Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Informal Education
Subject
Careers
Type
Hands-on Activities, Videos
NASA Role Model: Dr. Dawn Martin
NASA Center: Kennedy Space Center
Topic: Artemis Program
Original Air Date: Sept. 30, 2020
The Artemis program is preparing to launch the first woman and the next man to the Moon by 2024. “NASA STEM Stars” is joined by Dawn Martin, an aerospace engineer working on the Space Launch System at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Learn about her contributions to the Artemis program, and listen to her answer students’ questions.
STEM Short Activity: Design a Crew Capsule
Objective: In teams, design, build, test and improve “crew module” to protect your miniastronaut.
Duration: 60 minutes
Materials Needed: mailing tube, oatmeal canister, or small coffee can, 2-cm toy people figurines, tape, scissors, metric scale, meter stick, student handout, blank paper, paper cups, paper plates, index cards, aluminum foil or plastic wrap
Difficulty: Moderate
Next Generation Science Standards: MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-3, MS-ETS1-4
Common Core State Math Practice: MP1
“NASA STEM Stars” is a webchat series. Each chat introduces a science, technology, engineering or math career, addresses a STEM topic and highlights a NASA mission. The chat includes a STEM activity that students can do at home. After the interviews, experts answer students’ questions.