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NASA eClips Ask SME (Subject Matter Expert) Video:  Education Specialist -- Karen Whitfield
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Video Description:  In this close-up video, Karen Whitfield, Education Specialist from NASA's Langley Research Center, shares her love of teaching and opening doors for everyone at NASA.  Video Length:  1:41.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 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".

Subject:
Career Connections
STEM/STEAM
Science
Scientific and Engineering Practices
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Visual Media
Author:
Betsy McAllister
Date Added:
04/07/2022
NASA eClips Ask SME (Subject Matter Expert) Video:  Physical Scientist -- Jessica Taylor
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Video Description:  In this close-up video, Jessica Taylor, Physical Scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center, describes her role in developing and bringing NASA Earth Science data to the public, educators, and learners in fun and engaging ways. She shares how her love of meteorology and, in particular, lightning sparked her interest in becoming a scientist and set her career path. She also shares the joy she finds in family-centered activities like swimming and dancing. You can also engage in NASA Earth Science with projects like My NASA Data and the GLOBE Program.  Video Length:  2:30.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". 

Subject:
Career Connections
Earth and Space Systems
STEM/STEAM
Science
Material Type:
Visual Media
Author:
Betsy McAllister
Date Added:
01/21/2022
NASA eClips Ask SME (Subject Matter Expert) Video:  Project Scientist - Marile Colon Robles
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Video Description:  In this close-up video, Marile Colon Robles, Project Scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center, shares her love for studying clouds and working with people from around the world to collect data about clouds.  Video Length:   1:56.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 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".

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Career Connections
Earth and Space Systems
STEM/STEAM
Science
Material Type:
Visual Media
Author:
Betsy McAllister
Date Added:
04/07/2022
NASA eClips Ask SME (Subject Matter Expert) Video:  Research Astrophysicist - Dr. Nicholeen Viall
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Video Description:  In this close-up video, Dr. Nicholeen Viall, Research Astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, shares her love for astronomy and ballet and how her creativity has helped her ask questions about the sun that no one has ever asked before.  Video Length:  2:20.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 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".

Subject:
Career Connections
Earth and Space Systems
STEM/STEAM
Science
Material Type:
Visual Media
Author:
Betsy McAllister
Date Added:
04/05/2022
NASA eClips Ask SME (Subject Matter Expert) Video:  U.S. Domestic Co-Lead & AI Lead - Dr. Hannah Kerner
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Video Description:  In this close-up video, Dr. Hannah Kerner, Artificial Intelligence Lead at NASA Harvest, shares her experiences in writing code and developing machine learning algorithms that enable NASA satellites to monitor where food is being grown. She describes how her hobbies of hiking, scuba diving, and volunteering intersect with her work.  Video Length:  2:28.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 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".

Subject:
Career Connections
Earth and Space Systems
STEM/STEAM
Science
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Material Type:
Visual Media
Author:
Betsy McAllister
Date Added:
04/05/2022
NASA eClips Our World: Fire Safety - Here and in Space
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Video Description:  Fire needs fuel, oxygen, and heat - no matter where the fire may be housed. Review fire safety rules while you learn more about research NASA is conducting to keep astronauts safe during space explorations. Video Length: 5:50 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.

Subject:
Health Education
Health/Physical Education
Matter
STEM/STEAM
Science
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Material Type:
Visual Media
Author:
Betsy McAllister
Date Added:
01/19/2022
NASA eClips Real World:  Citizen Science
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Video Description:  What are citizen scientists? Why is their work so important to NASA? Join Dr. Michelle Thaller as she explains how the general public, using scientific protocols, careful observations and accurate measurements, can help NASA make exciting new discoveries. Find out how you can be a citizen scientist today.  Video Length:  4:26.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 Real World segments (grades 6-8) connect classroom mathematics to 21st Century careers and innovations.  They are designed for students to develop an appreciation for mathematics through real-world problem solving.

