ED54A:
Amazing Technologies and Capabilities That Contribute to STEM II


Session ID#: 7764

Session Description:
NASA and other agencies play an essential role in Education and Communication to inspire, engage and educate. The remarkable science discoveries, knowledge, and research are shared with audiences through a variety of technologies such as web portals, mobile apps, citizen science/crowdsourcing applications, and the serving of NASA data as commodities for use by advanced visualization facilities including planetariums.  This contributes to improving teaching and learning, increasing scientific literacy of the general public, and enriching STEM efforts. This session seeks talks and demonstrations that: Describe existing capabilities, technologies, tools and facilities that contribute to Education and Communication; exciting projects and programs in development; and what other awesome technology ideas that will greatly benefit Education and Communication, and STEM.
Primary Convener:  Emily Law, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Kristen J Erickson, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States and Brian Hamilton Day, NASA Ames Research Center, Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Chairs:  Kristen J Erickson, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States and Brian Hamilton Day, NASA Ames Research Center, Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Moffett Field, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Emily Law, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • IN - Earth and Space Science Informatics
  • P - Planetary Sciences
  • PA - Public Affairs
Index Terms:

0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0820 Curriculum and laboratory design [EDUCATION]
0845 Instructional tools [EDUCATION]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

How can the curation of hands-on STEM activities power successful mobile apps and websites? (Invited) (60504)
Darrell Porcello, University of California Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA, United States, Laura M Peticolas, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, United States and Theresa G Schwerin, Organization Not Listed, Arlington, VA, United States
Mapping a Difference: The Power of Geospatial Visualization (Invited) (60524)
Bob Kolvoord, James Madison University, College of Integrated Science and Engineering, Harrisonburg, VA, United States
STEM connections to the GOES-R Satellite Series (Invited) (60912)
Margaret E Mooney, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI, United States and Tim Schmit, NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Reserch, ASPB, Madison, United States
Educator Uses of Data-Enhanced Investigations for Climate Change Education (DICCE), An Online System for Accessing a Vast Portal of NASA Earth System Data Known As the Goddard Interactive Online Visualization and Analysis Infrastructure (GIOVANNI) (Invited) (70297)
Daniel R Zalles, SRI International Menlo Park, Center for Technology in Learning, Menlo Park, CA, United States and James G Acker, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 619, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Immersive STEM: From Fulldome to VR Technologies (86225)
Ryan Jason Wyatt, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, United States
Kids Making Sense of Air Quality Around Them Through a Hands-On, STEM-Based Program (66549)
Tim Dye, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA, United States
Flyover Country: A Plane Ride Could Be to Geoscience Outreach what a Planetarium is to Astronomy Outreach - the Perfect Venue for Sharing Big, Awe Inspiring Ideas, with a View to Match (82620)
Shane Loeffler1, Sijia Ai2, Reed McEwan2 and Amy Myrbo2, (1)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Earth Sciences, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (2)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, LacCore/CSDCO, Minneapolis, MN, United States

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