NSTA Web Seminar: Inspire Your Students to Solve the Challenges of Space Presented by: Sharon Bowers, Todd Toth and Mark Clemente LIVE INTERACTIVE YOUR DESKTOP Thursday, September 30, 2010

Sharon Bowers Educator in Residence National Institute of Aerospace Hampton, VA Your presenters for tonight … Todd Toth Space Science Liaison NASA’s Goddard Space Fight Center Greenbelt, MD Mark Clemente Educator in Residence National Institute of Aerospace Hampton, VA

Tonight’s Roadmap RWIW – Overview JWST – What and Why? Engineers and Scientists RealWorld InWorld Take the Plunge

What kind of projects “engage” your students? Real-world Connections Hands-onCurrent Interdisciplinary CreativeProblem- solving CollaborativeProject-based RWIW – Overview

Authentic Engineering Design Challenge James Webb Space Telescope Students in grades 9 – 12 Project-based Collaborative teamwork Thinking like scientists and engineers Mentors

We’ll talk about this later …

Who do you think makes up the team that designed and is now building the James Webb Space Telescope? Ideas? Type your responses in the chat.

Brilliant ideas! How do I convince an engineer to help work out the details? What a goofy idea! But … just might work. Need a model to test this out. Time? Budget? Good thing I’m here to keep things on track. A successful project requires all three roles.

Engineering Behind the JWST optical thermal electrical mechanical system s & software, contamination control, process/quality control …

The James Webb Space Telescope jwst.nasa.gov BIG questions need a BIG telescope! Why?

And it IS big … 80 ft. 40 ft. Approximately

Now to answer the... why?

JWST James Webb? JWST? Mission Lead? Collaboration? Prime Contractor? Instruments?

JWST Orbits the Sun (Not the Earth!) L2 is … a Lagrange point outside Earth’s orbit around the Sun unstable, so station- keeping thruster burns are required Parked at “L2”

Now, the Science of JWST JWST is a “Time Machine”

Four Science Themes for the Webb telescope Planets and Life First GalaxiesGalaxy Assembly Birthplaces of Stars

Instrument packages aboard JWST Are you familiar with the function of any of these?

James Webb Space Telescope Deployment Animation

Testing being done on JWST ~ Live feed from the Goddard Clean room ~ URL to use to watch the ‘Webb Cam’

What do you wonder now? First three questions?

Team work … Scientists Technicians Engineers Mathematicians STEM

Scientists BothEngineers Attributes …

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 Engineers and Scientists

One question The natural world One answer… Scientific Method

A societal need The designed world Many solutions… Engineering Design Process

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When have you used the Engineering Design Process with your students?

Let us Pause for Questions from the Audience?

RealWorld Designs – Phase 1 InWorld Challenge – Phase 2

Challenge Focus: James Webb Space Telescope Two challenges Sunshield Mirror Assembly

RWIW Website

Take a moment to register …

Let us Pause for Questions from the Audience?

December 15, 2010 Deadline if you want to go InWorld

NASA RealWorld-InWorld Engineering Design Challenge InWorld – Phase 2 College Team Leader(s) Mentors Virtual, NIA Universe Collaborative Inquiry-based 21 st century tools and skills

NASA RealWorld-InWorld Engineering Design Challenge

Looking for …  High School Teachers and Students (Phase 1 and 2)  College Engineering Professors and Students (Phase 2)  Engineering Mentors (Phase 2)

NASA RealWorld-InWorld Engineering Design Challenge Questions …

Thank You! LIVE INTERACTIVE YOUR DESKTOP

National Science Teachers Association Dr. Francis Q. Eberle, Executive Director Zipporah Miller, Associate Executive Director Conferences and Programs Al Byers, Assistant Executive Director e-Learning LIVE INTERACTIVE YOUR DESKTOP NSTA Web Seminars Paul Tingler, Director Jeff Layman, Technical Coordinator