Higher Ed Faculty
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has an essential role in NASA’s education mission “to inspire the next generation of explorers.” SMD has a long and strong history of supporting post-secondary opportunities. Through the Science Education and Public Outreach Forums SMD is working to further strengthen its support of undergraduate programs through opportunities for students and faculty. Here you will find information that will allow you to:
- Network with colleagues
- Learn about the SMD Forums’ higher education efforts
- Propose an E/PO project to SMD
- Partner with an SMD E/PO community member
- Be a participant in an SMD E/PO program
- Find resources for your programs
NASA Wavelength is an intuitive and searchable database of SMD educational products and activities. Find resources for your classroom or community event!
EarthSpace is a searchable database of undergraduate classroom materials and resources on best teaching practices, funding opportunities, and news of interest for higher education faculty teaching Earth and space sciences at introductory and upper division levels.
Created in response to requests for “quick references to E/PO resources” from scientists, the Astrophysics E/PO Resource Sampler and Planetary Science E/PO Resource Sampler are quick-start guides and “samplers” of the variety of Astrophysics and Planetary Science education and public outreach (E/PO) resources.
If you are a higher education faculty member in Earth or space science who is doing – or interested in – education and public outreach, and would like to be part of SMD’s E/PO Community, please contact the SMD E/PO Forum that most closely aligns with your interests; contacts are listed at the top of the PEOPLE tab.
The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Queens College have partnered to provide teachers with a FREE 3 day STEM training on November 14th, 15th and 16th that will provide teachers and schools with GLOBE certification. If you are the first teacher from your school to be certified in GLOBE you will receive a bundle of science instruments and equipment worth $600.00, courtesy Con Edison.
Day one will be held at the offices of NASA-Goddard…
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These slide sets are the pilot examples of a series of slide sets the NASA SMD E/PO Astrophysics Forum is developing to help Astro 101 instructors bring the latest NASA discoveries into their classrooms!
After considerable discussion during and following the Cosmos in the Classroom SIG on July 23, 2013, we have incorpoarted instructors' feedback on their needs.
10/15/2014:
Updated Instructor's Guide and 2 slide sets have passed NASA Product Review. They are available for…
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For the general public, teachers and students.
International conference, participants include remote-sensing scientists and engineers, higher education faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, E/PO practioners includes workshops/presentations/posters on education and outreach. Held in Milan, Italy.
For K-12 and higher education. Held in Philadelphia, PA.
For remote sensing professionals, includes some education sessions (mainly aimed at higher education, but also K-12 and informal projects are presented). Held in Tampa, FL.
For geographers, GIS specialists, environmental scientists, scholars, researchers, educators, students. Held in Chicago, IL.
For K-12 teachers, college faculty, education professionals. Held in Milwaukee, WI.
For scientists, faculty, E/PO professionals. Held in The Woodlands, TX.
For scientists, faculty, students, E/PO professionals, physics educators, physics education researchers. Held in San Antonio, TX.
For K-12 teachers, college faculty, education professionals, scientists. Held at University of MD, College Park.
For K-12 teachers, college faculty, education professionals, scientists. Held in San Diego, CA.
Major annual conference for Earth and space scientists, educators and communications professionals
- Science sessions, with major E/PO component (4 days of EPO sessions, presentations, and posters).
- Includes GIFT workshop (Geophysical Information for Teachers) – a 2-day teacher workshop (approx 50 middle-high school teachers) that is organized by NESTA (SMD EPO Forum K-12 WG lead – Cassie Soeffing – is on NESTA board and coordinates GIFT with SMD EPO community.
- Exploration…
For scientists, faculty, and E/PO professionals. Held in Tucson, AZ.
For scientists, faculty, students, E/PO professionals. Held in Portland, OR.
Held in Vancouver, Canada.
Focus on Higher ed, with strands on K-12 programs. GSA has a section on community colleges.
Science areas include: Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science, Geochemistry, Geography, Geology, Geophysics,Hydrology, Oceanography, Planetary Science, and Soil Science.
For Native American, Hispanic, and black undergraduates and scientists in science. Held in Los Angeles, CA.
If you teach undergraduate courses, or are interested in doing so in the future, you may find this free online course useful:
This seven-week course explores effective teaching strategies for college or university STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) classrooms. Participants will learn about effective teaching strategies and the research that supports them, and they will apply what they learn to the design of lessons and assignments they can use in future…
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On 06 September 2014, the whole world will collectively admire and celebrate our Moon on International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN)! We invite you to join in the fun! Check the map of registered InOMN events at http://observethemoonnight.org to see if there’s an event being held near you. If not, please consider hosting one and inviting your patrons, friends, or neighbors.
Don’t know where to start? This link walks you through the…
DownloadDear Forum friends,
I'm excited to announce that my session proposal for the AGU Fall Meeting has been accepted:
Session Title: Best Practices in Meaningful and Authentic Science Outreach to Formal and Informal Audiences
Session Description: At a time when many states are considering the Next Generation Science Standards and
other approaches to include the practice of science into their curricula, there is a pressing need for more
opportunities for formal and informal audiences…
From Luisa Rebull of NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP). Please share this message with any interested educators.
Hi folks –
I'm pleased to announce that our application for NITARP for 2015 is now available! It's available at our website:
http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/
NITARP, the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program, gets teachers involved in authentic astronomical research. We partner small groups of educators with a mentor…
Posting the following call for proposals from Carlton College's NSF InTeGrate program for geoscience course and module development teams:
We are excited to announce InTeGrate's 2014 call for course and module development teams and encourage those interested to apply.
InTeGrate is seeking proposals from faculty and instructors to author new undergraduate-level teaching materials and model courses. All materials will be developed, tested and published by collaborative teams…
Announcing for 2014-15: Major (G5-14) STEM Opportunity for School Districts – Student Spaceflight Experiments Program — Mission 7 to the International Space Station
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education, and NanoRacks announce Mission 7 to the International Space Station. This STEM education opportunity immerses grade 5-14 students across a community in an authentic, high visibility research…
Our two-pronged approach begins with developing and hosting collaborative webinar events that highlight multidisciplinary work of NASA scientists and engineers. Content from webinars' archives are then parsed into categories that align with the Next Generation Science Standards' "Science & Engineering Practices." We would love to work with other SMD missions to develop new resources using this successful model!
DownloadNASA’s Earth Forum and NAGT’s Geo2YC have launched a new series of webinars for geoscience faculty at two-year colleges, called EarthEd2YC. Each webinar includes 30 minutes of professional development for full-time and part-time faculty seeking educational resources and other guidance from NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Earth Science Education and Public Outreach Forum(SMD E/PO) and NAGT’s Geosciences for Two-Year Colleges (Geo2YC) professional division.
Next Webinar:…
