Have students communicate with each other the highlights in NASA innovation for each of their assigned time set. Then, as a group, allow them to discuss with each other what NASA has to offer or look forward to in the future up to 2050. – Transition: After the Group Share activity, move into the NASA Home and City interactive website... NASA Home and City Interactive Website: After the conclusion of the Think-Pair-Share activity, transition into an online interactive exploration activity on NASA Spinoff products. This activity will allow students to engage in an interactive webpage that shows students a large variety of NASA Spinoff technologies. First, show students how to navigate the webpage. It’s very easy. You simply click on what you want to see, read the information, look at the picture, watch the video clip, and click on other resources if you want to further your exploration of that product. Pass out the NASA Home and City worksheet and allow students to interact with the website to complete the worksheet. If time remains, you may wish to conduct a class discussion of the many different Spinoff products the students discovered while navigating the NASA Home and City webpage. Materials: (DAY THREE) Engagement Asking questions (for science) Student copies of the article “temperfoam” and defining problems (for Student copies of the product template engineering) Teacher computer with projector and internet access
Have students communicate with each other the highlights in NASA innovation for each of their assigned time set. Then, as a group, allow them to discuss with each other what NASA has to offer or look forward to in the future – up to 2050. Transition: After the Group Share activity, move into the NASA Home and City interactive website... NASA Home and City Interactive Website: After the conclusion of the Think-Pair-Share activity, transition into an online interactive exploration activity on NASA Spinoff products. This activity will allow students to engage in an interactive webpage that shows students a large variety of NASA Spinoff technologies. First, show students how to navigate the webpage. It’s very easy. You simply click on what you want to see, read the information, look at the picture, watch the video clip, and click on other resources if you want to further your exploration of that product. Pass out the NASA Home and City worksheet and allow students to interact with the website to complete the worksheet. If time remains, you may wish to conduct a class discussion of the many different Spinoff products the students discovered while navigating the NASA Home and City webpage. Engagement Materials: (DAY THREE) Student copies of the “temperfoam” article Student copies of the product template Teacher computer with projector and internet access Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
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