Today, I attended a NASA workshop for educators. This workshop discussed why it is important to incorporate science and aerospace education in the classroom. A couple reasons are to explore students curiosity, broaden students knowledge and compare and contrast earth to the other planets in our solar system. The lesson was focused on remote sensing which is a way to collect data without touching what you are observing. To put this in prospective, we use remote sensing everyday. We use our eyes to observe the things around us and from that data we form opinions and observations. The lesson was about finding a new planet that could support life, and in this lesson we had 5 missions. After these missions we used the app Haiku to record our groups findings. The app is used to make a quick presentation so students can express their thoughts quickly and with few words. Overall, this was a great hands on activity that made science and chemistry fun!
