Tina Harte Ballinger

About

Tina Harte Ballinger has been part of the Science Directorate Education and Public Outreach Team since 2012 supporting two NASA Science Activation projects, GLOBE Mission Earth (GME) and NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative (NESEC). She is the Task Lead for the GLOBE Goes to Camp Project. She has over 30 years of STEM education experience in both formal and informal learning. She taught middle school science and math for 18 years, serves as a GLOBE educator and trainer since 2012, and develops science educational content for learners of all ages. She is experienced in both the 3-Dimensional Learning aspects of the Next Generation Science Standards and grade level skills for the development of data literacy.

Notable Awards

• AGU Excellence in Earth and Space Science Education Award (2021)
• NASA Outreach Robert H Goddard (RHG) Honor Award (2021)
• Science Systems and Applications Inc. Chairman’s Innovation Award – My NASA Data (2020)
• NASA Group Achievement Award – My NASA Data Visualization Tools Team (2020)
• NASA Langley Mentoring Awards (2019)
• Science Systems and Applications Inc.’s Chairman’s Innovation Award – GLOBE Clouds (2018)

Education/Professional Experience

• Masters Degree in Secondary Science Education – University of Tennessee at Martin (2005)
• Bachelors Degree in Human Learning K-8 – University of Tennessee at Martin (1994)
• Endorsements: Earth and Space Science, Early Childhood Education

Professional Memberships

• American Camp Association
• North America Association of Environmental Educators

National Leadership Positions

• NASA Representative for the US GLOBE Partner Forum

Contact / Program Home Links

• Contact Tina Harte Ballinger
• Visit the My NASA Data Home Page
• Visit the NASA GLOBE Clouds: How You Can Help Page
• Visit the GLOBE Observer Camp Guide Page
• Return to the NASA Langley Science Directorate People Page