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Engineering Design Challenge: Spacecraft Structures
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During this web seminar, participants learned how to incorporate the excitement
of rocketry into the classroom. They received an overview of the student engineering
design challenge, Spacecraft Structures, where students design and construct a strong
but lightweight structure that can withstand the launch of a water bottle “rocket.”
Educators saw how scientific principles and the engineering design process used
by NASA are applied to this activity. They also watched videos showing students
engaged in the lesson and discussed with other participants possible modifications
to the activity for various grade levels.
Details
This web seminar is part of a series of electronic professional development experiences
sponsored by the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) project. NASA Explorer Schools invests
in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics educators to inspire and engage
a whole generation of future scientists, engineers and technicians that NASA needs
to continue our journey. NES gives educators of grades 4-12 free access to NASA’s
people, missions, research, and facilities. We take the work out of searching through
thousands of materials on the NASA website and provide a comprehensive set of teaching
materials for dozens of STEM concepts. For additional information about the NASA
Explorer Schools project, visit
http://explorerschools.nasa.gov.
See when other
NASA Explorer Schools Web Seminars are Scheduled
For more information contact webseminars@nsta.org
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Sponsored by NASA
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