Earth Science E/PO Nuggets Margaret Pippen -LEARN is an innovative project that provides educators with on-site research and training with NASA scientists during the summer and guided research projects that continue throughout the school year. -These educators conduct their own research, with NASA scientist mentorship, through on-site collaboration and virtual meetings.  Teachers are using NASA data from the following programs and missions: CAPABLE, DISCOVER-AQ, ARCTAS, CALIPSO, AERONET, SeaWifs, MODIS, etc plus EPA and NOAA data Sarah Crecelius -NASA LaRC SD Education and Public Outreach staff and volunteers participated in the Virginia Air and Space Center’s Homeschool Appreciation Day, Wednesday, September 17 th, 2014 in Hampton, Va. -More than 1,000 participants explored Earth science through NASA Langley Research Center’s missions and projects -SAGE III/ISS: designing satellites and instrument payloads, around limitations such as weight, to help monitor the Earth’s vital signs -CERES S’COOL Project: assisting the S’COOL team with LIVE cloud observations and making cloud charts to take home to assist in understanding how clouds effect our weather and climate Bernadette Luna -NASA Armstrong “Airborne Research Experience for Educators” workshop brought 25 teachers from across the US to the AERO Institute in Palmdale, CA for a 5-day intensive workshop to learn about computer programming, engineering design, HS3 and ATTREX missions, and grant writing (July 28-August 1) and NASA Wallops HS3/GPM/SMAP brought 28 teachers from across the US for a 5-day intensive workshop to learn about the HS3, GPM and SMAP missions, airborne science and NASA/GSFC/WFF educator resources (August 4-8)

Earth Science E/PO Nuggets Bernadette Luna -teachers learned how to use the NASA Mission Tools Suite for Education (MTSE) website to connect their classrooms to the upcoming Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel mission and other airborne science missions throughout the school year -During both workshops, the DISCOVER-AQ mission was flying over Colorado measuring air quality from the NASA P-3 aircraft -Using MTSE, the workshop teachers were able to chat directly in real-time with scientists flying onboard the NASA P-3 over Colorado.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration LEARN 2014 Poster Session and Workshop Margaret Pippin

Long-term Engagement in Authentic Research with NASA (LEARN) Poster Session & Year 3 Workshop July 7 – 18, 2014 LEARN is an innovative project that provides educators with on-site research and training with NASA scientists during the summer and guided research projects that continue throughout the school year. These educators conduct their own research, with NASA scientist mentorship, through on-site collaboration and virtual meetings. They share and integrate these projects into the classroom, concluding the process by presenting their projects at a final poster session attended by LaRC SD. Year 2 teachers presenting posters Teachers are using NASA data from the following programs and missions: CAPABLE, DISCOVER-AQ, ARCTAS, CALIPSO, AERONET, SeaWifs, MODIS, etc plus EPA and NOAA data. Air Quality Teacher Research Topics cover: Aerosols Ozone Epidemiology CO2 and Oceans Year 3 teachers getting started and selecting research topics O3 Garden at VLM Launching Met Sonde

National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA LaRC Science Directorate at Homeschool Appreciation Sarah Crecelius

NASA LaRC Science Directorate at Homeschool Appreciation Day Sarah Crecelius Above: Carmen Maldonado, with Engineer a Satellite Activity Above: Sarah Crecelius, with the CERES S’COOL Project, making cloud charts NASA LaRC SD Education and Public Outreach staff and volunteers participated in the Virginia Air and Space Center’s Homeschool Appreciation Day, Wednesday, September 17 th, 2014 in Hampton, Va. More than 1,000 participants explored Earth science through NASA Langley Research Center’s missions and projects SAGE III/ISS: designing satellites and instrument payloads, around limitations such as weight, to help monitor the Earth’s vital signs CERES S’COOL Project: assisting the S’COOL team with LIVE cloud observations and making cloud charts to take home to assist in understanding how clouds effect our weather and climate. Staffers include: Kristyn Damadeo, Carmen Maldonado, Tina Harte, Preston Lewis, and Sarah Crecelius

National Aeronautics and Space Administration K-12 Teachers Learn about the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Mission and Connect with Airborne Scientists Bernadette Luna, Shaun Smith, Linda Sherman, Joyce Winterton, Emily Schaller

K-12 Teachers Connect to Airborne Scientists In-Flight Emily Schaller NASA Armstrong “Airborne Research Experience for Educators” workshop brought 25 teachers from across the US to the AERO Institute in Palmdale, CA for a 5-day intensive workshop to learn about computer programming, engineering design, HS3 and ATTREX missions, and grant writing (July 28- August 1) NASA Wallops HS3/GPM/SMAP brought 28 teachers from across the US for a 5-day intensive workshop to learn about the HS3, GPM and SMAP missions, airborne science and NASA/GSFC/WFF educator resources (August 4-8) As part of each workshop, teachers learned how to use the NASA Mission Tools Suite for Education (MTSE) website to connect their classrooms to the upcoming Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel mission and other airborne science missions throughout the school year During both workshops, the DISCOVER-AQ mission was flying over Colorado measuring air quality from the NASA P-3 aircraft. Using MTSE, the workshop teachers were able to chat directly in real-time with scientists flying onboard the NASA P-3 over Colorado. Students from Dan Menear’s 6 th grade class at Pittsville Middle School chat “live” with Emily Schaller in Maryland. AREE Master Educator Jalel Ben Hmida, a math and statistics teacher at Lafayette High School in Louisiana, provides an introduction to computer programming utilizing the Arduino microcontroller to teachers participating in the 2014 AREE workshop.

 Computer programming & electronics  Engineering design process / GLOBE / 21 st century skills  Grant writing & lesson plan development  End-report w / pre-, post project data  Five post workshop meetings / one per mo.  Output of #grants submitted:awarded & #lesson plans posted  Briefs by Dr. Scott Braun (HS3) & Dr. Leonhard Pfister (ATTREX)  Interaction w / Global Hawk pilots and engineers at AFRC  Intro. to MTSE tool by Dr. Emily Schaller July 28 – August 1, 2014 at Aero Institute/AFRC 25 educators selected nationwide (95 applicant pool) HS3 / ATTREX Educator Academy 5-Day ESPO-AFRC workshop for K-12 educators nationwide Airborne Research Experience for Educators (AREE) shaun smith, Flight Project Immersion NASA Content / ePDs Evaluation / Sustainability “talks were superb…it was great to hear the scientists talk in detail about their respective research” “…I have been in various sessions to “teach” about Arduinos, but this AREE 2014 session is by far the best.”

 GLOBE protocols  Weather balloon launch  Hurricanes  Google Earth  Wallops Range Control  HIF and Pad tour  Intro. to MTSE tool by Dr. Emily Schaller  Classroom visits to 7 teacher participants in 5 local schools with a total of 350 students to share the mission and MSTE tool  HS3 Education Day; 21 educators and students attended mission briefings and tour of global hawks and GHOC-E  Briefs by Marilyn Vasques, (HS3), Jason Sippel (HS3), Global Hawk pilot  GPM -- Dalia Kirschbaum  SMAP – Vanessa Escobar  Jim Yungel for IceBridge August 4 – 8, Educators from NASA Triad Academy joined 12 local HS3 teachers for 'super-workshop' Wallops HS3/GPM/SMAP Workshop 5-Day workshop nationwide NASA Wallops Flight Facility Education Linda Sherman, Flight Project Immersion NASA Content / ePDs Evaluation / Sustainability “by far the best workshop I’ve ever attended….tools and content provided will be useful throughout my entire school year.” “WOW! What an amazing experience! Can’t wait to share with my students.”