Exploring Beyond the Planets: Meterorite Mysteries
Thursday 08/31/2017 
4:00 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.

Shooting stars, or meteors, are bits of interplanetary material falling through Earth's atmosphere and heated to glow by friction. These objects are called meteoroids as they are hurtling through space, becoming meteors for the few seconds they streak across the sky and create glowing trails.This Educator guide includes 19 STEM Lessons. Find out how you can borrow the Meterorite Samples from Johnson Space Center.  https://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/Exploring_Meteorite_Mysteries.pdf  



Susan Kohler is the current Education Professional Development Specialist at Glenn Research Center and serves the states of Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Minnesota. She has more than 25 years of progressively responsible K-12 educational leadership experience. She has served as Asst. Principal, Principal, Curriculum Director, Math/Science Consultant and Asst. Superintendent. Susan taught science for 13 years at the high school level. Her expertise in STEM and professional development is combined with her knowledge of new technology trends and innovative instructional strategies. Susan holds a Master’s in Education Administration from Bowling Green State College as well as a Bachelors degree of Science in Biological Sciences with the emphasis on Neurophysiology from Ramapo College in New Jersey.