Elana Slagle, STEM K-12 Committee
49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
January 6, 2011
Contact Information
Lisa Bacon
Program Manager, STEM K-12 Outreach
LisaB@aiaa.org
Elana Slagle
STEM K-12 Committee Chair
emslagle@gmail.com
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Tonight’s Goal
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Why We Hope You’re Here
• To encourage students to pursue STEM careers
• To learn techniques and activities to use with
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K-12 students
To share what you’ve learned with your others
in your region and section
To make learning engaging!
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Scavenger Hunt
• See how many names you can collect from the
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other participants in the room.
Each participant may only be used once.
Keep track of the numbers you’ve found!
See how many you can find in 10 minutes.
Can you fill in all of the spaces?
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Find Someone Who…
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Has mentored a
robotics team
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Owns a lab coat
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Is on the STEM
K-12 Outreach
committee
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Has seen a space
shuttle launch
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Has flown in a hot
air balloon
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Knows what
SCAMPER is
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Has launched a
straw rocket
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Is not an engineer
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Designs space
suits
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Has worked with
students in the last
month
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Thinks math &
science should be
engaging!
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Has flown a paper
airplane in the past
week
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Has attended any
other education
trainings
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Knows an
astronaut
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Has a pilots’
license
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Knows what ThinkPair-Share is
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A Unique Opportunity
Share your passion for STEM
with future scientists, technologists,
engineers and mathematicians!
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Today’s Student …
• Is a visual and kinesthetic learner
• Is hyper-connected to the real world via
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social media
Expects technology in their classroom
Places a high value on interactivity and
active learning
Depends on transferable skills
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``What you need to invent,
is an imagination
and a pile of junk.''
-Thomas Edison
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Individual Challenge
Use the materials provided to design a straw
rocket that travels further than all others.
You must be ready to test your straw rocket in
15 minutes.
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The Requirements
• All Straw Rockets Must:
• Have a straw fuselage with an opening at the
bottom for launch
• Contain at least 2 fins
• Have a 2.268g clay nose
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Time Remaining
15:00
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The Engineering Process
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SCAMPER
How have Oreo cookies changed? Why?
Substitute
Combine
Adapt
Magnify/Minify
Put to Other Use
Eliminate
Reverse/Rearrange
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Redesign
Use the Engineering Process to redesign your
straw rocket. You will need to demonstrate
your new design in a fly-off in 10 minutes.
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Time Remaining
10:00
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Debriefing
What did we learn?
What concepts can we teach from this?
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Debriefing
• Hands-On Activity: Straw Rockets
• Grade Range: 2-9
• Possible Concepts Taught:
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Generating Hypothesis
Engineering Design Process
Data Collection/ Graphing/ Analysis
Center of Gravity
Force and Motion
Acceleration
Trajectory
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Elementary School (K-5)
• Want to understand “why?”
• Require concrete examples of concepts
• Enjoy pictures ,videos, models, props
• Recommendations:
• Hands-on activities
• Movement activities (younger students)
• PowerPoint presentations (older students)
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Middle School (6-8)
• Want to understand “how?”
• Enjoy concrete examples of concepts
• Connect academics to real-world
• Enjoy pictures ,videos, models, props
• Recommendations:
• Hands-on activities
• PowerPoint presentations with visual media
• Connections between topics and real-world
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High School (9-12)
• Want to understand “why not?”
• Connect academics to real-world
• Enjoy being spoken to rather than spoken above
• Recommendations:
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Hands-On Activities
PowerPoint presentations with visual media
Connections between topics and real-world
More specific content – extend into college-level
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Team Challenge
Use the materials provided to design a parachute
that stays aloft longer than all others.
You must be ready to test
your parachute in 30 minutes.
(You will not have an opportunity
to redesign your parachute.)
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The Requirements
• All Parachutes Must:
• Use no more than ½ sheet of
tissue paper
• Carry the designated parachute
weight (4 Starburst candies)
• All parachutes May:
• Use the provided gore pattern
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Time Remaining
30:00
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Debriefing
What did we learn?
What concepts can we teach from this?
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Debriefing
• Hands-On Activity: Parachutes
• Grade Range: 6-12
• Possible Concepts Taught:
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Engineering Design Process
Constructing and Experiment
Data Collection/ Graphing/ Analysis
Velocity/ Acceleration
Aerodynamic Drag
Forces of Flight
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When You’re in the Classroom
• Communicate with the teacher prior to your visit
• Ask about student needs
• Share lesson with the teacher and ask for help with
supplies
• Create a lesson that is engaging and appropriate
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for students
Make connections between your job and the
student’s world
“An open mind is a creative mind”
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Resources
http://AIAASTEMeducation.org
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Wordle Review
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Contact Information
Lisa Bacon
Program Manager, STEM K-12
LisaB@aiaa.org
Elana Slagle
STEM K-12 Committee Chair
emslagle@gmail.com
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