sharon bowers, nia educator-in-residence elana slagle, educational consultant

Sharon Bowers, NIA Educator-in-Residence

Elana Slagle, Educational Consultant

48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

January 6, 2010

Tonight’s Goal

Know your audience

When it comes to STEM, I’m …

–A scientist

–A technologist

–An engineer

–A mathematician

Why are you here?

Why we hope you’re here …

Science is the study of what Is, Engineering builds what Will Be.

The scientist merely explores that which exists, while the engineer creates …

what has never existed before.

Theodore VonKármán, c.a. 1957

Engineers and Scientists

Scientific

Method …

Black Boxes

Engineering

Design Process …

Black Boxes

How do you describe what you do?

An engineer is most like …

Snickers3 MusketeersTwixMilky Way

Four Corners

``What you need to invent, is an imagination

and a pile of junk.''

Thomas Edison

The challenge:

Use the materials provided to make a flying object that travels further than all others.

You must be ready to test your flying object in 10 minutes.

S C A M P E R

How have Oreo cookies changed over the years? Why have they changed?

Substitute

CombineAdaptMagnify or minify

Put to other useEliminateReverse or rearrange

SCAMPER

Re-design …you have 15 minutes before you need to demonstrate your new design.

Snowball Battle

3 things I like

2 things I can teach

1 way to extend

Using the materials provided, create a hot air balloon.

The competition …

Can your hot air balloon stay aloft longer than any other hot air balloons, initially powered by 30 seconds of hot air from a hair dryer?

Team Challenge

Musts …• Use no more than 7 sheets of

tissue paper• You will only have 30 seconds

of hot air from a hair dryer• You have 30 minutes to

complete your balloon.

Mays …• You may follow either set of

directions or create your own design.

Team Challenge

Connecting to Standards

Position and motion of objects–NSES K-4

•Pushing/Pulling

Motions and forces –NSES 5-8

•Describing Motion

•Newton’s Three Laws of Motion

Motions and forces –NSES 9-12

•Newton’s Three Laws of Motion

•Gravity

Connecting to Standards

Properties of objects and materials–NSES K-4

•Observable and measurable properties

Properties and changes of properties in matter–NSES 5-8

•Characteristic properties

Structure and properties of matter–NSES 9-12

•The physical properties of compounds reflect the nature of the interactions among its molecules and atoms.

Science and Technology –NSES K-4

•Abilities of technological design

•Understanding about science and technology

•Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans.

Science and Technology –NSES 5-8 and 9-12

•Abilities of technological design

•Understanding about science and technology

Connecting to Standards

Resources

Resources

When did you know …

Resources

Humor

More Humor

Wordle Review

Animoto Documentation

ENGAGE

EXPLORE

EXPLAIN

EXTEND

ENJOY