Explore Earth Webinar Series for Educators
Join NASA STEM EPDC and My NASA Data for a webinar series. The webinar series will feature My NASA Data’s Earth System Story Maps, which are an immersive means of storytelling by combining rich narrative text with interactive maps and NASA data, along with other multimedia content like images and videos in a 5E Model […]
Pre-College Institute for Recruiting and Inclusion for STEM for MSIs (PRISM)
Southeast Regional EPDC Education Specialist, Dr. Vemitra White-Alexander, presented to 15 high school aged students that participated in Alabama A&M University’s Pre-College Institute. The Pre-College Institute for Recruiting and Inclusion for STEM for MSIs (PRISM) was a 3-week residential program that offered the students learning activities designed to increase their STEM efficacy and identity, improve […]
PSJA Thomas Jefferson T-STEM Early College High School
The Collaborative Learning Leader, Dr. Yvonne Gomez, and the principal of the PSJA Thomas Jefferson T-STEM Early College High School, Sylvia Lizcano reached out to the JSC EPDC specialist to discuss potential future partnerships with NASA. The school serves Pharr, TX. Pharr has a 94.3% Hispanic population and 29.1% of the population of the area […]
Special Event Newsflash
We continue developing new education resources and hosting events that educators can use with their students. These new resources and key events will be advertised here. In the meantime, please check our complete list of webinars here: txstate-epdc.net/event-post.
NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement Welcomes Minority Serving Institution Fellows
NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement recognizes that participant diversity in our programs is advantageous in every aspect. In 2020, an Intergovernmental Personnel Act opportunity was piloted to recruit and select two minority serving institution (MSI) faculty members for a two-year rotation. NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement welcomes Dr. Araceli Martinez-Ortiz from Texas State University and […]
EPDC Team is Contributing to Research at Texas State
Our EPDC team is contributing to research at Texas State -read the March Texas Monthly story featuring our founding PI, Dr. Araceli Martinez Ortiz. Read more….
Halloween Pumpkin Stencils
Happy Halloween! Want to carve your own James Webb Space Telescope-themed pumpkin? Celebrate Halloween with these NASA-themed pumpkin carvings! These stencils will help you get started. Click here for three different patterns of the James Webb Space Telescope that you can use. Simply print and follow the directions, which can be found on each pattern […]