Let's Go to Space: BLUE-SKY Learning

Apr 02 2024 150 ep. 33 mins 1
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Are you an educator looking to inspire your STEM students? Are you a university or high school student who has dreamed of going to space? Or are you a space enthusiast? This podcast will explore the many ways students and teachers can engage with industry with a particular focus on CubeSats and student team formation with a BLUE-Sky learning philosophy. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shawna-christenson2/support

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Episode 140: O Canada! STEM and Space

Apr 02 2024 33 mins  
Today we meet with Maria Nickel, a Kinesiology and STEM specialist teacher for over27 years. Although she has taught a variety of subjects K- 12, Maria is currently the STEM innovation program specialist K- 12 for the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada where she focuses a lot on space. Maria has sent two SSEP experiments to the ISS- including the first elementary school exper

Episode 139: Legislative Advocacy in Action

Mar 18 2024 37 mins  
Today Kevin meets with Takeisha Stokes. Takeisha has over a decade of government experience specializing in legislation and politics. With a masters in Government with a focus on International Politics, Takeshia is a born advocate, keeping people at the forefront of her mind in all she does. Currently, she works as a legislative analysts for the Florida House of Representative, whi

Episode 138 Bringing HEAT to the Physics classroom

Feb 05 2024 35 mins  
Today we meet with Rebecca Vieyra, a physics educator who coordinates the American Association of Physics Teachers' NASA HEAT team, a group of educators and researchers committed to advancing heliophysics education in formal classrooms. She is originally from Illinois, where she taught high school physics for seven years. She is a 2013 recipient of the Presidential Award for Ex

Episode 137: Pursuing Student Passion Pathways

Jan 15 2024 32 mins  
Today, Kevin and I meet with two high school students from The Greene School in West Palm Beach Florida who have been making space one of their passion projects! Kenan Sato-Hua, is a 14-year-old 9th grader who participates on both the debate and aerospace team. He recentlypresented at the PocketQube conference in Glasgow, Scotland and joined advocacy efforts on behalf of space poli

Episode 136: Beyond the Stars; A Romanian view of Space

Jan 08 2024 33 mins  
Today Kevin and I meet with Dorina Girbovan has three Masters in Science and one Ph.D. in Physics. As the G100 Romania Country Chair for the Space Technology & Aviation Wing, she advocates the promotion of women in science and technology. She promotes space education for teachers worldwide as NASA’s International Ambassador. She is the founder and CEO of Beyond The Stars Edu

Minisode 6: SmallSat Education Conference Revisited with Kevin Simmons

Dec 04 2023 20 mins  
In this solo episode, Kevin shares about the successes of this year's SmallSat Education Conference! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shawna-christenson2/support

Episode 135: Experimenting in Space

Nov 27 2023 30 mins  
Taylor Peterson is a third year PhD student studying aerospace engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF). Her current research looks at 1) osteoporosis in astronauts and 2) simulating cryogenic propellant boiling in microgravity. She is the recipient of a 2023 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, in which she proposed the idea of simulating and tra

Episode 134: Inventing Space with Chet Knoer

Nov 20 2023 26 mins  
Chet Knoer has been a lifelong space enthusiast and it all started with a visit to Space Academy at the age of 12. Now understand that As a child, Chet thought that to work in space meant you must be an inventor. They found out later that meant being an engineer. Over the last 8 years, Chet has been a part of the University at Buffalo Nanosatellite Lab (UBNL), starting with integra

Episode 133: Inspiring Next Generations

Nov 13 2023 31 mins  
Holly Pascal is a driven Aerospace Software Engineer at L3Harris, a distinguished Fortune 500 company. She will be featured in WomLead Magazine and stands out as a member of the highly selective Engineering Leadership Development Program at L3Harris, showcasing her mission to create a positive impact through transparency, consistency, and paying it forward. Beyond her engineering p

Episode 132: Mechanical Engineering, Portland Style

Nov 06 2023 29 mins  
Today we meet with Catie Spivey, a Mechanical Engineer and graduate of Portland State University. Catie was the lead on PSU's first CubeSat which launched in 2022. During her senior capstone project, she worked on a prototype liquid fueled rocket airframe and found she really enjoyed that subject area. She then finished a Masters of Engineering at Portland State in a single yea