an engineer
99Designs space
suits
1010Has worked with
students in the last month
1111Thinks math &
science should be engaging!
1212Has flown a paper airplane in the past
week
1313Has attended any other education
trainings
1414Knows an astronaut
1515Has a pilots’
license
1616Knows what Think-
Pair-Share is
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A Unique Opportunity
Share your passionpassion for STEM with futurefuture 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 inventinvent, is an imaginationimagination
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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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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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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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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Resources
http://AIAASTEMeducation.org
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Contact Information
Lisa BaconProgram Manager, STEM K-12
Elana SlagleSTEM K-12 Committee Chair
