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Conference Program Sessions
NOTE: Final session
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Date: Friday, October 20
Time: 10:30-11:30
Salon G
Session Title: Kentucky Aviation Academies
Presenter: Bill Schneider, Teacher, Simon Kenton High School
Co-presenter: Tim Smith
Grade Level: Middle
National Standards: Science, Math
Track Theme: Aviation
Description: Kentucky’s Transportation and Education
Departments joined forces on Aviation Academies for classroom teachers.
Session details will feature the plan and the results of the academies.
Salon C
Session Title: Microgravity: Bad to the Bone!
Presenter: Rudo Kashiri, Aerospace Education Services
Program, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Langley Research Center
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: Middle
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Space
Description: Current NASA research on physiological changes
during extended stays in space will be discussed to help participants learn
about microgravity and its effects on the body.
Salon B
Session Title: ITEA-CATTS Human Exploration Curricula and
the EbD Network:
Presenter: Shelli Meade, Space Exploration Curricula K-12,
ITEA
Co-presenter: Barry Burke
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
National Standards: Technology
Track Theme: Space
Description: Educators and NASA scientists partnered to
develop these exciting, contemporary curricula. The EbD Network model embeds
and enhances the curricula, incorporating professional development and
feedback.
Salon A
Time: 10:30-11:00 *
NOTE: *
= 1/2 hour session
Session Title: NSTA SciPacks: Just-in-Time Online learning
of Core Science Content
Presenter: Steven Rapp, National Science Teachers
Association
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Teach the Teacher
Description: Learn about NSTA’s latest product to support
your professional development to meet NCLB requirements.
Salon D/E
Session Title: EAA Aviation Education Dissemination Program,
“Free” Teacher Training, Curriculum Materials,
Online Aero Scholars Course
Presenter: Jim McGrath, Education Consultant, Experimental
Aircraft Association
Co-presenter: Dr. Lee Siudzinski
Grade Level: Elementary
National Standards: Science, Math, Technology,
Reading/Language Arts, and Social Studies
Track Theme: Other
Description: Teachers will receive “Free Teacher Training,
Curriculum Materials, On-Line Scholars Course for participating in the EAA
Charter School Dissemination Grant. The EAA Charter School was awarded
dissemination grants in 2005 and 2006 to replicate the standards based
integrated aviation curriculum materials and teacher training models in
Wisconsin and across the United States. The EAA Aviation Charter school
students have demonstrated increased academic achievement compared to
non-charter school students in a research study conducted by Dr. John Witte,
University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Time: 10:30-11:00 *
Salon F
Session Title: The American Competitiveness Initiative,
Math, Science, and Aviation Education
Presenter: Tony Fowler, Director of Interagency Affairs,
U.S. Department of Education
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
National Standards: Science, Math
Track Theme: Other
Description: The speaker will summarize the latest activity
related to improving mathematics and science education nationally. Updates
will be provided on No Child Left Behind and the Competitiveness Initiative.
Time: 1:30-2:30
Salon D/E
Session Title: Why Do I Have to Learn Math & Science?
Careers That Motivate and Inspire Students.
Presenter: Lisa Bacon, Program Manager, Precollege Programs,
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
National Standards: Related to careers using math, science,
engineering and technology
Track Theme: Careers in the Classroom
Description: Have your students asked “Why learn math and
science? Come to this session and you will have the answers that will make
your students want to learn more about the aerospace industry. We will use
the AIAA web site to show resources that you and your students can use to
research careers in aerospace.
In addition, the AIAA Foundation Classroom Grant program
will be reviewed so you can get funding to help with hands-on math and
science activities in your classroom. Free membership in AIAA is included in
this session.
Salon B
Session Title: Aviation Science with Charley’s Gizmos
Presenter: Charley Rodriguez, Board of Directors, Member,
Southern Illinois Wings of Charity Flight Academy
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: Secondary
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Experiential Learning
Description: Come explore a series of demonstrations
designed to teach aerodynamics. Lessons in this session range from simple
visual Bernoulli demonstrations to a series of experiments involving the
measurement and calculation of lift and drag in a homemade wind tunnel.
