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Heat, Temperature and Energy: MESSENGER--Cooling With Sunshades
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During this web seminar, educators learned how to use NASA’s exciting MESSENGER
mission to Mars to motivate students to create their own sunshades and measure the
effectiveness of different materials in protecting against sunlight and solar radiant
energy. Educators previewed engaging videos they can use with students and learned
about a lesson that allows students to determine the cost-efficiency of various
shading material samples. Participants also brainstormed to generate a list of different
materials that can be used as sunshades and discussed alternative ways of implementing
the activity.
Details
This web seminar was 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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