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Makerspace/Makerplace Playground: Exploring NASA Missions Through Place-Based Learning

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Pennsylvania Convention Center, Playground B

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Presenters

Briella Becenti

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Phy

Raeanna Becenti

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Phy

Wilphina Becenti

DineÃÂ Language Teacher

Little Singer Community School

K6 Dine language and culture teacher. Teach STREAM (STEM) using a Dine cultural perspective to revitalize Dine language, reconnect students with cultural stories/teachings and help apply those teachings to students' futures in the areas of STREAM.

Troy Cline

Public Outreach Project Manager

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Phy
@troycline
@TROY CLINE

Troy Cline is a Public Outreach Project Manager for the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. In this new role he supports a range of outreach opportunities for space science missions including Parker Solar Probe, EZIE, DART, IMAP and DRAGONFLY. Outreach opportunities include paper models, 3D prints, AR/VR, and indigenous outreach programs to international challenges such as NASA’s Space Apps Challenge.

Louann Cormier

Program Manager

Robotics Education and Competition Found
@Louann Cormier
@Louann Cormier

Louann Cormier is the Senior Program Manager at the REC Foundation. She has been actively involved in competitive robotics and drones for over 10 years as a parent, coach, and event partner. Louann now spends her time working with educators and coaches across the country to bring robotics and drones into the classroom and start competition teams with students grades k - 12.

Joseph Minafra

Lead of Innovation & Technical Partner

NASA

Joseph Minafra, a NASA Ames Research Center member since November 1999, leads as the Innovation and Technical Partnerships Specialist for the NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI). He contributes to the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) project, developing a mobile robot for lunar exploration. Joseph oversees the Lunar Soil Mechanics Lab, a crucial testing environment for VIPER's success. With expertise in regolith studies, biology, and project management, he undertakes significant technical tasks for NASA's Astrobiology, BioSciences, and Space Science Divisions. Joseph's passion for sharing NASA experiences inspires the next generation of scientists and engineers.

Dr. Cassandra Runyon

Professor

College of Charleston

Professor, College of Charleston.

Tarek Shraibati

VP International Programs, Director Dive

RECF

Tarek Shraibati is VP for international Programs at the REC Foundation. The mission of the Foundation is to provide every educator with competition, education, and workforce readiness programs to increase student engagement in STEM.

Thomas Tomas

MakerPlace Outreach Specialist

Little Singer Community School
@Thomas Tomas

Thomas N. Tomas, M.Ed., is an upper elementary teacher, STREAM Program Coordinator, and MakerPlace Outreach Specialist at Little Singer Community School. LSCS is nestled in the southwest corner of the Navajo Nation with a unique origin story: https://navajotimes.com/edu/little-singer-school-gets-bold-new-building/. Our students’ cultural identities and STEM prowess shine when they take center stage at a local place of governance: https://youtu.be/3LgDL0ACTZs. Mr. Tomas believes that through the students’ voices and leadership, we genuinely get to understand the impact a culturally responsive MakerPlace can have on their development.

Session description

Learn about a new makerspace program with a focus on NASA missions and universal lessons learned from indigenous communities. Makerplace is a makerspace that represents place-based learning relevant to indigenous community life and personal futures. Indigenous representatives will share maker-based activities and their stories that connect culture to NASA missions.

Purpose & objective

-Participants will investigate, discuss and learn about 4 technologies currently being used by indigenous makerspaces to develop innovative hands-on projects that will better communicate unique indigenous perspectives pertaining to content provided by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and EZIE missions: Coding and Electronics (Scratch, LEGO Spike Prime, BlocksCAD, MagPi), 3D Fabrication (3D printers, BlocksCAD, Gravity Sketch), Virtual Reality (VR, Oculus Quest 2), Media Arts.
-Participants will have the opportunity to provide input into the use of the technologies listed above that will be collected and shared with the NASA outreach community.
-Participants will have the opportunity to sign up for information about the MakerPlace programs and how to integrate character education into their own makerspaces.
-Participants will have access to a series of lesson plans and demonstration resources.

