Add Some Buoyancy to Your Classroom

Becky Jaramillo Educator-in-Residence

National Institute of AerospaceChildren’s Engineering Council

February 25, 2011

The National Institute of Aerospace (NIA)

Getting to know you . . .

Today’s Goals

Serves a societal need . . .

And has tangible economic value

So what does that mean for us . . .

Less than 2,000km

Satellites in Geosynchronous Orbit

Less than 40,000 km

How else might NASA learn about climate?

• States of matter• Mass• Density• Pushes and pulls• High and low pressure

Newton’s Laws

• Make the balloon neutrally buoyant at a given height.

• Using only the “tools” provided, maneuver the balloon around the room.

Design Process Packets

NASA eClips

Scientific Method … Engineering Design Process …

• Using the materials provided, design a shower clock that will time your shower.

• Why would a shower clock be important?

5E CycleE – EngageE – ExploreE – ExplainE – ExtendE – Evaluate

Educator Guides

Challenges

Design Squad

BEST Beginning Engineering, Science and Technology

•Explore the HOTLIST

www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listnasaresbj.html

Wordle

“If you want to find a born engineer, look for any seven-year-old.”

Ioannis Miaoulis, Museum of Science, Boston

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