Teaching Physics Through Integrating NASA Data

Join this session on integrating activities appropriate for high school and introductory college physics and astronomy teachers who want to teach with integration of authentic NASA data. Attendees will learn about resources developed and tested by physics education researchers through the NASA Space Science Education Consortium. These materials address topics that integrate Physics, Earth Science, and Space Science, including (1) coronal mass ejection videos to understand both simple kinematics as well as accelerations of relativistic particles, (2) sunspot data to understand period and frequency, (3) eclipses to understand geometric optics, and (4) smartphone magnetic field sensors to understand planetary magnetism. This presentation will introduce attendees to an overview of the goals of the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team and the role of NASA Space Physics Ambassadors in disseminating information about this project.