Explore Solar System and Beyond: Search for Life
Thursday 11/14/2019
6:00 pm ET (3:00pm PT)
FREE 1-hour Webinar
Educators in Grades K-12

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

Is there life beyond our Earth? Using NASA STEAM lessons, participants will explore the possibility of life beyond Earth using a research developed definition of "life". Participants will experiment, record observations and draw illustrations as they collect data from simulated Mars samples to determine if life may exist in any of them.
 

Steve Culivan is a retired NASA STEM Education Professional Development Specialist. During his thirty-one year career with NASA Education, he was assigned to the Kennedy Space Center, Marshall Space Flight Center and the Stennis Space Center. Mr. Culivan developed and provided NASA STEM online and face-to-face professional development programs for in-service, pre-service, informal and university educators. Mr. Culivan was the Principal Investigator for two International Space Station (ISS) in-flight education demonstrations. He additionally developed and co-developed several NASA STEM lessons and lesson guides. Prior to his NASA career, Mr. Culivan taught middle school Earth and space science, life science, English, art and coached several sports. He holds a current Louisiana teaching certificate in science and English. Mr. Culivan received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Louisiana Tech University and a Masters of Science degree in Education from Oklahoma State University.