Salon F
Session Title: The Importance of STEM Education in a Path to
Military and Commercial Pilot Careers
Presenter: Lynda Meeks, Girls with Wings (Very Important
Pilots, LLC) and Generate LIFT, INC.
Co-presenter: Kathleen Meilahn, Cindy Jacobs
Grade Level: Secondary
National Standards: Other (Aviation Careers)
Track Theme: Aviation
Description: The role math, science, engineering, and
technology play in supporting a professional pilot career and activities
suggested for young adults to prepare for this occupation.
Time: 1:30-2:00 *
Salon A
Session Title: Chicago Web Docent Project: The Story of
Hubble Space Telescope
Presenter: Julia Borst Brazas, Director, Chicago WebDocent,
Chicago
Public Schools/University of Chicago Internet Project
Co-presenter: Joy Reeves, Science Specialist, Claremont Math
& Science
Academy, Chicago Public Schools
Grades: Middle
National Standards: Science, Technology
Track Theme: Space
Description: An interactive, online curriculum module for
middle school students that presents lessons on the scientific,
technological, and social impact of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Time: 2:00 - 2:30 *
Salon A
Session Title: Simulation Creation Technology for Novice
Programmer Teachers using SimBuilder Squeak
Presenter: Dr. Cheryl Seals, Department of Computer Science
and Software Engineering, Auburn University
Co-presenter: Ken Rouse, Alexandria Williams, Fred
Strickland
Grade Level: Middle
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Teach the Teachers
Description: This tutorial will introduce teachers to
SimBuilder Squeak. A software package that will allow novice programmers to
create educational simulations from scratch. We have created a minimalist
tutorial that teachers can use on their own once they return home to help
them in a guided exploration of the simulation created environment. The
Squeak environment is freeware and is being used in many schools.
This introduction is planned to share the benefits of this
software with a wider audience.
Salon C
Session Title: Resources and Information for educators from
FAA and the National Coalition for Aviation Education
Presenter: Shelia Bauer, National Program Manager, Aviation
and Space Education, Federal Aviation Administration
Co-presenter: Rol Murrow, Wolf Aviation Fund and NCAE
Grade Level: Middle
National Standards: Other (Aviation & Space incorporated
into core subjects)
Track Theme: Other
Description: FAA, Wolf Aviation Fund and NCAE
representatives present “finding aerospace education resources and getting
the most in Web surfing for curriculum ideas, human resources, handouts,
career, scholarship, and grant information.”
Time: 2:45-3:45
Salon A
Session Title: Aeroscholars: Online Aviation Education
National Courses for High School Students
Presenter: Dr. Lee Siudzinski, Vice President of Education,
Experimental Aircraft Association
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: Secondary
National Standards: Science, Math, Technology, and Social
Studies
Track Theme: Aviation
Description: Fundamentals and Advanced Aviation Science
courses follow National Science Standards, provide high school and college
credit, and prepare students for the FAA Private Pilot Written Examination.
Salon C
Session Title: A New Look at Gamma-Ray Bursts with the Swift
Satellite:
Presenter: Cheryl Niemela, NASA Educator Ambassador, Rogers
High School
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: Secondary
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Space
Description: Recent discoveries into the most energetic
events in the Universe (gamma-ray bursts) will be highlighted and uncovered
using NASA’s Swift satellite data.
Salon B
Session Title: Up Close and Personal with Large Scale
Rocketry Components
Presenter: Gary Dahlke, Systems Engineer, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: Secondary
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Teach the Teachers
Description: Hands-on demonstration of the inner workings of
a large scale high powered rocket.
