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Session F-3: “It Is Rocket Science”, Carmela Jones, Christine L. Moskalik
Session F-3: “It Is Rocket Science”, Carmela Jones, Christine L. Moskalik
Professional Learning Day
All current NASA rocket launchers are no longer useable because all of the available rocket-fuel sources on Earth have been depleted. Participants will serve as NASA engineers tasked with developing non-fuel-based rocket launcher prototypes in an effort to maintain current and future NASA space programs and missions. Model how you will get your students to take off with Rocket Science.
Session B-1: Model Building In Planetary Science And The Ngss, Eric Hawker
Session B-1: Model Building In Planetary Science And The Ngss, Eric Hawker
Professional Learning Day
In this session I will guide teachers through the steps my students take in Planetary Science to develop a conceptual model of how planetary interiors work. Teachers will then create concept maps from their conceptual models, and then use their models and maps to understand planetary systems other than Earth.
Cosmic Ray Air Shower Lateral Coincidences, Gordon C. Mcintosh
Cosmic Ray Air Shower Lateral Coincidences, Gordon C. Mcintosh
2017 Academic High Altitude Conference
At the University of Minnesota, Morris, my students and I have begun to investigate the time and altitude dependence of air showers. Air showers are cosmic ray secondaries that spread out laterally around the primary cosmic ray direction. To investigate the air showers we have been measuring the lateral coincidences among three Aware RM60 Geiger counters located at 0 cm, 15 cm, and 40 cm. Most of these measurements have been carried out at the surface. The rate of lateral, triple coincidences of Geiger counter with this configuration is 0.053 ±0.013 hr-1 at the surface. On 4 April 2015 …
Session B-5: Planetary Science And The Ngss, Eric Hawker
Session B-5: Planetary Science And The Ngss, Eric Hawker
Professional Learning Day
The goal of this session is to use what we understand about other planets and moons in our Solar System in order to get a better understanding of the Earth.