2019 CSUN/JPL Sustainability Institute - for Elementary Schools

Your JPL Team:

• David Seidel, Manager, STEM Elementary and Secondary Education
• Ota Lutz, Senior Education Specialist
• Lyle Tavernier, Educational Technology Specialist
• Paula Partida, JPL Educator Resource Center Administrator
• Samuel Garcia, Educator Professional Development Specialist
• Brandon Rodriguez, Educator Professional Development Specialist

Announcement of the CSUN/ JPL Sustainability Institute - Elementary School program

CSUN JPL Environmental Literacy for Elementary Schools

Monday, June 24, 2019

Building 321, Room B20

8:45 AM Arrival/Badging

Show government issued ID – driver’s license or passport, and green card if LPR

9:00-10:00 Tour: Museum, Spaceflight Operations Facility

10:00-10:30 Institute Groundwork and Expectations

Dr. Susan Belgrad, CSUN

Dr. Ota Lutz, JPL

Bottom line: Don’t waste. Learn something about Earth processes.

10:30-10:45 Activity: Globe Toss Game

10:45-11:30 Speaker: Overview of Earth Science at JPL

Mike Gunson

11:30-1:00 Lunch

JPL Cafeteria 303

1:00-1:45 Activities: Water

Where is Earth’s Water?

Lesson Plans

What Does Water Look Like? Demonstrations:

Liquid – rain, lakes, oceans, underground, in a glass, etc.

Solid – ice, snow, cubes, polar caps, etc.

Gas – water vapor, steam, etc.

How Does Water Move in the Earth System?

How JPL Monitors Water Resources

1:45-2:30 Speaker: Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission

Margaret Srinivasan

2:30-3:00 Climate Challenge: Decrease Your Water Usage

How Much Water Do You Use Per Day?

How Much Water Does An Astronaut Use Per Day?

Where Else Do We Need to Conserve Water?

Can You Use as Little Water in a Day as an Astronaut?

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Building 321, Room B20

8:45 AM Arrival/Badging

Show government issued ID – driver’s license or passport, and green card if LPR

9:00-9:30 Tour: Earth Science Center

9:30-10:00 Activities: GLOBE Climate

• Overview
• Climate

10:00-10:30 Grade Level Gathering

• How can you use or adapt what you’ve seen for your grade level?

10:30-11:00 Speaker: ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on

Space Station (ECOSTRESS)

Christine Lee

11:00-11:30 Tour: Mars Yard

11:30-1:00 Lunch

JPL Cafeteria 303

1:00-1:30 Activity: Make a Cloud in a Bottle

1:30-2:00 Speaker: Soil Moisture Active-Passive (SMAP) Mission

Narendra Das

2:00-3:00 Activities: Clouds

Globe

Observer

Clouds

Clouds resource

3:00 Departure

Wednesday, June 26, 2018

Building 321, Room B20

8:45 AM Arrival/Badging

Show government issued ID – driver’s license or passport, and green card if LPR

9:00-9:30 Tour: Spacecraft Assembly Facility

9:30-10:15 Activity: Weather Game

By grade-level group

10:15-11:00 Speaker: Weather and Atmosphere

Brian Kahn

11:00-11:30 Activity: Build a Satellite

11:30-1:00 Lunch

JPL Cafeteria 303

1:00-1:30 Activity: Creating a Change Map for Your School

1:30-2:00 Speaker: Monitoring California’s Water Resources

Judy Lai

2:00-3:00 Activities:

Water Priorities

Tracking Water Using NASA Satellite Data

3:00 Departure

Thursday, June 27, 2018

Building 321, Room B20

8:45 AM Arrival/Badging

Show government issued ID – driver’s license or passport, and green card if LPR

9:00-9:30 Tour: In Situ Instruments Lab

9:30-10:00 Activities: Reasons for Sea Level Rise | activity 2

10:00-10:30 Speaker: Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (Monitoring Air Pollution)

Abbey Nastan

10:30-11:00 Activities: Sea Level Rise Observation and Reporting and GLOBE Air Quality

11:00-11:30 Speaker: CORAL Mission

Michelle Gierach

11:30-11:35 Activity: Climate Kids Coral Bleaching

11:35-1:00 Lunch

JPL Cafeteria 303

1:00-2:00 School Team Activity: Sustainability Plan Development/Change Map

2:00-2:30 Speaker: Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3

Karen Yuen

2:30-3:00 School Team Activity: Share Your School’s Preliminary Change Map

3:00 Departure