Solar Dynamics Observatory – NEAT program
Overview
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Solar Dynamics Observatory – NEAT program
E/PO Project Name:
SDO
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This program is completed.
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This program trains graduate students, with help of a Physics Education Research specialist, to present NASA-developed classroom activities to K-12 teachers, and to coach the teachers how to use those activities in their classrooms. Program facilitators adopt and/or adapt activities from the existing, extensive catalogue of NASA-developed & -approved activities. At the request of the teachers, program facilitators deliver the training/coaching sessions at their schools, with no cost to the teachers. Participating K-12 teachers get 2 continuing education credits from the State of Montana.
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Evaluation
National Priorities and Coordination Approaches as Articulated in CoSTEM:
- Improve STEM Instruction
- Increase and Sustain Youth and Public Engagement in STEM
- Design Graduate Education for Tomorrow’s STEM Workforce