WELES, INSTRUCTIONAL IDEAS, AND NASA SPONSORED WEB SITES
 
     WELES  
 		 Examples of how teachers have used  
NASA sponsored sites		  NASA Sponsored Web Site  
 
Inquisitory Presentation  

  
  
 

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 

 Students search for Web sites to research topic areas, i.e., discover facts or relationships to other areas, find examples or pictures that illustrate area, etc., What can satellite images be used for?(example sites that offer satellite images)  
  
  
  

  

Students use "ask the expert" sites to inquire about space related  topics  
 

 http://iita.ivv.nasa.gov/products/rsd/index.html   

http://octopus.gma.org/   

http://iita.ivv.nasa.gov/products/rsd/badger.html  

http://www.cea.berkeley.edu/Education/SII/   
  
  
  
  
  

 http://bolero.gsfc.nasa.gov/~odenwald/ask/askmag.html  
  
  
 
 Collaborative Learning  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 

 Students participate in an national or international weather tracking project,  
collaborating and sharing weather data  
with students from other schools  
  
  
  
  
  

  
Students share data on aerodynamics of flight 

      http://inspire.ospi.wednet.edu:8001/   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 http://nasaui.ited.uidaho.edu/nasaspark/datashar.htm 
Expository Presentation 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 		 Send students to specific web sites to  research topics, i.e., history, facts, on flight dynamics  
  
  
  
  
  

Teachers uses existing lesson plans to  
illustrate and demonstrate flight dynamics  
  
  
  
Students are given  practice activities in  
mathematics (simple addition, multiplication, etc.)  
  

Students are sent to this site to learn about the parts of an airplane and practice "building an airplane"

   http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/fltmidfly.htm   

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

http://www.mcet.edu/nasa/index.html   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 http://planemath.com/activities/pmactivities.html   

  

  http://la.saic.com/NASA/parts.html 
  
  
  
 
Generative Learning 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 		 Students are tasked with  creating a database of the planets in the solar system to learn about the attributes of each planet.  
  
  
Students work with  Lego’s to learn about engineering concepts – hands-on  minds-on activities 		 http://windows.engin.umich.edu/cgi-bin/tour.cgi?link=  
windows3.html&sw=false&sn=0&d=&edu=  
mid&br=graphic&cd=false&tour=&fr=f    

  
  
  
  
 http://ldaps.ivv.nasa.gov/   
(information site about how to get started with these activities)  
  
 
 Anchored Instruction 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 		 Students take on the role of a pilot to  
solve given math problems.  
  
  
 

 Students take a virtual tour of the islands of Hawaii to solve a navigation problem:  They are preparing for a hike across  
a tropical  island a need to get from one landmark to another.  

  •  What  direction do  they need to take? 
  • How far is it?
  • What terrain or barriers will they encounter? 
  • What should they take with them? 
  • How long will it take them to get to the destination? 
 		 http://trc.dfrc.nasa.gov/shape/ 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 http://hawaii.ivv.nasa.gov/space/hawaii/index.html   

  

                           http://hawaii.ivv.nasa.gov/space/hawaii/virtual.field. 
trips.html   
 
 Problem-based Learning 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 		 Encourage students to explore the attributes of an environment where they are asked to solve a problem; in this case where would they suggest  
building a new stadium?  
(review satellite images of landscape to  
street level traffic patterns)  
  
 		 http://iita.ivv.nasa.gov/products/rsd/badger.html 
 
 
 
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