Salon F
Session Title: Art and Science (with lots of reading and
math) in Summer School Space Camp
Presenter: Debbie Evans, Teacher, Chouteau High School
Co-presenter: Donna Coppedge
Grade Level: Elementary
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Teach the Teachers
Description: Voyage to summer school space camp with science
and art! Lots of proven teacher tested ideas, lessons, and activities
incorporating science, art, math and reading.
Time: 2:45-3:15 *
Salon G
Session Title: Aerospace for Educators: Removing the
Unknowns about Teaching Aerospace Concepts in the Classroom
Presenter: Doug Baldwin, Chief, Udvar-Hazy Education,
National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar
Hazy Center
Co-presenter: Margy Natalie
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
National Standards: Science, Math, Technology,
Reading/Language Arts, and Social Studies
Track Theme: Teach the Teachers
Description: With lots of fun and hands-on demonstrations I
hope to remove some of the fears and/or unknowns of using aerospace
education concepts in the classroom.
Salon D/E
Session Title: A System’s Approach to Education Systems
Presenter: Jim McMurtray, Executive Director, National
Alliance of State Science and Mathematics Coalitions
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
National Standards: Science, Math
Track Theme: Other
Description: A CHALLENGE TO AEROSPACE EDUCATORS: DESIGN THE
FUTURE
In operation, our present education system effectively works
to remove a significant portion of the student population from the STEM
pipeline and to divert them from the pursuit of advanced science,
mathematics and technology content. It has evolved this filtering-out
process over time but this is not what we want it to do in today’s economy.
Finding the critical path to a more effective and
appropriate system for delivering STEM content is the subject of this
presentation.
Time:
4:00-5:00
Salon F
Session Title: Future Flight Design
Presenter: Amy Krajnak, Teacher, Kelleys Island School
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: Middle
National Standards: Science, Technology
Track Theme: Aviation
Description: Engage yourself in hands-on and web-based
activities for grades 5-8. Participants solve a flight challenge and explore
activities with various flight vehicles. CD provided.
Salon C
Session Title: Legalized Murder: The Army Flies the Mail
Presenter: Ronald Ferrara, Middle State Tennessee University
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: Secondary
National Standards: Secondary
Track Theme: Aviation
Description: In February, 1934 President Roosevelt cancelled
all existing airmail contracts turning the routes over to the army. A
catastrophe resulted with 12 army pilots killed.
Salon D/E
Session Title: Satellites in the Classroom
Presenter: Kathleen Foy, Teacher, Crystal Lake Middle School
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: Middle, Secondary
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Space
Description: Satellites impact every part of our daily life.
Learn how to incorporate satellites into your curriculum. Make your own GPS
satellite model, play with gyroscopes, locate the ISS, track a variety of
satellites and find out how your student scientists can connect to
satellites orbiting your school.
Salon B
Session Title: Readin’, Writin’, and Rockets: Free Online
Professional Development in Aerospace Education for Teachers
Presenter: Thomas Cavanagh, Embry Riddle Aeronautical
University
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: Secondary
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Space
Description: The future of inservice/preservice training:
online, anytime, anywhere. Come learn about a FREE web portal of educational
modules with a special emphasis in aerospace education.
Salon G
Session Title: Force and Motion: Authentically Speaking
Presenter: Stuart Sharack, Airspace Systems Educator, Juliet
Long School
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: Middle
National Standards: Math
Track Theme: Teach the Teachers
Description: NASA’s Airspace Systems Education Cohort (ASEC)
presents Smart Skies where students use inquiry exploring distance/rate/time
problems in air traffic control. Other interactive multimedia programs
shared.
Time: 4:00-4:30 *
Salon A
Session Title: NSTA SciGuides! Sites, Solutions, Success
Steven Rapp, National Science Teachers Association
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Teach the Teachers
Description: Learn about NSTA’s latest product to support
your professional development to meet NCLB requirements.
