July 14-16, 2028 STEM Workshop at Maryetta School
July 14-16, 2028 STEM Workshop at Maryetta School
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These are resources for our 3 day workshop at at Maryetta School in Stilwell, Oklahoma, July 14, 15 and 16, 2026.
Morning sessions are for 4th - 8th grade teachers and coaches. (8 - 11 am)
Afternoon sessions are for PK-3rd Grade Teachers, Elective and SPED teachers. (12 - 3 pm)
Photos and Videos from our workshop are shared in this Google Drive folder.
Overview
Overview
Warm Up Activity / Video
Design Process Build Challenge
Reflection Time
Something to Think About
Key Ideas
Key Ideas
Engineering Design Process
Design - Create - Share
Day 1 - Straw and Stomp Rockets
Day 1 - Straw and Stomp Rockets
1- Warm Up Activity / Video
1- Warm Up Activity / Video
The Martian Official Trailer (3 min)
Straw Rockets
Paper Stomp Rockets
(Open Shelly's workshop slide deck in Canva)
Vocabulary:
Thrust
Newton's Third Law
3- Earth Care
3- Earth Care
Discuss: Jeremy Hansen Artemis II patch story
4- Reflection Time
4- Reflection Time
Two part written prompt.
As a learner:
What did the design process feel like from the inside, what surprised or frustrated you?
As a teacher: what would you need to change to bring this into your own room?
Journals shared with us at day's end! (astrokidsclub5@gmail.com)
5 - Something to Think About
5 - Something to Think About
Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers in Space Education
Day 2 - Foam Rockets
Day 2 - Foam Rockets
1- Warm Up Activity / Video
1- Warm Up Activity / Video
2- Design Process Build Challenge
2- Design Process Build Challenge
Foam Rockets
Vocabulary:
Nose cone
Fins
Why rockets curve
Center of mass
(Open Shelly's workshop slide deck in Canva: Day 2 starts on slide 11)
3- Earth Care
3- Earth Care
The Artemis Accords, real international commitments to peaceful purposes and preserving historic sites
4- Reflection Time
4- Reflection Time
Two part written prompt:
As a learner:
What were the most challenging parts of today's design challenge? Why?
What do you think would challenge your students the most? Why?
How can discussion about The Artemis Accords help us focus on the values of earth stewardship, on our planet and beyond?
Confirm journals shared with us! (astrokidsclub5@gmail.com)
5 - Something to Think About
5 - Something to Think About
Books and videos about space exploration and space education!
Mary Golda Ross! (WikiPedia)
Video: Traci Sorell: Classified: Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer (3 min)
From our page, "Trailblazers and role models!"
Day 3 - Bottle RocketS
Day 3 - Bottle RocketS
MORNING
MORNING
1- Warm Up Activity / Video
1- Warm Up Activity / Video
NASA's "Eggstronaut Parachute Challenge"
Video (2.5 min)
AFTERNOON
AFTERNOON
2- Design Process Build Challenge
2- Design Process Build Challenge
Bottle Rockets!
Our launcher: AquaPort II Water Rocket Launcher
(Open Shelly's workshop slide deck in Canva: Day 3 starts on slide 17)
4- Reflection Time
4- Reflection Time
Teaching and Creating with Media
What are ways you could encourage your students to use and create with some of the media we've highlighted in our workshoip?
What has been the most valuable part of our time together in this workshop?
What are some ways this workshop could improve?
Confirm journals shared with us! (astrokidsclub5@gmail.com)
5 - Something to Think About
5 - Something to Think About
Kevin Honeycutt's Cardboard Space Capsule project
Summer 2027 "Rocket Camp for Kids" at Maryetta School?
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