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STEM/STEAM
Science
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Material Type:
Visual Media
Author:
Betsy McAllister
Date Added:
03/23/2022
NASA eClips Real World:  Computer Simulations -- Turning Complex Ideas Into Solvable Equations
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Video Description:  How does NASA test ideas, like the Mars Helicopter, before they are even built? Find out more about this revolutionary helicopter and how NASA uses mathematical modeling to turn complex ideas into solvable equations that help shape future missions. Video Length:  3:20.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 Real World segments (grades 6-8) connect classroom mathematics to 21st Century careers and innovations.  They are designed for students to develop an appreciation for mathematics through real-world problem solving.

Subject:
Algorithms and Programming
Computer Mathematics
Computer Science
Impacts of Computing
Mathematics
STEM/STEAM
Science
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Material Type:
Visual Media
Author:
Betsy McAllister
Date Added:
03/01/2022
NASA eClips Real World:  CubeSats -- A Satellite Small Enough to Fit in Your Hand
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Video Description:  Satellites are expensive to build and expensive to get into space. With all the changes in technology, is there a way to make satellites smaller? Find out just what NASA can pack into a 1U CubeSat, a satellite small enough to fit in your hand.  Video Description:  3:24.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 Real World segments (grades 6-8) connect classroom mathematics to 21st Century careers and innovations.  They are designed for students to develop an appreciation for mathematics through real-world problem solving.   

Subject:
Earth and Space Systems
Mathematics
Measurement and Geometry
Science
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Material Type:
Visual Media
Author:
Betsy McAllister
Date Added:
03/23/2022
NASA eClips Real World: CubeSats -- Changing the Way We Do Science
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Video Description:  CubeSats are changing the way we collect information. They may be small, but these little satellites are helping us answer big questions. And using a swarm of CubeSats can give us simultaneous measurements without repeatedly sending commands to the satellite to tell it what to do.Video Length:  2:21.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 Real World segments (grades 6-8) connect classroom mathematics to 21st Century careers and innovations.  They are designed for students to develop an appreciation for mathematics through real-world problem solving.

Subject:
Earth and Space Systems
Science
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Material Type:
Visual Media
Author:
Betsy McAllister
Date Added:
03/23/2022
NASA eClips Real World:  Food Security -- Monitoring Crops from Space
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NASA eClips Real World:  Food Security -- Monitoring Crops from SpaceVideo Description:  Discover how NASA's Earth-observing satellites gather data to monitor food growth. Dr. Inbal Becker-Reshef describes how mathematics is used to interpret satellite data and describe vegetation and crop yield. Dr. Hannah Kerner shares how algorithms and models use NASA data to describe and predict food supply and food shortages. This work through NASA Harvest provides tools for farmers and governments to describe and predict food security worldwide. Video Length:  5:25.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 Real World segments (grades 6-8) connect classroom mathematics to 21st Century careers and innovations.  They are designed for students to develop an appreciation for mathematics through real-world problem solving.

Subject:
Agricultural Education
Data and Analysis
Earth Resources
Mathematics
STEM/STEAM
Science
Material Type:
Visual Media
Author:
Betsy McAllister
Date Added:
02/28/2022
NASA eClips Real World:  From Idea to Physical Prototype
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Video Description:  At NASA everything begins with an idea. Physical models help NASA engineers and technicians test those ideas before building full-scale versions. Learn more about the important role physical modeling, building prototypes and mathematics play in engineering solutions.  Video Length:  3:11.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 Real World segments (grades 6-8) connect classroom mathematics to 21st Century careers and innovations.  They are designed for students to develop an appreciation for mathematics through real-world problem solving.

