Explore Moon to Mars: Habitation with Gateway!
Wednesday 07/20/2022
7:00 pm ET
FREE 1-hour Webinar
Educators in Grades K-12
 

The NASA Educator Professional Development Collaborative at
Texas State University is providing a 1-hour webinar.

The Gateway will be an outpost orbiting the Moon that provides vital support for a sustainable, long-term human return to the lunar surface, as well as a staging point for deep space exploration.

In this session we will explore "Gateway: A Home Base for Human Missions to the Moon and Beyond!". Come and discover hands-on/minds-on NASA STEM resources that encourages 21st century skills like communication, collaboration, and critical thinking designed to help students reach their potential to join the next-generation STEM workforce.

Attendees come away with instructional PowerPoints, videos, and links to even more standards aligned resources ready to use in the classroom or at home..

In this illustration, NASA's Orion spacecraft approaches the Gateway in lunar orbit.
Credits: NASA
 
 

LaTina Taylor is a NASA Education Specialist with NASA EPDC at Texas State University and is deeply committed to providing STEM Education to students and families in urban communities. A native of Chicago, Illinois, LaTina has over 24 years of experience in education with the Chicago Public Schools and is a National Board Certified Teacher with a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership. During her tenure with CPS LaTina has received several grant awards (i.e. iPads, 3D printers, and LEGO Robotics) for students at the schools she has serviced.

Ms. Taylor has worked in STEM Education in various capacities - as a STEM Technology Specialist, STEM professional developer, and Program Director with the Chicago Pre-College Science & Engineering Program (ChiS&E). She has designed and implemented STEM curriculum (K-12), trained families on STEM and innovative technology tools, and provided professional development to teachers on effective research-based STEM integration pedagogy into their curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

LaTina has also been a presenter at numerous science, math, and technology conferences at the local, state, and national levels.