NASA-WSU Disaster Literacy Workshop

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The NASA Disaster Literacy Workshop for Kansas Middle School Teachers was held on the beautiful WSU campus on June 12 - 16, 2023.

 
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Workshop Goals

This 5-day workshop aimed to create lesson plans for middle-school classrooms.

The lessons leverage existing NASA materials related to natural hazards and focus on understanding and interpreting data for assessing the preparedness of at-risk communities.

The workshop was conducted by faculty and student members of the Disaster Resilience Analytics Center at WSU.

 

Meet the Workshop Team

 

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From Left to Right:
Kathy Clark (Salina), Jill Fisher (WSU), Atri Dutta (WSU), Michelle Cooper (Salina), Elvina Acosta (Dodge City), Carmen Simon (Hoxie), LaKeshia Brooks (Wichita),
Shaye Herman (Tecumseh), Trisha Smith (Shawnee Mission), Stacy Randle (Eureka), Lyn Bernbeck (Ness City), Rajiv Bagai (WSU), Maria Sclafani (WSU),
David Pines (Wichita), Michelle Ford (Peabody), Chancy Moberly (WSU), Matthew Chace (WSU), Donna Clemons (Wichita), Michael Stirtz (Wichita),
Kathleen Berry (Wichita), Lucas Rodriguez (Wichita), Linda Hopkins (Lebo), Christina Taylor (Derby), Michele Rowley (Wichita), Regan Matteson (Wichita),
Tammy Gipson (McPherson), Zelalem Demissie (WSU), Aaron Bowen (WSU)

Workshop Topics:

  • NASA missions to monitor natural hazards
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Disaster preparedness
  • Database management techniques
  • Ideas for lesson plans for middle school children
  • WSU resources and facilities relevant to schools

Who Attended:

Kansas Middle School Teachers

Participation Cost:

Free.

All participants received stipends upon completion of the workshop.

 

Stipend Information:

Each workshop participant received a stipend of $1,000 for completing the workshop.

Participants living more than 50 miles away from Wichita received additional $500 (to offset some travel costs).

 

Tentative schedule for each workshop day *
9 - 9:30 AM Check-In & Breakfast
9:30 - 10:30 AM Lecture Session 1
10:30 - 11 AM Break
11 AM - Noon Lecture Session 2
Noon - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 3 PM Lab Session

* Lab sessions provided practice for lesson plan development.  The last day of the workshop involved presentations by participants on tentative lesson plans developed.

 

 

 

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The application period for participation in this workshop closed on

March 31, 2023.

 

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(Funding for this workshop was provided by the NASA Kansas Space Grant Consortium and Wichita State University)