Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Informal Education
Subject
Careers
Type
Hands-on Activities, Videos
NASA Role Model: Jennifer Scott Williams
NASA Center: Johnson Space Center
Topic: International Space Station Lab 101 — How to Manage Schedules, Hardware and Supplies
Original Air Date: Sept. 8, 2020
Groundbreaking research is completed daily on the International Space Station. Research portfolio managers like Jennifer Scott Williams at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, ensure that crews aboard the space station have the tools they need to complete their research. Watch Williams explain her job and answer students’ questions.
STEM Short Activity: STEMonstrations: Surface Tension
Objective: Learn why water has a high surface tension compared to other liquids, and identify the effects of surface tension with water on Earth and in microgravity.
Duration: 50 minutes
Materials Needed: pennies, small disposable cups, water droppers, water, water spray bottles, hydrophobic silicone polymer (any automotive windshield treatment for water repellent), paper towels
Difficulty: Moderate
Next Generation Science Standards: HS-PS1-3, MS-PS1-2
“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.