Launching Early Childhood ExplorersM.A.R.S.

(Math, Arts, Reading & Science)

Presented By:Carrie Lynne Draper & Rudo KashiriReadiness Learning Associates, Pasadena, CA & Virginia Beach, VAStuart Scolnik, New Roads School, Santa Monica, CA

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M.A.R.S.

Preparing the next generation……..

Training Begins Now ----Astronaut Class of 2047

Agenda for This Session

1. Lessons Learned from ECSTEM 2014

2. Why M.A.R.S.? Making Curricular Connections

3. Tools for M.A.R.S.

4. Resources, Q & A and Closing

Virginia Space Grant Consortium

1. Lessons Learned from ECSTEM 2014

Jump Start to Childrens’ Engineering

Focus on the E in STEMECSTEM 2014

Pocket Full of Seeds: Growing Confident Problem Solvers

LAST YEAR HERE AT ECSTEM

Designing the best solution!

Testing, Reconsidering & Redesigning

Engineering Encounters!

Children are born to ‘engineer’’

Engineering Design Process

• ASK• IMAGINE• PLAN• CREATE & TEST• IMPROVE

• Children have the capacity to engage in scientific practices and develop understanding at a conceptual level

• Young children need multiple and varied opportunities to engage in science exploration and discovery (NAEYC 2013)

• Young children develop science skills and learning by engaging in experiential learning

• Educating all students in science and engineering

• Providing the foundational knowledge for those who will become the scientists, engineers, technologists, and technicians of the future.

Skills Students Most Need for STEM in the 21st Century & Beyond

• Communicate Clearly and Persuasively and explain phenomena when designing solutions to problems

• Read in order to obtain scientific/technical information

• Create diagrams, models to support a scientific or engineering idea

• Integrate qualitative/quantitative scientific and/or technical information

• Know how to use a variety of tools

• Be stewards of resources with the ability to conserve and sustain

National Research Council, How Children Learn

Students come to the classroom with preconceptions about how the world works.

To develop competence in an area of inquiry, students must have:

*deep foundation of factual knowledge*understand facts and ideas in context of a framework*organize knowledge in ways that facilitate application*bank a memory of errors

A ‘metacognitive’ approach to instruction helps students learn to take control of their learning

To inspire each individual to take action to make the world a better place for all

Math lines, space, angles, patterns……

Arts lines, space, angles, patterns….

Reading lines, space, patterns….

Science lines, space, patterns…..

According to Nora

“The act of studying a painting, creating art, equips students to become better perceivers of scenarios”…..

Nita Charon, PhD, MD, Chair, Narrative Medicine Program,Columbia University School of Medicine

2. Why M.A.R.S.?

Making Curricular Connections

Let’s Go!● Spaceships take 9 months (180 days) to get to

Mars.

● What will you need while you travel to Mars?

Outline● Our home planet

● Where are we in the soar system?

● Comparison Earth, Moon and Mars

● Mars

How big is mars?

How do we get there?

How do we land

Can we live on Mars?

● How does NASA Study planets- Mars

Moon Size

Rotation and Revolution

Where have we landed on Mars?

STEM Lesson Plans: Inquiry-based

● Conceptual Modeling

● Engineering

● How We Explore

● Scientific Research

Earth, Moon and Mars Balloons

To model the Earth, Earth’s Moon, and Mars system

● Prediction

● Circumference

● Concept of models

Conceptual Modeling

Solar System Scale & Size

To model the relative size and distance of the solar system

● Scale and distance

Conceptual Modeling

Going to MarsEngineering a rocket

● The best nose cone length and predicting the motion of the model

● Tests

● Research

● Collecting and analyzing data

Engineering

Rocket FuelKey Words

● rocketry

● launch

● pressure

● For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction.

Engineering

Rotor Copter Engineering

● Observe

● Plan and design

● Use Tools

How We Explore

● The Strange New Planet

Northern Winter

Mars Odyssey Spacecraft

Phoenix Mars Mission

How do we study Mars?

Mars Rovers

NASA/JPL-Caltech

Mystery Planet● Explore a Model Planet to Discover

New Features

● Explore crustal samples from a “Mystery” planet.

● Sorting/classification

STEM Lessons: How We Explore

How Do We Survive There?Developing a Community

● Reflect on Your Community

● Constructing Your Sustainable Communities on Mars

Lava Layering● Sequence Lava Flow Events

using Drill Cores and Cuts

● Create models of volcanic lava flows and analyze the layers

How We Explore

JPL Resources● Cool Things About Mars

● Cool Things About the Mission

● Cool Things About the Curiosity Rover

NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity

● Is Mars Really Red?

● How Do You Get to Mars?

● How Do You Land on Mars?

● How Hard Is It to Land Curiosity on Mars?

● Phoning Home: Communicating from Mars

MAVEN EducationRed Planet: Read, Write, Explore!

● Incorporates science into elementary school literacy activities.

● Flexible, standards-based curriculum uses literacy, art, and creative expression as a vehicle for the topic of Mars exploration.

● Teacher professional development nationally beginning in 2013.

● A Quick Trip to Mars

● Atmospheric Pressure on Mars

● Surviving and Thriving on Mars

2014EFT-1

2017EM-1

2021EM-2

2018AA2

Test Flight Timeline

Orion’s First Flight Test

Publications for kids

Orion’s First Flight Test

3. Tools Needed for M.A.R.S.

The Discovery CenterAt New Roads Elementary

Why ● The Discovery Center is a place where students can

challenge themselves. The benefits of this type of project based learning are clearly evident in the students enthusiasm, and their demonstrated understanding of science standards

Maren’s answer● “We either build it, blow it up, or eat it!”

More why

Building experiences

Building confidence, patience, and sticktoitiveness

How to start a tool shop

Design your workspace

Getting tools

Organization and safety

Holding it down

Cardboard is your friend

Wood

Hitting it - hammers

Drilling and screwing

Cutting it

Sanding

Objectives

Projects

Boats

Wrap up

4. Resources, Q & A and Closing

Building minds!

Talk about what works, modify design & test it!

Re-Think Your Centers!

Engineer a Toy Activity?