NASA Mission

Dear Educators,

NASA will launch GPM (Global Precipitation Mission) on Thursday February 27, 2014. We want you and your students to be a part of the Mission!

We have a quick and easy way to enable your students to see real-world applications of their science concepts. It is called # NASATeachableMoments.

No need to search through lots of material if you are looking to cover a particular NGSS standard, we have listed the standards and supplied links to where the students can find answers.

You can work one a day or all five on launch day!

Please note that there is much more information available for the GPM at http://pmm.nasa.gov/education

A direct link and the QR code are also available in this email.

Sincerely,

NASA Education

Brief description of "NASA Teachable Moments"

Attached is teaching material that the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Education Office developed with the GSFC GPM Mission Office that we are calling Teachable Moments.  The idea is to create a mechanism at the time of launches that allows teachers to gain quick access to content and materials related to the launch science that they might use for themselves or with their students without unwarranted intrusion on instruction.  We have also tried to create a cross walk to the NGSS and Common Core in case the teachers want to use the material later during the school year.

http://go.nasa.gov/1mrMUpE