Appendix 8: Planning Form for School-Year Activities
NASA Summer of Innovation Planning Form for School-Year Activities
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is conducting a national evaluation of its Summer of Innovation (SoI) Project. Abt Associates Inc. and its partner the Education Development Center have been hired to conduct this study. The goal is to explore how SoI is being implemented and assess the outcomes related to the implementation of SoI across the country. All SoI awardees are asked to submit two types of reporting forms: planning forms and implementation forms.
This is the planning form that will help NASA understand how you anticipate meeting the Summer of Innovation requirements for the school-year activities. It asks for information regarding how you intend to structure the activities, their location, their content, and how many participants you expect to attend. We estimate that it will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. Please complete this form and submit it by August 31, 2011.
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 NASASummerofInnovation@abtassoc.com. You may also contact the evaluation’s program officer at NASA Brian Yoder (Brian.Yoder@nasa.gov).
Definition of Key Terms:
Awardees: Entities entering into agreement with NASA to implement SoI.
Key partners: Awardee's partner organizations that will play a critical role in the project’s ability to meet NASA’s requirements for SoI (e.g., a partner who provides additional funding or is responsible for the recruitment of students and teachers should be considered a key partner whereas a partner whose main contribution is providing snacks/lunch should not be listed as a key partner).
School-year activities: Set of activities that take place in a specific location (e.g., school, community center).
Camps: Set of activities that take place in a specific location (e.g., school, community center, etc.)
Classrooms: Group of students who receive the same set of learning experiences from the same teacher.
PD sessions: Defined set of SoI professional development opportunities for teachers. Because some professional development activities may occur only in one PD session within a location, a session and location may be one and the same.
Awardee Camp Locations
Please describe the general structure of the school-year program: e.g., 10 Science Saturdays across 10 cities.
Expected location(s) where SoI student school-year activities will be implemented
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Key Partners
Name of partner:______________________________
At which event(s) or PD session(s) will this partner be involved?__________________________________
Which category best describes this partner?
School / school district
State department of education
College or university
Non-profit/community based organization
For-profit organization or company
Foundation
State or local government association
Other, please specify:______________________
Has your organization collaborated with this partner before?
No
If yes, please describe:_______________________
What role do you expect this partner to fulfill? (Check all that apply.)
Funding
Student recruitment
Teacher and/or educator recruitment
Existing student program(s) into which SoI will be integrated
Lead the professional development activities
Venue for student or teacher activities
Transportation to and/or from program (e.g., bus service to and from program)
Other, please specify:____________________________________
[If multiple partners, section will repeat for each partner]
[EVENT NAME #1] Student School-year Program
Total expected number of middle school students who will participate in SoI activities during school-year 2011/2012_____
Expected number of hours of interactive STEM activities utilizing NASA content during the school-year 2011/2012 _____
What proportions of the educators who provide school-year instruction are from the following categories?
Classroom teachers_____
Informal educators________
Other, please specify:___________________
Which of the following SoI content themes spanning across all areas of NASA expertise will be addressed during [EVENT NAME #1]? Check one or more.
Engineering [IF SELECTED, ASK QUESTIONS 12a-f]
Life Science [IF SELECTED, ASK QUESTIONS 13g-k]
Earth Science [IF SELECTED, ASK QUESTIONS 14l-s]
Physical Science [IF SELECTED, ASK QUESTIONS 15t-x]
If [EVENT NAME #1] is focused on an engineering theme, which of the following SoI content topics will be addressed? Check one or more.
___Aeronautics
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
What a Drag!
Future Flight Design
Lift Experiment
The Egg Drop Lander
Ring Wing Glider
Sled Kite
Future Flight Equation
Smart Skies
Connect the Wright Math
The X-Plane Generation
Rotor Motor
Space Shuttle Glider
___Rocketry
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Heavy Lifting
Air Engines
The Nose Cone Experts
Rocket Wind Tunnel Advanced High Power Paper Rockets
High Power Paper Rockets
Vectoring
Pop! Rockets Launcher Po! Rockets
___Robotics
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Robotic Arm
Hold Your Hand
Virtual Exploration
Out of Sight Remote Vehicle
ROVER Race
Heavy Lifter
___Exploration
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Roving on the Moon
Design a Crew Exploration Vehicle
Design a Lunar Transport
NASA Simulations
___Design & Process
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Lunar Plant Growth Chamber
Mars Pathfinder Egg Drop
Lift Experiment
Beginning Engineering
Roving on the Moon
Design a Landing Pod
Water Rocket Construction
Science in a Box
Spaghetti Anyone?
Balloon Powered Nanorover
Water Filtration
Design Transport Rover
___Challenges
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Electrodynamic Propulsion
Spacecraft Structures
Thermal Protection Systems
On the Moon Educator Guide
On the Moon: Touchdown
If [EVENT NAME #1] is focused on a life science theme, which of the following SoI content topics will be addressed? Check one or more.
___Body
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Bag of Bones
Get a Leg Up
How much
Finding Your way Around
How Quick are Your Responses
Vomit or Mucus
Fit Explorers Challenge
Mystery Pathogen
Vomit Comet
How the Vestibular System Works
Ocular Reflex
___Food
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Classifying Space Food
Food Preparation for Space
Exploration of Human Needs
How much is Waste?
Mold Growth Planning and Serving Food
Ripening Fruits and Vegetables
___Life Out There?
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Afterschool Astrobiology
Animal Antics
Astroventure Biology Mission
Are Two Eyes Better than One?
Chain Game
What Does Life Need to Live?
