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Linear Equations: NASA Connect – Breaking Barriers
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This web seminar for educators of students in grades 6–8 features the student activity
“Breaking Barriers.” Web seminar participants will receive an overview of the activity
and discover strategies for classroom implementation. Participants will learn how
the lesson addresses national science, technology, and mathematics learning standards,
including the middle school physical science performance expectations of the Next
Generation Science Standards and the middle school Common Core State Standards, Mathematics for expressions and equations. Participants will brainstorm ways to modify this
activity to teach the engineering design process while covering forces and motion.
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In the featured activity, students examine forces and interactions and discover
the components and definition of a linear function. The activity provides students
an opportunity to step into the shoes of a NASA engineer to design, build, and test
an experimental balloon. Through data analysis, students make conclusions about
the speed of their aircraft and define average speed as a linear function.
Next Generation Science Standards addressed in this web seminar:
- MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
- Science and Engineering Practices
- Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
Common Core State Standards, Mathematics addressed in this web seminar:
- Grade 6
- Ratios and Proportional Relationships
- Expressions and Equations
- Statistics and Probability
- Grade 7
- Ratios and Proportional Relationships
- Grade 8
- Statistics and Probability
- Functions
- Expressions and Equations
Details
Title: Linear Equations: NASA Connect – Breaking Barriers
Target audience: Educators of grades 6–8
Dates: Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Time: 6:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. CT / 4:30 p.m. MT / 3:30 p.m. PT
Duration: 90 minutes
Note: New users should log
in 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time for an introduction to NSTA web
seminars.
Presenter: John Weis
Registration
Register today
to participate in this web seminar. Upon registering you will receive an e-mail
confirmation including information about the program and suggested links to visit
in preparation of the event. Additional information about the web seminar will be
e-mailed to you days before the program.
Each web seminar is a unique, stand-alone, program. Archives of the Web Seminars
and the presenters’ PowerPoint presentations will be available through the
links on this web page. Learn more about the
features
of the Web Seminar and read answers to
frequently asked
questions
from participants.
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NASA Explorer Schools web seminars are scheduled.
For more information contact webseminars@nsta.org
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