NASA Apollo 50th Anniversary: STEM on the Moon Workshop
Thursday 07/18/2019
9:00 am CT
FREE 5-hour Workshop
Educators in Grades 4-12

The NASA Stennis Space Center Office of STEM Engagement is providing a 5-hour educator professional development STEM workshop.

You must be a US citizen to register for this workshop and receive access to the Stennis Space Center to participate.

 
NASA Apollo 50th Anniversary: STEM on the Moon

Date: July 18, 2019

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. CT (30-minute lunch – please bring your own lunch and snacks. A refrigerator and microwave will be available)

Audience: In-service, pre-service, home school and informal STEM educators of grades 4-12

Location: Stennis Space Center; Rouchon House (map). Plan to arrive at Stennis at least 30 min. before start of the workshop to ensure enough time obtaining guest badge at Stennis gate.

 

On July 20th, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first humans on the moon with Apollo 11. The Apollo missions made it possible for us to explore and better understand Earth, our moon and more distant worlds in our solar system.  Along with the exciting history of Apollo, this workshop will explore the Earth and moon relationship, STEM classroom resources, activities and engineering design challenges that integrate our moon, Earth and human exploration into your classroom.

 

Online pre-registration is required to participate.

Registration will be limited to 30 educators.

Registration will close July 14, 2019 (or, when 30 educators are registered).

CEU's/CLU's will be provided for 5.0 hours of attendance.



Steve Culivan is the NASA STEM Education Professional Development Collaborative Specialist at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Mr. Culivan develops and provides NASA STEM online and face-to-face professional development programs for in-service, pre-service and informal 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 curriculum products. Prior to his current twenty-eight year career with NASA Education, 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.