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21st Century Explorer – Today’s Knowledge for Tomorrow’s Explorer / Explorador del Siglo 21, El Conocimiento de Hoy Para el Explorador de Mañana |
Two Web Seminars designed to ‘excite and encourage’ students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) took place on April 24 and May 15, 2008. Sponsored by NASA, the “21st Century Explorer-Today’s Knowledge for Tomorrow’s Explorer” series, featured NASA scientists, promoted higher order thinking skills, and expanded the space exploration knowledge of bilingual educators. Seminar I titled, “Food for Spaceflight” featured the expertise of Vickie Kloeris, Manager of the International Space Station Food System at NASA Johnson’s Space Center, Jacqueline Cortez, Business Specialist and Education Outreach Coordinator, and Lisa Neasbitt, Educator for the NASA Johnson Space Center Human Research Program. They talked about how food is provided for space travel. Seminar II titled, “Cleaning water”, was presented by Dr. Karen Pickering, Lead for the Water Recovery Systems Element, of the Exploration Life Support Project, and Jacqueline Cortez and Lisa Beasbtt, as before. This Web Seminar focused on how water is recycled in space. Both seminars are designed for educators of grades 3-5.
Each web seminar is a unique, stand-alone, program. Archives of these web seminars
and the presenters’ PowerPoint presentations will be available on this web page. Learn
more about the features of the Web
Seminar and read answers to frequently asked questions
from participants.
Schedule
Web Seminar I
Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m. Eastern
Topics: Food for spaceflight
Presenters: Vickie Kloeris, Jaqueline Cortez, and Lisa Neasbitt
Web Seminar II
Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008
Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m. Eastern
Topics: Cleaning water
Presenters: Dr. Karen Pickering, Jaqueline Cortez, and Lisa Neasbitt
For more information contact webseminars@nsta.org
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Underwritten in part by NASA |