Subject:
Algorithms and Programming
Computer Mathematics
Computer Science
Impacts of Computing
Mathematics
Measurement and Geometry
STEM/STEAM
Science
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Material Type:
Visual Media
Author:
Betsy McAllister
Date Added:
03/01/2022
NASA eClips Real World:  The Nature of Science
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Video Description:  Discover how NASA's Earth-observing satellites gather data to monitor food growth. Dr. Inbal Becker-Reshef describes how mathematics is used to interpret satellite data and describe vegetation and crop yield. Dr. Hannah Kerner shares how algorithms and models use NASA data to describe and predict food supply and food shortages. This work through NASA Harvest provides tools for farmers and governments to describe and predict food security worldwide. Video Length:  2:09.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 Real World segments (grades 6-8) connect classroom mathematics to 21st Century careers and innovations.  They are designed for students to develop an appreciation for mathematics through real-world problem solving.

Subject:
STEM/STEAM
Science
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Material Type:
Visual Media
Author:
Betsy McAllister
Date Added:
02/28/2022
Newton's Laws of Motion Student Discovery
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Students will preform three mini-lab activities with no previous knowledge of Newton's laws of motion. Each lab activity demonstrates one of Newton's laws of motions. Students will write their observations from the three mini-labs and then use these observations later to connect which lab went with which law of motion, after the teacher formally introduces Newton's Laws of Motion.

Subject:
Computer Science
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson
Lesson Plan
Author:
Samantha Santmyers
Date Added:
07/31/2021
Newton's Third Law of Motion and Car Safety
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Science Instructional Plans (SIPs) help teachers align instruction with the Science Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the content and the scientific and engineering practices found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Lesson Plan
Author:
Myra Thayer
Anne Petersen
Gregory MacDougall
Date Added:
05/29/2021
Newton’s Triple Play: Baseball Science
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This resource teaches students about balanced forces, unbalanced forces, and Newton's three laws through the game of baseball. It is interactive and uses short videos and simulations to help students learn the content. It culminates with a project at the end.

Subject:
Force/Motion/Energy
Science
Material Type:
Assessment
Interactive
Reading
Unit of Study
Visual Media
Date Added:
07/13/2020
Oobleck- What State's the Matter?- Remix
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Students will investigate what constitutes a solid and a liquid state of matter. Using the probe, students' misconceptions on states of matter will be exposed. The lab, which uses a cornstarch, water and food coloring mixture, will be explored. The students will determine how that exploration will take place and devise a procedure to determine the state of matter. Students will then, as a group, present their findings to the class. Students can also write a Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) paragraph to answer the question "What state of matter is Oobleck?" An engineering extension task is included that challenges students to devise a way to make a useful invention that would take advantage of a substance like oobleck.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Date Added:
11/27/2019
Oooey Gooey Fun | Cooking Up Science with Miss America
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Join biochemist and Miss America 2020, Camille Schrier, as she uses her kitchen as her laboratory. In this episode of Cooking Up Science with Miss America, we will explore the States of Matter. We know that substances can exist as different states of matter: solids, liquids, or gasses. But can some substances have the properties of more than one state of matter at the same time? Let's explore some oooey gooey Non-Newtonian fluids by making oobleck and slime and discover the science behind them. Developed for students in grades 6-10.

Subject:
Matter
STEM/STEAM
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson
Visual Media
Author:
Trish Reed
Date Added:
05/28/2021
PAGE ACSE -  Fingerprint Detectives
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Overview of the activity:For this Fingerprinting and Computer Science lesson our school resource officer will be coming in to take your fingerprints. We will learn how to lift a latent print and look at classifications of prints. We will also learn about the IAFPS system, how fingerprints are lifted, and collected, and how fingerprint data is transmitted, stored, and used by local, state, and federal agencies to help solve crimes. 

Subject:
Computer Science
Cross-Curricular
Networking and the Internet
STEM/STEAM
Science
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Interactive
Lesson
Lesson Plan
Author:
Shirley Weakley
Date Added:
11/26/2024
Paper Circuits Engineering Assignment
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In this assignment, students will use their knowledge of simple and parallel circuits to design and build a picture or card with a working light-up component. Students will need to work collaboratively and problem solve to accomplish this task. Through lots of trial and error students gain a much better understanding of conductors, switches, the semiconducting properties of LED bulbs, parallel circuits, and short circuits.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Date Added:
12/22/2019