Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Informal Education
Subject
Careers
Type
Hands-on Activities, Videos
NASA Role Model: Cathy Bahm and Heather Maliska
NASA Center: Armstrong Flight Research Center
Topic: Low-boom Flight Demonstration
Original Air Date: July 6, 2020
NASA engineers Cathy Bahm and Heather Maliska have spent their careers on various projects within NASA aeronautics, and are currently deputy project managers for the Low-boom Flight Demonstration mission. They share what it’s like to plan, coordinate and assist in a groundbreaking NASA aeronautics mission.
STEM Short Activity: 3 … 2 … 1 … Takeoff!
Objehttps://www.nasa.gov/stem-ed-resources/3-2-1-takeoff.htmlctive: Build small paper airplanes and launch them by blowing air through a drinking straw
Duration: 30 minutes
Materials Needed: Paper plane template, clear tape, scissors, meter stick and drinking straws.
Difficulty: Moderate
Next Generation Science Standards: MS-PS2-1. MS-PS2-2.
“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.