Charleston County School District Educators - Prepare for Launch!

High school students in Charleston County are invited to join NASA professionals for a week of interactive STEM activities culminating in a special Live Event on Friday, March 5.

Students will participate in a week of experiential STEM learning opportunities, including:

Daily Hands-on Activities

• NASA-produced Videos
• Spotlight on STEM Careers
• NASA’s Space Launch System Virtual Reality Experience

Week of Events

• Videos
  
  • How we are going to the moon
  • Meet the Artemis Team
  • Rocket Science in 60 seconds

• Career's Spotlight
  
  • The faces of SLS

• VR Experience
  
  • SLS Experience

• Activities
  
  • Orion Activity
  • Space Launch System Activity
  • Gateway Activity

• Videos
  
  • Perseverance
  • How Perseverance will collect samples:
  • Ingenuity
• Activities
  
  • Make a Cardboard Mars Rover
  • Study Rocks on Mars
  • Geology on Mars
  • Mars photo booth

• Videos
  
  • Earth's Water Cycle
• Activities
  
  • Cloud in a Bottle
  • Mini Lesson/Activity using real data on long wave radiation
  • Mini Lesson/Activity using real data on Volcanic Ash:
  • https://observer.globe.gov/
• Career Spotlight
  
  • https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/stem-career-connections/meet-dr-claire-parkinson-nasa-senior-scientist-climate-research

• Videos
  
  • A Major Milestone for the X-59
  • Faces of Technology – Meet Debbie Martinez
  • History of X-Planes
• Activities
  
  • The Future Flight Equation
  • Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics Designing an Aircraft Model Activity:
  • Build a tetrahedral kite

• 9:30am - 10:00am - Welcome and Keynote by Monica Guzik
• 10:00am - 10:45am - NASA Professionals Panel Discussion
• 10:45am - 1:00pm - School-based Discussion and Lunch Break
• 1:00pm - 1:45pm - Live Demo of "NASA's Eyes"
• 2:0pm - 2:45pm - Live Session: "Be an Aeronautical Engineer"

Questions? Please contact:

Chad Vail, Work-based Learning Partnerships Coordinator
Charleston County School District
843-937-6489 or chadwick_vail@charleston.k12.sc.us