Creature Feature
It’s Just Right
The Sun’s Habitable Zone
The Shape of Things & From the Outside In
What Can Life tolerate
What is Life?
___Plants
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Follow the Water
Have Seed Will Travel
Living Clocks
Can Photosynthesis Occur on Saturn?
Do Plants Prefer the Blues?
How do Plants Know Which Way to Grow?
Phototropism
___Survival
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Animals in Space
Chain Reaction
Field Trip to the Moon
Keeping Your Cool
Modeling Radiation-Damaged DNA
Solar Radiation and SPF Levels
Cool Suits
[EVENT NAME #1] is focused on an earth and space science theme, which of the following SoI content topics will be addressed? Check one or more.
___Climate & Seasons
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
NASA Scifiles: the Case of the Ocean Odyssey
Habits of Mind
Seasonal Change on Land and Water
How Does the Earth’s Energy Budget Relate to Polar Ice?
What is the Right Answer?
Hydrology Investigation: Catchment Basin
Kinesthetic Astronomy
Surface Color and Effect of Temp Change
Is Grandpa Right, Were Winters Colder When He Was A Boy?
Why Do We Study Soil?
___Destination Mars
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Can We Take it With Us
Drive the Mars Rover
Getting There
Mars Bound!
___Earth Moon System
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Moon Math: Craters!
Reaping Rocks
Regolith Formation
Earth, Moon, and Mars Balloons Activity
The Coriolis Effect
Where Do We Choose to Live and Why?
___Planetology
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Follow the Falling Meteorite
Searching for Meteorites
Lava Layering
Atmospheric, Geology and Design a Planet
What Makes a World Habitable
___Remote Sensing
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Earth+
Paint by Numbers
Finding Impact Craters
Quantifying Changes in the Land Over Time
___Weather
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Does Air have Weight?
Does Cloud Type Affect Rainfall?
S’Cool
How Much Water is Available in the Atmosphere
The Heat is On
Museum in a Box: Weather to Fly By
Temperature of Air Has an Effect on Its Weight?
___Year of the Solar System
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Comet on a Stick
Cooking Up a Comet
Earth-Mars Comparison
Exploring Planet Sizes
Walking Planet Distances
Earth vs. Mars
Solar System Missions
Solar Pizza
Make a Comet and Eat It
Space Rocks!
United States at Night
Vegetable Light Curves
Solar System Simulator
___Universe
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Count Your Lucky Stars
Cycles in the Cards
Detecting Planet Transits
Space Weather Action Centers
Elements & You
Hubble Deep Field
Stellarium
Zooniverse
Light Pollution Star Count
What’s Out There?
Stories in the Sky
Astroventure Geology Mission
[EVENT NAME #1] is focused on a physical science theme, which of the following SoI content topics will be addressed? Check one or more.
___Aeronautics
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Bag Balloon
Beginners Guide to Aeronautics
Controlling the Plane
Bernoulli and More Bernoulli
Four Forces of Flight
Jet Propulsion
Air Foils
___Force & Motion
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
3..2..1 Puff
Accelerometers
Aerogel-lo
Balloon Staging
Collisions
Foam Rocket
Newton Care
Pop Can Hero Engine
Pop! Rockets
Potato Astronaut
Racing Against Friction
Rocket Pinwheel
Rocket Races
Museum in a Box: Ball Launcher
___Wave & Optics
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
What’s the Frequency Roy G.Biv?
Wavelength and Energy
Space Operations Learning Center
Sources and Detectors
Simple Spectroscope
Simple Magnifiers
Red Shift, Blue Shift
Constructing a Spectroscope
Amazing Rays
Investigating Ice Worlds
___Properties of Matter
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
3-2-1 Pop!
Antacid Tablet Race
Heat an Agent of Change
Liquid Rainbow
Potato Float
Robotics Lesson Plans: What’s Hidden Inside
Radiation Exposure on Earth
Student Glove Box
Supernova Chemistry
The Nature of Salt
Tracking a Solar Storm
Museum in a Box: Composites and other Aerospace Materials
___Gravity
[IF CHECKED, ASK] Which of the following SoI content lessons will be used? Check one or more.
Falling Weight Apparatus
Fluttering Fun, Point of Balance
Heavy Lifting
Inertial Balance
Marble Run
Mass vs. Weight
Pendulums
Shoot a Cannonball Into Orbit
Spaced Out Sports
Toys in Space
[REPEAT QUESTIONS 7-14 for each EVENT]
Professional Development for Classroom Teachers during the School Year
How many classroom teachers are expected to participate in [PD SESSION #1]?________________
Who will provide the training at [PD SESSION #1]? (Check all that apply.)
Awardee organization
Partner organization
NASA
Other: _______________________________
How hours of professional development will each classroom teacher receive during [PD SESSION #1]?________
Which of the following SoI content themes will be addressed during [PD SESSION #1]?
Theme A
Theme B
Theme C
Theme D
Will informal educators, i.e., non-classroom teachers, be included in [PD SESSION #1]?
Yes
No [REPEAT QUESTIONS 15-20 for REMAINING PD SESSIONS]
How many informal educators, i.e., non-classroom teachers, will be included in [PD SESSION #1]?_________
[REPEAT QUESTIONS 15-20 for REMAINING PD SESSIONS]
Training for Informal Educators
Will you provide additional training to your informal educators besides through the professional development sessions for classroom teachers?
Yes
No [Skip to end]
If so, approximately how many hours of training will be provided? _______
Who will provide the training? (Please check one or more.)
Awardee organization
Partner organization
NASA
Other: _______________________________
Please describe the additional training planned for informal educators: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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