Explore Solar System and Beyond: Scale, Origins, and Mysteries
Monday 06/15/2020
12:00 pm (Eastern Time)
FREE 1-hour Webinar
Educators in Grades K-12
 
The NASA STEM EPDC at Texas State University is providing a free 1-hour webinar.

Join NASA EPDC for a free 1-hr webinar to learn more about our solar sysyem and solve some mysteries of meteorites - what they are, where they come from, how they got here, how they affect people, and what they tell us about the solar system. We will investigate some of these questions in the webinar through inquiry-based activities for 5-12 grade students.


Deepika is a NASA Education Specialist at Texas State University. She works to support NASA EPDC efforts nationally both face-to-face and virtually. Deepika has worked in STEM Education in various capacities – as a researcher, educator, outreach coordinator, member of a non-profit startup, and K-8 Educator. She has enjoyed building diverse experiences in STEM education and hopes to add unique value to Educator Profession Development at NASA. Deepika has degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Mysore, India (Bachelors), University of Maryland, College Park (Masters), and Purdue University (Ph. D.) where she researched how to teach fundamental disciplinary concepts in Electrical Engineering.