Implementation Form for Professional Development Activities (Summer and School Year)

Appendix 11: Implementation Form for Professional Development Activities (Summer and School Year)

Summer of Innovation Teacher PD Summer and School-Year Level Implementation Form

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is conducting a national evaluation of its Summer of Innovation (SoI) Program. Abt Associates Inc. and its partner the Education Development Center have been hired to conduct this study.

This form is intended to document the implementation of the SoI teacher professional development offerings across the awardee sites. All SoI awarded PIs are required to designate an individual(s) to complete this form at the end of any teacher professional development activities/sessions that occur between the months of June and March. This form is to be submitted to the national evaluation team within two weeks of the last day of EACH professional development activity/session.

You have been asked to complete this form based on your role in the SoI professional development activities. Completing this form will help NASA understand awardees’ efforts with classroom teachers this summer and during the school year. We estimate that it will take approximately 10 minutes to complete this form.

If you have questions about this evaluation, please contact the evaluation director, Hilary Rhodes of Abt Associates Inc. at (877) 520-6840 (toll-free) or send an email to [email protected]. You may also contact the evaluation’s program officer at NASA Brian Yoder ([email protected]).

A. Professional Development (PD) Information

Date(s) of this PD session
Number of PD days for this session
Hours per day
Total number of PD hours focused on NASA content

B. Content

1. Which of the following SoI content themes was addressed during this PD session?

• Earth & Space Science IF SELECTED, ASK QUESTION 2.

• Engineering IF SELECTED, ASK QUESTION 3.

• Life Science IF SELECTED, ASK QUESTIONS 4.

• Physical Science IF SELECTED, ASK QUESTIONS 5.

2. Which Earth & Space Science units were addressed? Select one or more.

• Climate and Seasons IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Climate and Seasons lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Climate

• Seasons

• Destination Mars

• Earth Moon System IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Earth Moon System lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Earth’s Attic

• The Sky is Falling

• Planetology IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Planetology lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• How Does Earth Compare?

• Earth-like Planets

• Earth – One of a Kind Planet

• Remote Sensing IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Remote Sensing lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Impact Cratering

• A World of Change

• Earth vs. Mars

• Universe IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Universe lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Is It Safe?

• What’s in the Stars?

• Points of Light

• Weather IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Weather lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Air has Weight

• Moisture and Clouds

• Nice Atmosphere

• Year of the Solar System IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Year of the Solar System lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Comet on a Stick/Cooking up a Comet

• Make a Comet and Eat it

• Scale Models of the Solar System

• Solar System Simulator

• Solar System Missions

• Vegetable Light Curves

• The United States at Night

• Space Rocks! Meteorite Game

3. Which Engineering units were addressed? Select one or more.

• Aeronautics IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Aeronautics lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Beginners Guide to Aeronautics

• The Wright Way to Fly

• Getting off the Ground into the Smart Skies

• Getting the Drop on Flight with the X Planes

• Challenges IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Challenges lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Touchdown

• On Target

• Spacecraft Structures

• Thermal Protection Systems

• Electrodynamic Propulsion

• Design Process IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Design Process lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Spaghetti Anyone: Designing with Pasta

• Space Place: Make a Balloon Powered Nanorover

• Project X51 Water Rocket

• Solar Oven

• Mars Pathfinder Egg Drop

• Lunar Plant Growth Chamber

• NASA Student Glovebox

• Water Filtration System

• Exploration IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Exploration lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• NASA Mission Simulator

• Moon Rovers

• Crew Exploration Vehicle

• Landing a Rover

• Robotics IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Robotics lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Using Robotics

• Robotics: Hands Down!

• Heavy Lifter

• Rocketry IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Rocketry lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Heavy Lifting

• Nose Cone Aerodynamics

• Ride the Wind: Compressed Air Rocketry

4. Which Life Science units were addressed? Select one or more.

• Body IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Body lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Train Like an Astronaut

• Brain in Space

• Space Adaptations

• Food

• Life Out There? IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Life Out There lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Search for Life on Other Worlds

• Search for Life On Other Worlds: Observing and Classifying Life

• Astrobiology: Science Learning Activities for Afterschool

• Chains Games

• It’s Just Right

• The Shape of Things and from the Outside

• The Suns Habitable Zone

• What Can Life Tolerate

• Plants IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Plants lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Light Effects On Plant Behavior

• Have Seed Will Travel

• Living Clocks

• Gravitropism- How do Plants "know" Which Way to Grow?

• Survival IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Survival lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Cool Spacesuits

• Field Trip to the Moon

• Survival in the Environment of Space

5. Which Physical Science units were addressed? Select one or more.

• Aeronautics IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Aeronautics lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Bag Balloon

• Four Forces of Flight

• Jet Propulsion

• Air Foils

• Designing Aircraft in 5 Easy Steps

• Future Flight Design

• Bernoulli and More Bernoulli

• Fluttering Fun, Points of Balance

• Controlling the Plane

• Force and Motion IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Force and Motion lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Danger: Space Debris

• Inertia and Friction

• Thrust and Acceleration

• Projectile Flight

• Properties of Matter IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Properties of Matter lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• States of Matter

• Hidden Properties

• NASA Student Glovebox

• Nature of Salt

• Antacid Tablet Race

• Waves and Optics IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Waves and Optics lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Wave Measurement

• Manipulating Electromagnetic Waves

• Making Use of the Electromagnetic Spectrum

• Gravity IF SELECTED, ASK:

Which Gravity lessons were presented? Select one or more.

• Gravity Games

• Fighting Gravity – A matter of balance

• Heavy Duty Topics

C. Attendance

Note: these questions will differ depending on the length of the PD sessions.

IF THE PD SESSION WAS OFFERED FOR ONE DAY OR LESS (PER RESPONSE IN A)

Number of classroom teachers enrolled
	+
Number of informal educators (e.g., youth development leaders, museum curators) enrolled
	+
Number of others enrolled (e.g., undergraduate students)
	=
Total number enrolled in this PD session

Number of classroom teachers attending
	+
Number of informal educators attending
	+
Number of others attending (e.g., undergraduate students)
	=
Total number attending this PD session
Total number of classroom teachers in this session who attended a previous PD session
Total number of informal educators in this session who attended a previous PD session

IF THE PD SESSION WAS OFFERED FOR MORE THAN ONE DAY:

Number of classroom teachers enrolled
	+
Number of informal educators enrolled
	+
Number of others enrolled (e.g., undergraduate students)
	=
Total number enrolled at this PD session

Number of classroom teachers at start of this PD session
	+
Number of informal educators at start of this PD session
	+
Number of others at start of this PD session (e.g., undergraduate students)
	=
Total number at start of this PD session

Number of classroom teachers at end of this PD session
	+
Number of informal educators at end of this PD session
	+
Number of others at end of this PD session (e.g., undergraduate students)
	=
Total number at end of this PD session
Total number of classroom teachers in this session who attended a previous PD session
Total number of informal educators in this session who attended a previous PD session

D. NASA Support Tools

NASA educational materials used during this PD session (choose all that apply):
	Video
	Activity Demonstration
	Toolkit, NASA websites
	Online learning resource
	NASA equipment
	Exhibits
	Learning games
	Other, please specify:___________________________

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