NASA STEAM: Explore Flight with Kites and Computational Thinking

NASA STEAM: Explore Flight with Kites and Computational Thinking
Thursday 08/11/2022
1:00 pm ET
FREE 1-hour Webinar
Educators in Grades K-12

The NASA Educator Professional Development Collaborative at
Texas State University is providing a 1-hour webinar.

Explore NASA Kite Engineering Design resources to engage your students in computational thinking and inquiry. The NASA Aeronautics Educator Guides in this webinar will provide multiple lesson plans and ideas for problem-based learning and the aeronautical science principles. We will incorporate the cross-cutting principles and science and engineering process skills in the Next Generation Science Standards.

Susan Kohler is the current Education Professional Development Specialist at Glenn Research Center and serves the states of Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Minnesota. She has more than 25 years of progressively responsible K-12 educational leadership experience. She has served as Asst. Principal, Principal, Curriculum Director, Math/Science Consultant and Asst. Superintendent. Susan taught science for 13 years at the high school level. Her expertise in STEM and professional development is combined with her knowledge of new technology trends and innovative instructional strategies. Susan holds a Master’s in Education Administration from Bowling Green State College as well as a Bachelors degree of Science in Biological Sciences with the emphasis on Neurophysiology from Ramapo College in New Jersey.