These are worksheets and coloring pages to support internet safety and digital citizenship learning in grades K-6. 

Video Description:  In this close-up video, Begona Vila, Instrument Systems Engineer for the James Webb Space Telescope at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, describes her role in supporting the operations of the Webb telescope. The Webb telescope is currently the largest and most complex space telescope, set to look back in time and take pictures of the first galaxies and stars in the universe. In addition to her work on this historic project, Begona shares her love for reading, yoga, and exploring the outdoors. She highlights her interest in both science and art and her belief that humans share the need to explore and continuously learn.  Video length:  2:34.NASA eClips Ask SME: Close-up with a NASA Subject Matter Expert videos are professionally developed to capture a glimpse of NASA SME's personal interests and career journeys. Each can be used to spark student interest and broaden their ideas of the STEM workforce. Additional videos in this series can be found by searching GoOpenVA using "NASA eClips Ask SME".

Video Description:  Simple machines are all around us and help make our work easier. When simple machines are combined, a compound machine is created. Learn about NASA's compound machine, the lunar crane, and the simple machines it contains to make work easier in Our World.  Video length:  4:17.NASA eClipsTM is a suite of online student-centered, standards-based resources that support instruction by increasing STEM literacy in formal and nonformal settings.  These free digital and downloadable resources inform and engage students through NASA-inspired, real-world connections.NASA eClips Our World videos (grades 3-5) help students understand the differences between science (the natural world) and engineering (the designed world).  These video segments supplement elementary learning objectives not only in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, but also in reading, writing, visual and performing arts.

This guide was created for a district trainer to pick up and provide training on integrating Zoom functions into a synchronous lesson. This guide has experienced multiple iterations and will continue to do so as trainers continue providing feedback. The guide is specifically for Norfolk Public Schools but can be revised to represent your district. This guide walks the trainer through the process of applying skills learned in Zoom Level One and Two. The trainer also introduces Moore's Framework for online engagement and applies this theoretical approach the training. 

 High School students are online all the time developing appropriate and inappropriate relationships. Because of their online experiences, they may feel well-equipped to recognize a bad situation and know how to get out of it. However, many times teenagers are drawn into a seemingly harmless conversation that will lead them to a dangerous offline encounter that they cannot escape.This lesson will provide strategies to teens to help them identify relationships that are inappropriate, how to avoid them, and how to get out of those relationships as soon as possible. 

Programming - Debugging lesson is a cross-curricular lesson designed by an Elementary Computer Resource Teacher to support Math instruction. Created By: Amanda Henley Powhatan County Public Schools

Rhyming Words Coding is a cross-curricular lesson designed by an Elementary Computer Resource Teacher to support Math instruction. Created By: Amanda Henley Powhatan County Public Schools..

Biomechanical engineering is an interdisciplinary field of science that applies the rules and principles of mechanical engineering to biological systems. It combines elements of many disciplines, including biology, engineering, physics, chemistry, and mathematics to better understand how physical forces influence living organisms. A biomechanical engineer may find work in the medical, scientific, industrial or governmental sectors. It is also sometimes considered a subset of Mechanical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering.

Following Curiosity and Perseverance on Mars often means roving to places with interesting materials  to study, places away from the initial landing site. In this lesson, students experience the processes involved in engineering a communication protocol. To  reach their goal, students must create a calibrated solution within constraints and  parameters of communicating with a rover on Mars. Students will explore the opportunities and challenges of remote robotics by framing the problem around the idea that scientists and computer scientists must work together to successfully program rovers in remote locations like Mars. Students will also explore the idea that a robot simply follows a set of well defined algorithms.  Students will be provided a set of possible courses that their robot must navigate. Students will code their robot to navigate around the obstacles within the course to arrive at a set location.

This is an approximately 13 day unit designed to introduce various types and features of rockets and enable students to design, construct, and launch rockets.

As an activity related to FOSS unit Magnetism and Electricity, students use a computer download to explore electrical circuits and to generate illustrations of electrical circuits for physical models built in class

Storyboardthat.com is a website that allows students to use an electronic storyboard platform to create illustrations and graphics. This is a website that is free to use, and is a great way for students to visually demonstrate comprehension.

Storyboardthat.com is a website that allows students to use an electronic storyboard platform to create illustrations and graphics. This is a website that is free to use, and is a great way for students to visually demonstrate comprehension.

Storyboardthat.com is a website that allows students to use an electronic storyboard platform to create illustrations and graphics. This is a website that is free to use, and is a great way for students to visually demonstrate comprehension.

Storyboardthat.com is a website that allows students to use an electronic storyboard platform to create illustrations and graphics. This is a website that is free to use, and is a great way for students to visually demonstrate comprehension.

Lesson length: 1-2 hoursGrade level: 6-8This is a three part lesson where students (1) explore elements (and their properties) that are used in materials to build and power a cell phone (any easily accessed, small, electronic machine could stand in for a cell phone), (2) approach activities though an engineering design thinking lens and participate in an active simulation of the movement of electricity (electrons) to power a device, and (3) participate in a Lego build where they experience set constraints to their building project. This can be related to the constraints engineers face as they build cell phones (or anything else).This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1657263. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Lesson Length: 1-2 hoursGrade Level: 6-8Students build a water filter with a variety of natural and commercially produced materials. First they test the materials and then choose which to layer together themselves based on material performance. Students learn about water resources and engineered supports for the earth’s water systems and the impacts on environmental and human health. Engineering connections are highlighted throughout the lesson. Special thanks to Giles County, VA STEM Coordinator, Christina Martin, whose unit on The Global Water Crisis was the inspiration for this lesson. Also thanks to the NASA Water Filtration Challenge (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/water-filtration-challenge/) that helped guide Christina in the development of her lesson.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1657263. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Lesson length: 1-2 hoursGrade level: 6-8Students use a recipe to create bouncy balls and then measure the bounce of their ball to test damping qualities of different materials. Students practice using the scientific method and think about how engineers might use it.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1657263. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.