1. 1 Classroom Connections during NASA’s Operation IceBridge
with the Mission Tools Suite for Education
The NASA Airborne Science Program’s Mission Tools Suite for Education (MTSE) website allows K-12 classrooms from around the world to track the locations of NASA aircraft in real-time and participate in live text-chats with mission scientists, engineers, pilots, and others.
During Operation IceBridge Antarctica in November 2013, we connected 761 students in 24 classrooms in 7 states directly to Antarctica through online chats. Many of the teachers involved had previously participated in Wallops and Dryden summer teacher workshops. These teachers are now using the MTSE tool to directly connect their classrooms to Operation IceBridge and to other NASA Airborne Science missions throughout the year.
Above: Teacher Janell Miller and her 5th graders from Jackson Elementary in Sanger, CA participate in an IceBridge educational chat (11/22/2013)
Left: 761 Students in grades K-12 participated in IceBridge online educational chats with NASA personnel in Antarctica using the Mission Tools Suite for Education website (November 19-26). 1
5th grade students at Jackson Elementary in Sanger, CA participate in an IceBridge online chat
Emily Schaller