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NASA STEM Digital Badges for Educators and Their Students: A Pilot Program Bringing STEM into Middle Schools Using NASA Langley Research Center's Centennial Celebration
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Colón Robles, Marilé; Thrash, Marjorie; Walker, Candace; Brush, Kimberly M. – Journal of Interdisciplinary Teacher Leadership, 2017
A pilot program was developed for middle school (grades 6-8) educators and students to apply NASA real-world problems to classroom concepts through the use of digital badges, as part of NASA Langley Research Center's (LaRC) Centennial Celebration. Three sets of digital badges were developed on three of NASA's main missions: Earth Science,…
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Earth Science
Playing among the Stars: "Science in Sport, or the Pleasures of Astronomy" (1804)
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Keene, Melanie – History of Education, 2011
In 1804, John Wallis published a game that converted learning about astronomy into a race to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. This essay uses "Science in Sport" to explore the cultures of Georgian recreative science, analysing how the rules and conventions of playing a game affected the gaining of natural knowledge. New familial audiences and…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Astronomy, Recreational Activities, Books
An Investigation of the Eighteenth-Century Achromatic Telescope
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Jaecks, Duane H. – Annals of Science, 2010
The optical quality and properties of over 200 telescopes residing in museums and private collections have been measured and tested with the goal of obtaining new information about the early development of the achromatic lens (1757-1770). Quantitative measurements of the chromatic and spherical aberration of telescope objective lenses were made…
Descriptors: Time Perspective, Optics, Astronomy, Science Activities
Do Children Really Take Note of Science in the News?
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Jarman, Ruth; McClune, Billy – Primary Science Review, 2007
For ten days in August 2006, Pluto was rarely out of the news as members of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) deliberated on its planetary status. For the members of the "News in Science Education" group, based at Queen's University, Belfast, this offered a great opportunity for educators to explore a number of interesting and…
Descriptors: Science Activities, News Reporting, Foreign Countries, Misconceptions
Family Science: Generating Early Learning in Science.
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Watts, Mike – Early Child Development and Care, 2000
This study examined the impact of an intervention for primary school students and their family adults that involved two science meetings at school and home-based project work in astronomy. Results in terms of enhanced interest and enjoyment of astronomy were very positive. Assessing precise learning gains posed difficulties. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Elementary School Students, Family School Relationship, Parent Student Relationship
Learning Physical Science through Astronomy Activities: A Comparison between Constructivist and Traditional Approaches in Grades 3-6
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Ward, R. Bruce; Sadler, Philip M.; Shapiro, Irwin I. – Astronomy Education Review, 2008
We report on an evaluation of the effectiveness of Project ARIES, an astronomy-based physical science curriculum for upper elementary and middle school children. ARIES students use innovative, simple, and affordable apparatus to carry out a wide range of indoor and outdoor hands-on, discovery-based activities. Student journals and comprehensive…
Descriptors: Student Journals, Grade 4, Grade 3, Teaching Methods