ED42A:
NASA Science Mission Directorate Science Education: Activation for STEM Learning I

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Session ID#: 16512

Session Description:
The NASA Science Mission Directorate’s (SMD’s) vision for Education is: To share the story, the science, and the adventure of NASA’s scientific explorations of our home planet, the solar system, and the universe beyond, through stimulating and informative activities and experiences created by experts, delivered effectively and efficiently to learners of many backgrounds via proven conduits, thus providing a return on the public’s investment in NASA’s scientific research.

SMD recently selected 27 teams to integrate science experts and content into learning environments. The diversity of competitively-selected projects provides science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education strategies to reach learners of all ages within the learning environment. By fostering collaboration across this new collective, SMD activates an ecosystem that is based in education research, new technologies, and that values sharing ideas, techniques, and results to enhance NASA education, thus enabling the advancement of STEM learning and literacy more effectively and efficiently.

Primary Convener:  Moses P Milazzo, US Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, United States
Conveners:  Richard Gregory Vaughan, USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, Sheri Klug Boonstra, Mars Space Flight Facility, ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States and Kristen J Erickson, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Chairs:  Richard Gregory Vaughan, USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, Moses P Milazzo, US Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, United States, Kristen J Erickson, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States and Sheri Klug Boonstra, Mars Space Flight Facility, ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Richard Gregory Vaughan, USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Index Terms:

0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0840 Evaluation and assessment [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

A NASA Community of Practice for Scientists and Educators Working with American Indians and Alaskan Natives (Invited) (120858)
Daniella Scalice, NASA Astrobiology Program, Mountain View, United States, Elena B Sparrow, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Torry A Johnson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Jeannette E Allen, Sigma Space Corporation, Lanham, MD, United States and Carol Lee Gho, Association of Interior Native Educators, Fairbanks, AK, United States
What Do Informal Educators Need To Be Successful In Teaching Planetary Science And Engineering?: Results From The PLANETS Out-Of-School Time Educator Needs Assessment (NASA NNX16AC53A) (118916)
Joelle LeMer and Nena Bloom, Northern Arizona University, Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
CATE 2016 Indonesia: Science goals and student training for 2017 (141891)
Matthew J Penn1, Myles Anthony McKay2, Sarah Ashley Kovac3, Logan Jensen4, Honor Suzanne Hare5, Adriana Macieira Mitchell6, Robert Bosh5, Zachary Watson7, Robert Baer3, Michael Pierce4, Richard Gelderman5, Donald K Walter8 and Citizen CATE Experiment Team, (1)National Solar Observatory, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States, (3)Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, United States, (4)University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (5)Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, United States, (6)University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States, (7)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (8)South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC, United States
Preparing for the Great American Eclipse of Aug. 21: for Yourself, and for Holding an Event for the Public and Students. (186962)
Doug K Duncan, University of Colorado at Boulder, Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States
NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors (AAA) (162511)
Pamela K Harman1, Dana Edward Backman2 and Coral Clark1, (1)SETI Institute, Center for Education, Mountain View, United States, (2)SETI Institute Mountain View, Center for Education, Mountain View, United States
NASA and Public Libraries: Enhancing STEM Literacy in Underserved Communities (165412)
Paul Dusenbery1, Keliann LaConte2, James B Harold2 and Cindy Randall3, (1)Space Science Institute Boulder, National Center for Interactive Learning, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Space Science Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Cornerstones of Science, Brunswick, ME, United States

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