Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Informal Education
Subject
Careers, Spanish
Type
Hands-on Activities, Videos
NASA Role Model: Begoña Vila
NASA Center: Goddard Space Flight Center
Topic: Aerospace Engineering
Original Air Date: July 16, 2020
Watch and learn about Instrument Systems Engineer Dr. Begoña Vila’s work on the James Webb Telescope optical elements. She explains how she uses cryogenic testing to simulate a space environment.
STEM Short Activity: James Webb Space Telescope Flipbook
Objective: Make your own Webb deployment flipbook, and watch how the Webb telescope will unfold itself once reaching outer space.
Duration: 30 minutes
Materials Needed: Binder clip, scissors, cardstock paper
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.