Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Informal Education
Subject
Careers, Spanish
Type
Hands-on Activities, Videos
NASA Role Models: Dr. Clara Orbe
NASA Center: NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Topic: Atmospheric Science
Date: June 26, 2020
Learn about the importance of researching large-scale atmospheric events and how this helps NASA predict changes to our climate. Dr. Clara Orbe discusses climate, gives career advice and answers students’ questions.
(Audio begins at 5:00)
STEM Short Activity: Make a Cloud Mobile! (available in Spanish)
Objective: Learn about the different types of clouds and create your own cloud mobile.
Duration: 30 minutes for set up and daily measurement readings over a week’s time
Materials Needed: Foam take-out boxes or white cardboard, wooden skewers, mylar shred, white thread or string, scissors, pencil, clear tape, cloud patterns
Difficulty: Easy
“NASA STEM Stars” is a webchat series. Each chat introduces a science, technology, engineering or math career, addresses a STEM topic and highlights a NASA mission. The chat includes a STEM activity that students can do at home. After the interviews, experts answer students’ questions.