From MakerPLACE to MakerSPACE! Place-Based Learning and NASA Missions

Outline

Our Approach: We will provide engaging and interactive 5-10 minute experiences for participants at the playground stations. Short demonstrations and discussions will offer hands-on experiences with each project being developed in the MakerPlace program, allowing a larger audience to explore the pedagogy of play.

Content and Activities/Time:
5-Minute Demonstrations: Each demonstration will encourage audience participation and peer-to-peer interaction with makers, showcasing current MakerPlace projects and content across various technologies:

Featured Technology - Coding and Electronics:
-Project Demonstration: NASA's EZIE Mission's Citizen Science Magnetometer Maker Kit
-Project Demonstration: Navajo Rug Weaving and Coding Demonstration

Featured Technology - 3D Fabrication:
-Project Demonstration: Local Educational Toys
-Project Demonstration: Creating Tactile Maps of PSP, Dragonfly, and EZIE mission content

Featured Technology - Virtual and Augmented Reality:
-Project Demonstration: Parker Solar Probe AR Experience
-Project Demonstration: Immersion in Aurora Borealis using VR equipment

Featured Technology - Dragonfly Drone Demonstrations:
-Project Demonstration: Integrating Drones, Sensors, and Culture
Featured Technology - Media Arts:
-Project Demonstration: Science Exploration through Tilt Brush

5-Minute Peer-to-Peer Discussions:
Student presenters will answer questions and share their knowledge with participants. Additionally, students from participating community MakerPlaces will remotely join via Zoom to interact with participants. If connectivity issues arise, we will provide pre-recorded demos available during the session and/or via our digital tote.

Supporting research

MakerPlace Presentations:

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

NASA and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 'Mission' Content Links:

Parker Solar Probe Mission: http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu /

ParkerBot: https://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/parkerbot/

Parker Solar Probe Zines: https://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/Participate/Zine-Webpage/

Dragonfly Mission: https://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/

EZIE Mission: https://ezie.jhuapl.edu/

EZIE-Mag: https://eziemag.jhuapl.edu/

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