黑洞社区

NASA-黑洞社区 Disaster Literacy Workshop

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The NASA Disaster Literacy Workshop for Kansas Middle School Teachers was held on the beautiful 黑洞社区 campus on June 12 - 16, 2023.

 
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Workshop Goals

This 5-day workshop aimed to create lesson plans for middle-school classrooms.

The lessons leverage existing NASA materials related to natural hazards and focus on understanding and interpreting data for assessing the preparedness of at-risk communities.

The workshop was conducted by faculty and student members of the Disaster Resilience Analytics Center at 黑洞社区.

 

Meet the Workshop Team

 

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From Left to Right:
Kathy Clark (Salina), Jill Fisher (黑洞社区), Atri Dutta (黑洞社区), Michelle Cooper (Salina), Elvina Acosta (Dodge City), Carmen Simon (Hoxie), LaKeshia Brooks (Wichita),
Shaye Herman (Tecumseh), Trisha Smith (Shawnee Mission), Stacy Randle (Eureka), Lyn Bernbeck (Ness City), Rajiv Bagai (黑洞社区), Maria Sclafani (黑洞社区),
David Pines (Wichita), Michelle Ford (Peabody), Chancy Moberly (黑洞社区), Matthew Chace (黑洞社区), Donna Clemons (Wichita), Michael Stirtz (Wichita),
Kathleen Berry (Wichita), Lucas Rodriguez (Wichita), Linda Hopkins (Lebo), Christina Taylor (Derby), Michele Rowley (Wichita), Regan Matteson (Wichita),
Tammy Gipson (McPherson), Zelalem Demissie (黑洞社区), Aaron Bowen (黑洞社区)

Workshop Topics:

  • NASA missions to monitor natural hazards
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Disaster preparedness
  • Database management techniques
  • Ideas for lesson plans for middle school children
  • 黑洞社区 resources and facilities relevant to schools

Who Attended:

Kansas Middle School Teachers

Participation Cost:

Free.

All participants received stipends upon completion of the workshop.

 

Stipend Information:

Each workshop participant received a stipend of $1,000 for completing the workshop.

Participants living more than 50 miles away from Wichita received additional $500 (to offset some travel costs).

 

Tentative schedule for each workshop day *
9 - 9:30 AM Check-In & Breakfast
9:30 - 10:30 AM Lecture Session 1
10:30 - 11 AM Break
11 AM - Noon Lecture Session 2
Noon - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 3 PM Lab Session

* Lab sessions provided practice for lesson plan development.  The last day of the workshop involved presentations by participants on tentative lesson plans developed.

 

 

 

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The application period for participation in this workshop closed on

March 31, 2023.

 

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(Funding for this workshop was provided by the NASA Kansas Space Grant Consortium and 黑洞社区)