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Top SPACE Podcasts for Classrooms & Beyond
If you are a STEM teacher, or if you have STEM kids, you no doubt get a lot of questions about space. Astronomy is always a big hit with...
Shawna Christenson
Jul 19, 2021
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Tired of Irrelevant and Boring Teacher Professional Development? Two Spots Left for Stipend!
Two spaces remain for the stipend, but don't let that stop you! We look forward to helping you host incredible and unique STEM lessons...
Shawna Christenson
Jul 10, 2021
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Top 5 Aerospace STEM Teacher Organizations to Join Today!
Being an engaged educator who is inspiring the engineers of the future is hard enough. Between meeting curriculum requirements, preparing...
Shawna Christenson
Jun 18, 2021
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Forming a STEM Identity: Start Young!
Those who know me well are always surprised to see me in a STEM field as an adult. This is because I was an English major who began my...
Shawna Christenson
Jun 7, 2021
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Develop a Skill set for Life-- Paul Kiesling (8th grade)
Picture a giant flywheel and then imagine that your task is to make it rotate for as long and fast as possible. When you are initially...
Shawna Christenson
Jan 3, 2021
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New STEM Education Heights: Aerospace & Innovation Academy After- School Program in S.Florida
If you know me as a teacher at all, you know I never planned to be in space. I grew up during the Shuttle program but never saw a live...
Shawna Christenson
Dec 23, 2020
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The Road to Success: How to Avoid Limiting Yourself Educationally-- Amanda Grodman 9th grade
As a child, many have dreams of becoming doctors, engineers, and artists that will change the world. In the fourth grade, after...
Shawna Christenson
Aug 11, 2020
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Women in STEM: Start Early-- Maya Mohanty (9th grade)
Since the 1970s, women’s representation in the STEM workforce has increased in all fields. However, regardless of this positive course,...
Shawna Christenson
Jul 21, 2020
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Leading Teams Today to the Settlements of Tomorrow-- Logan Eskildsen (9th grade)
The National Space Society (NSS) hosts an annual Space Settlement competition in which they invite a select group of international...
Shawna Christenson
Jul 10, 2020
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CubeSats in Education: A Student PI Perspective on CapSat.-- Samer Elhoushy (9th grade)
The CapSat-1 CubeSat mission proposal was submitted to NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) program in November of 2018. This mission...
Shawna Christenson
Jul 1, 2020
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Taking Advantage of Opportunities-- Caeden Dooner (11th grade)
When I was in middle school, I didn’t care at all about space. Even though our school had an active aerospace class and a satellite team,...
Shawna Christenson
May 4, 2020
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Advocacy 101
Learn how to advocate with The Planetary Society! Free online course- https://courses.planetary.org/p/space-advocacy-101
Shawna Christenson
Apr 30, 2018
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STEMPETITIONS
Looking for STEM, and particularly, AEROSPACE related competitions or groups? Start here. Please contact us with any you find that are...
Shawna Christenson
Feb 10, 2018
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Why APPI?
I have been a teacher, both public and private sector, for almost twenty years. In that time, I have seen a lot of changes—most have...
Shawna Christenson
Jan 23, 2018
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