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Designed to Inspire: On the Moon
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This Web Seminar took place on June 4, 2009, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Time. Presenting was Susan Buckey,
Natalie Hebshie, Kristy Hill, and
Thea Sahr from WGBH and NASA. The presentation group focused their information
on the Design Squad PBS Series and highlighted their On the Moon activity guide.
In this program Susan Buckey, Natalie Hebshie, Kristy Hill, and Thea Sahr talked
about how Design Squad encourages aspiring engineers and shares engineering activities
that can be used in the science classroom. They focused the presentation of activities
around those provided in the free On the Moon guide. They also gave a web
tour of additional resources that can be found on the Design Squad website as well
as the NASA web site for educators.
One hundred and twenty-four (124) participants were present at the live Web Seminar
in addition to the presenters and NSTA staff. Participating educators represented
the states of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana,
Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. Four participants
attended the Web Seminar from countries outside the United States: Columbia, Costa
Rica and Romania.
Seminar participants received a one year subscription to one of NSTA’s SciGuides and a certificate of attendance was deposited into their My Transcript area in the NSTA Learning Center for completing the evaluation form at the end of the program.
Here are some comments provided by the participants at the end of the Web Seminar:
- “We have been developing our summer program for astronomy and I had this in the queue. Having the presentation really helped seal the deal.”
- “It will fit in perfectly with my state standards that I have to teach for science.”
- “The overview of the available lessons was exciting and gave me confidence to take this on for certain.”
- “I will be able to use the lessons for all of my students, from gifted to resource.”
Thanks to the participants and the presenter for the learning opportunity, the interactions, and a job well done!
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For more information contact webseminars@nsta.org
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Underwritten in part by: NASA and WGBH
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