Date: Saturday, October 21
Time: 10:30-11:30
Salon F
Session Title: Just For Fun
Presenter: Dr. Paul Fortin, Education Organization
Representative
Co-presenter: Jane Fortin
Grade Level: Middle, Secondary
National Standards: Science, Math
Track Theme: Careers in the Classroom
Description: Each school year has slow days, such as
approaching holidays, last week of school, and when fill in activities are
needed to occupy students. This session discusses a few fun activities which
stimulates thought and involves problem solving.
Salon A
Session Title: Johnny’s Airport
Presenter: Cynthia Keeling, Program Manager Educator
Resource Center NASA IV&V Facility
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: Elementary
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Aviation
Description: The Johnny’s Airport Adventure storyboard is an
interactive, hands-on activity designed to reinforce the topics introduced
in “Johnny’s Airport Adventure Story.”
Salon B
Session Title: Estes Rocketry 101
Presenter: Ann Grimm, Director of Education, ESTES Rockets
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: Middle
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Space
Description: Hands-on and fun! Estes rockets provide high
motivation for students. Build your own rocket and learn model rocket
basics. Free Estes rocket and curriculum materials.
Time: 10:30-11:00 *
Salon D/E
Session Title: The Aerospace Program at Manchester Middle
School, Richmond, VA
Presenter: Vincent Hughes, Science teacher, Manchester
Middle School
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: Middle, Secondary
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Space
Description: This session examines the broad reach of the
aerospace program at Manchester Middle School in Richmond, Virginia.
Salon G
Session Title: Blast Off to a Day in Space
Presenter: Brooks Cima, Teacher, Alexander Elementary School
Co-presenter: Jo Pender, Michael Hopkins
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Space
Description: This is a session that will offer teachers in
grades 1-6 (and CAP members planning an AE Day) creative ideas that cross
curricular boundaries and take students on a simulated ride into space.
Time: 10:30-11:00 *
Salon C
Session Title: Sponsoring the Team America Rocketry
Challenge
Presenter: Trip Barber, Vice-President, National Association
of Rocketry
Co-presenter: J.P. Stevens, Allison Harvey
Grade Level: Middle, Secondary
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Teach the Teachers
Description: Learn how educators and CAP AE Officers can
participate in the largest Model Rocketry contest in the country.
Time: 1:30-2:30
Salon F
Session Title: From Outer Space to Inner Space
Presenter: Barbara Tharp, Assistant Director, Baylor College
of Medicine
Co-presenter: Nancy Moreno
Grade Level: Middle
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Space
Description: There are many reasons to study life sciences
in microgravity. What can we learn in space about our bodies here on Earth?
Salon D/E
Session Title: How to Use Model Rocketry in the Classroom
Without Being a Rocket Scientist
Presenter: Vince Huegele, Education Committee Chairman,
National Association of Rocketry
Co-presenter: Stewart McNabb
Grade Level: Middle, Secondary
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Teach the Teachers
Description: An introduction to concepts of using model
rocketry in the classroom to teach core science topics for multiple grade
levels. Hands-on examples provided.
Time: 10:30-11:00
Salon G
Session Title: SPACE: Student Participation in Aerospace for
Classroom Education
Presenter: Ginger Reasonover, Science Lab Coordinator
Co-presenter: Phyllis Sanders, Kim Smith and Chuck Chisam,
Third Grade Teachers, David Lipscomb
Elementary School
Grade Level: Elementary
National Standards: Science, Math
Track Theme: Teach the Teachers
Description: You can create a Space Day for your school.
Hands-on activities will be presented which will encourage teamwork,
critical thinking, and exploration. Activities reinforce Newton’s Laws,
exploration of constellations, and working in space.
Salon B
Session Title: Teaching Materials and Adaptation Ideas from
the Education Department of NASM’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Presenter: Margy Natalie, FCPS Aerospace Educator in
Residence 2003-2006, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar Hazy
Center
Co-presenter: Ken Larson, Floris Elementary School
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
National Standards: Science, Math, Technology
Track Theme: Teach the Teachers
Description: Learn about different programs at the Udvar
Hazy Center and experience a number of showcased activities. Lessons are
standards based and easily adaptable.
