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Amato, Joseph C. – Physics Teacher, 2022
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration--European Space Agency collaborative mission to test the feasibility of defending Earth from a catastrophic asteroid impact by using a spacecraft to deflect the asteroid away from the planet. Launched on Nov. 23, 2021, the DART spacecraft will intercept…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Introductory Courses, Space Sciences
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Zimmerman, Heather Toomey; Grills, Katharine Ellen; McKinley, Zachary; Kim, Soo Hyeon – Information and Learning Sciences, 2022
Purpose: The researchers conducted a collective case study to investigate how families engaged in making activities related to aerospace engineering in six pop-up makerspace programs held in libraries and one museum. The purpose of this paper is to support families' engagement in design tasks and engineering thinking, three types of discussion…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Family Involvement, Shared Resources and Services, Libraries
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Colón Robles, Marilé; Thrash, Marjorie; Walker, Candace; Brush, Kimberly M. – Journal of Interdisciplinary Teacher Leadership, 2017
A pilot program was developed for middle school (grades 6-8) educators and students to apply NASA real-world problems to classroom concepts through the use of digital badges, as part of NASA Langley Research Center's (LaRC) Centennial Celebration. Three sets of digital badges were developed on three of NASA's main missions: Earth Science,…
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Earth Science