Integrating STEM into Your Camp Activities with NASA

Participants will become aware of tested strategies for integrating STEM resources into camp activities. Participants will have an increased awareness of the resources and planning tools available on the NASA Wavelength online catalogue and to be disseminated at the ACA conference. Participants will have the opportunity to adopt strategies for contacting a local astronomy club to plan potential camp activities relating to telescopes and other hands-on experiences.  

Lindsay Bartolone,  serves as the Education and Public Outreach Lead for NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission. She manages a national team of partners to share the exploration and discovery aspects of the mission in ways which make the science relevant to the learner. She leads a number of activities related to this mission including the creation of a nationally field tested integrated space science curriculum guide for grades 6-8 (with GEMS at Lawrence Hall of Science), teacher professional development, an internationally distributed digital planetarium show, a kit of educational materials to support the show in museums, the creation of materials for people with visual impairment and a website and social media effort. L. Bartolone is also Co-I on two of NASA’s Science Education and Public Outreach Forums: Astrophysics and Heliophysics. These teams of Education and Public Outreach Professionals are formed to increase the awareness, knowledge, and understanding of scientists, researchers, engineers, technologists, educators, product developers, and dissemination agents of best practices, existing NASA resources, and community expertise applicable to E/PO. By coordinating and supporting the NASA E/PO community, the NASA SEPOF partnerships will lead to more effective, sustainable, and efficient utilization of NASA science discoveries and learning experiences. L. Bartolone was a part of Adler Planetarium’s Education Dept for 14 years, and participated in a number of museum project and program teams. 

Suzanne Gurton, Education Manager, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)After many years writing, producing and presenting planetariums shows and education programs in planetariums in Chapel Hill, Los Angeles, Boulder, New York City and Santa Fe, Suzy has spent the last 14 years at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific developing outreach materials and the networks of amateur astronomers, park rangers and museum educators to use them.  

Keliann LaConte, Informal Education Lead, Lunar and Planetary InstituteKeliann LaConte leads the Lunar and Planetary Institute's informal education efforts, including developing NASA educational materials for use in out-of-classroom learning experiences and conducting training events. Through her work, Keliann has the opportunity to support professionals in a variety of settings — including libraries, camps, and parks — as they bring STEM into their programs. Keliann received her B.S. in chemistry from the University of Denver and her M.S. in environmental science and engineering from Caltech. She began helping others connect to the wonders of the natural world during her previous work as a park naturalist and museum and aquarium docent. 

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