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Outline

Process:
Our approach will provide meaningful and interactive 5-10 minute experiences for playground participants. Short demos and discussions will provide hands-on experiences for each of the projects being developed in the MakerPlace program. This approach will allow for a larger number of participants to experience the MakerPlace program through the pedagogy of play.

Content and Activities/Time:
-5 minute demonstrations will encourage audience participation and ‘peer to peer’ interaction with indigenous makers. Demonstrations for each of the 4 technologies below will showcase current Indigenous MakerPlace projects and content:

[1] Featured Technology -Coding and Electronics (Scratch, LEGO Spike Prime, BlocksCAD, Magnetometer Maker Kit)
[a] Project Demonstration: NASA's EZIE Mission's Citizen Science Magnetometer Maker Kit
[b] Project Demonstration: Connecting WiFi Lighting into Space Weather Date

[2]Featured Technology- 3D Fabrication (3D printers, BlocksCAD, Gravity Sketch)
[a]Project Demonstration: Navajo Educational Toys and Demos

[3]Featured Technology - Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (VR, Oculus Quest 2)
[a]Project Demonstration: Parker Solar Probe AR Experience

[4] Featured Technology - Media Arts
[a]Project Demonstration: Science Exploration through Tilt Brush5 Minute Peer to Peer

5 Minute Discussions
- Indigenous student presenters will answer questions and share their knowledge with participants. In addition, students from one or more indigenous community MakerPlaces will remotely Zoom in to answer questions and interact with participants. If connectivity is an issue, we will have pre recorded demos available at our session and/or via out digital tote.

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Supporting research

Featured Article:
Little Singer STREAM: Makerspace - A Rural Navajo Reservation Makerspace By Jennifer Miller, Thomas Tomas, Nancy C. Maryboy, and David Begay A remote Navajo reservation school is broadening its instruction through a makerspace for an underrepresented and disadvantaged population of students. The Little Singer Community School (LSCS) is located in Birdspring, Arizona, in the southwestern portion of the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona. Students attending the school have limited access to enhanced learning experiences.
https://www.littlesinger.org/sys/content/announcementpost/1f0d1f3ac06e44f49e47c2f4ac641904

MakerPlace Presentations:
-Miller, J. & Tomas, T. (2021). Designing culturally responsive makerspace pop-up activities for middle school students at NSTA (National Science Teacher Association) Engage Conference, Online.
-Miller, J. & Tomas, T. (2021). Designing culturally responsive makerspace pop-up activities for elementary students at (National Science Teacher Association) NSTA Engage Conference, Online.
-Miller, J., Tomas, T., Maryboy, N., & Begay, D. (2018). A Rural Navajo Reservation Makerspace. Dimensions, (September/October), 50–52.

Space Weather Content Links in Support of Key MakerSpace demonstrations:
-EZIE Mission: https://civspace.jhuapl.edu/destinations/missions/ezie
-Parker Solar Probe Mission: http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu /
-SDO | Solar Dynamics Observatory: https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
-NOAA: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/space-weather-enthusiasts
-MMS: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mms/index.html
-Highlights From SDO's 10 Years of Solar Observation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvPH_gDMarw
-Feeling_Hot_Hot_Hot_Parker_Solar_Probe_with_Merge_Cube: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1S-IsxRjBelxgFgwQ8QsVaQrDlu2KSZK8/edit#slide=id.p1

Additional supporting lesson plans and outreach activities will be included in the digital tote.

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Session specifications

Topic:

Maker activities and programs

Grade level:

6-12

Skill level:

Beginner

Audience:

Coaches, Library media specialists, Teachers

Attendee devices:

Devices useful

Attendee device specification:

Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows

Subject area:

Science, STEM/STEAM

ISTE Standards:

For Students:
Knowledge Constructor

Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.

Global Collaborator

Students use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, engaging with them in ways that broaden mutual understanding and learning.
Students explore local and global issues and use collaborative technologies to work with others to investigate solutions.

Makerspace/Makerplace Playground: Exploring NASA Missions Through Place-Based Learning

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