Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades K-4, Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Informal Education
Subject
Careers, Education, Engineering Design, Spanish, Technology
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities, Videos
NASA Role Model: Ali Guarneros Luna
NASA Center: Ames Research Center/Headquarters
Topic: Aeronautics
Original Air Date: March 24, 2021
Join Aerospace Project Manager Ali Guarneros Luna and learn about her pathway to NASA, all her experiences while working for a variety of projects such as the CubeSats that are a class of nanosatellites. She is known by “The doctor CubeSats”. Ali is a senior NASA aerospace engineer supporting the Small Satellite Technology (SST) Program at The Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), managing Tipping Points program and other small satellites.
STEM Short Activity: Build Your Own Spacecraft
Objective: Student will design and latest and greatest satellite while learning about the main components of it such as the communication device, power source, container, orientation finder and the science instrument.
Duration: 60 minutes
Materials Needed: Edible and non-edible materials listed in the activity
Difficulty: Moderate
Next Generation Science Standards: MS-ETS1-2
“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.