Salon C
Session Title: Applied Practical Mathematics and
Aeronautical Charts
Presenter: Richard Klein, Aviation Education Alliance
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: Middle
National Standards: Math
Track Theme: Teach the Teachers
Description: Learn how to locate airports on Aeronautical
Charts and use scales for flight planning.
Salon A
Session Title: Ten Ideas for Aerospace Education
Presenter: Michael McArdle, Lt. Col. Civil Air Patrol, GRL,
DCS/AE Education Officer
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: N/A
National Standards: Science, Math
Track Theme: Teach the Teach
Description: Ten ideas for aerospace education are offered
that have worked to achieve AE success. As a Civil Air Patrol Aerospace
Education Officer or Director of Aerospace Education, you can either go
crazy or succeed. Which will it be for you? This session offers something
for everyone, come-one-come-all!
Time: 2:45-3:45
Salon C
Session Title: High School Aerospace/Aeronautic Symposium
Featuring “Student Simulated Space Walk in a Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory”
Presenter: Russ Billings, Teacher, Kearsley High School
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: Secondary
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Space
Description: High school physics students design a “space
module” to be deployed into the school’s swimming pool and then perform
experiments and present aerospace/aeronautics material to the public.
Salon F
Session Title: Launching Language Arts in the Classroom
Presenter: Kristy Curtin, Teacher, Guthrie High School
Co-presenter: Kathy Curtin, Kelly Wardlaw
Grade Level: Middle, Secondary
National Standards: Science, Reading/Language Arts
Track Theme: Space
Description: Participants will learn ways to merge language
arts and space exploration through mythology, poetry, and creative writing.
Lesson plans and handouts included.
Time: 2:45-3:15 *
Salon A
Session Title: NSTA Symposia and Web Seminars: Face-to-Face
and Online Professional Development
Presenter: Steven Rapp, National Science Teachers
Association
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Teach the Teachers
Description: Learn about NSTA’s latest product to support
your professional development to meet NCLB requirements.
Time: 3:15-3:45*
Salon A
Session Title: NSTA SciPacks: Just-in-Time Online learning
of Core Science Content
Presenter: Steven Rapp, National Science Teachers
Association
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Teach the Teachers
Description: Learn about NSTA’s latest product to support
your professional development to meet NCLB requirements.
Salon B
Session Title: Utilizing STK within the Classroom: Bringing
Space into the Classroom using STK
Presenter: Julie Bachmann, Technical Marketing Engineer,
Analytical Graphics, Inc.
Co-presenter: N/A
Grade Level: Secondary
National Standards: Science
Track Theme: Teach the Teachers
Description: Introduce a new dimension to your curriculum by
giving students hands-on experience with AGI’s industry-leading, commercial
off-the-shelf STK analysis and visualization software.
Salon D/E
Session Title: Educational Opportunities with the Air Force
Association
Presenter: Ann Sagle, Air Force Association Education
Co-presenter: Jeri Martin
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
National Standards: Other
Track Theme: Other
Description: AFA provides scholarships, grants and educator
recognition for America’s teachers and students to stimulate STEM in
classrooms.
NOTE: Final session information will be
provided in the Program Guide, available when you register at NCASE!
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Presenters' Information from earlier this year - for reference purposes
only:
NCASE is the nation's premier aviation and space education conference
for teachers and informal educators. NCASE provides your chance to address this
audience and share what you have learned or have to offer.
We have already finalized our program for NCASE 2006, but you may be
interested in seeing the forms should you wish to present at a future
conference.
Do you have a topic, workshop, or presentation that should be
considered for a session at a future NCASE? Then please see our CALL FOR
PROPOSALS form and consider sending in the newer version when we shcedule
our next NCASE!
We will provide the 2006 Call for Proposals form using two methods:
Click
here to download our Word Document format Call for Proposals
Click
here to download our PDF Document format Call for Proposals
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