Download - STELLAR Awards Program on NASATalk
Laurie Ruberg, Ph.D.Associate Director
Debra C. Burkey Piecka, Ed.D.Educational Researcher/Instructional Designer
Center for Educational TechnologiesWheeling Jesuit University
What are the STELLAR Awards?
STELLAR awards recognize educators for excellent uses of NASA STEM resources in their classrooms or informal settings. The STELLAR acronym represents the intent of the award:
STEM
Teaching
Excellence for
Leading,
Learning,
Articulation, and
Reflection
STELLAR Awards
Navigation
• Go to the NASATalk website
• Register and login to the site
• Select the STELLAR Award Icon
STELLAR Awards are seeking entries for the following themes.
• Aeronautics and flight• Ecosystems• Forces and motion• Life sciences• Models and scales• Solar system• The Moon• Weather and climate
STELLAR Award winners• Receive a $100 cash stipend.
• Two honorable mentions each receive a $50 stipend.
• Participate in blogs, interviews, or digital storytelling about their entries.
• May use the STELLAR Awards icon for recognition purposes.
Please nominate teachers for STELLAR Awards.• Draw from curriculum areas promoted within your
region.
• Consider tying to STELLAR Awards to a professional development conference theme such as robotics.
• Inspire and motivate other teachers to use NASA resources by sharing your experiences.
• Read about Mrs. Eileen Poling’s winning entry, Family Flight Fun on NASATalk.
• Submit an entry.
We have a winner!
Tucker Valley Elementary-Middle School Principal Joyce Carrico,
left, and gifted students teacher Eileen Poling.
The NASATalk Team congratulates Mrs. Poling on being our first STELLAR Awards winner! Will you be our next?
Please submit an entry and share your experiences using
NASA educational resources in your classroom or informal setting.
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