NASA Spinoff Technologies

1. NASA Spinoff Technologies STEM-centric Lesson

2. Warm-Up Question: What do all of these items have in common?

3. Day One Objectives • TSWBAT: • Investigate different NASA technologies and relate their findings to products they use in their daily lives. • Discover and discuss how NASA technologies can branch out to many different STEM careers.

4. What are NASA Spinoff Technologies? • CLICK HERE TO PLAY VIDEO • NASA spinoff technologies are technologies developed for applications in space but have been modified for use in products to improve lives here on Earth.

5. Gallery Walk – NASA Spinoff Technologies • With your group, spend five minutes at each station exploring different NASA technologies and how they were engineered into new, everyday products. • Read the display and use the laptop to research facts about the technology at each station. Use the NASA database and Google. • Fill in your Gallery Walk handout as you make your way through each station. Click here to view the NASA Spinoff Database

6. http://spinoff.nasa.gov/spinoff/database

7. Gallery Walk – Class Discussion Share with the class what you discovered

8. Review Questions – Gallery Walk • Were you surprised to see any products that you currently use on the NASA Spinoff product list? • Give a description of a product from one of the stations you visited. • What was the original NASA technology? • Who partnered with NASA to turn NASA’s original product into something new? • What was or are the new products? • How might you use this technology to create a unique spinoff? • What types of STEM careers or jobs do you think could be associated with the creation of these different types of products? Just careers with NASA?

9. Close to HomeNASA’s Goddard Space and Flight Center View the next two slides to see NASA Spinoff products created at Goddard Space and Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

10. Spinoffs from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center • By adapting a star-mapping algorithm used for the Hubble Space Telescope, endangered animals are able to be tracked using spot patterns. Researchers track polar bears by using the bears’ unique whisker spot patterns to match photographs taken by researchers and tourists.

11. Spinoffs from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center • Hierarchical Segmentation (HSEG) software organizes an image’s pixels for advanced analysis. Recursive Hierarchical Segmenting (RHSEG) Pre-Processing Software, enhances the usability of HSEG and now provides 3-D data analysis. Originally developed for remote Earth sensing applications, RHSEG organizes pixels into regions based on spectral similarity. Specific features impossible to distinguish by other methods are able to be isolated.

12. Day Two Objectives • TSWBAT: • Investigate different NASA technologies by utilizing components of an interactive webpage. • Continue to discover and discuss how NASA technologies can branch out to many different STEM careers.

13. NASA Spinoff Technologies – Timeline Pass out the NASA Spinoff Timeline - click here to view the timeline Now conduct the Group Share Activity based off of the Timeline

14. NASA Home and City Use this interactive website to explore many other NASA technologies that are used in everyday life. CLICK HERE

15. Day Three Objectives TSWBAT: • Create a product template to demonstrate how NASA technologies can be partnered with other companies to design new products.

16. How are NASA Technologies Turned into Spinoff Products? • Read the “temperfoam” article together and complete the product template as a class. • First, view the next four slides to view the product template and samples of Maryland specific NASA technologies to get an idea for what to write in your product template for the “temperfoam”. Click here to view the webpage of NASA's partnership program

17. Name of Product: ______________________________________________ sketch of product Name of Research Center and Location: ____________________________________ ____________________________________ • NASA Technology • ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • ______________________________________________________________________________ Benefits • Partnership • ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

18. Monitors Track Vital Signs for Fitness and Safety Ames Research Center Zephyr Technology Annapolis, Maryland • NASA Technology • The unique conditions of microgravity can be debilitating to astronauts, causing everything from mild disorientation to nausea to severe vomiting • In order to combat these symptoms, NASA has devised a variety of equipment to induce and monitor the physiological problems caused by microgravity • Partnership • Under a Space Act Agreement, NASA conducted its study in partnership with Zephyr, an innovator in physiological status monitoring technology • Zephyr’s unique equipment served NASA’s purposes well; and NASA’s expertise benefited Zephyr, which used the experience to improve its product • Work continues with an International Space Act Agreement to study fatigue in flight crews • Benefits • The BioHarness is Zephyr’s primary product for monitoring physiological status • Well-suited for fitness applications, it is used by numerous professional sports teams; Under Armour will soon be making a BioHarness shirt • Zephyr has adapted its technology for use with the military, first responders, and firemen Spinoff 2011 Consumer Goods

19. Frameworks Coordinate Scientific Data Management Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Forest Hill, Maryland • NASA Technology • NASA’s Planetary Data System (PDS) is an ever-growing archive of data products delivered from robotic missions • To help researchers access the information they need, JPL designed the Object Oriented Data Technology (OODT) framework to archive PDS data • Partnership • JPL targeted ASF, a nonprofit, open-source industry leader, as an ideal partner to transfer OODT • ASF provides infrastructure and leadership for housing, distributing, and managing the project • ASF placed OODT in their incubation program, which eventually resulted in an Apache Top-Level Project designation—the first NASA project to receive this distinction • Benefits • Apache OODT version 0.1 is available for public consumption and is currently used by The National Cancer Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and other organizations • Since the technology is open source, it is receiving attention and development from programmers all over the world Spinoff 2011 Health and Medicine

20. Simulation Tools Model Icing for Aircraft Design Glenn Research Center American Kestrel Company, LLC Ithaca, New York • NASA Technology • Water in the atmosphere is prone to freeze on airframes, wings, turbines, and engines • To enhance aviation safety, NASA developed the LEWICE ice accretion simulation software • Its versatility, ease of use, and speed make LEWICE the premier ice-shape generation program • Partnership • American Kestrel Company, LLC (AKC) provides consulting services to aircraft manufacturers in the field of aviation safety and icing • AKC improved LEWICE’s user interface and formed a partnership with Glenn Research Center through a Space Act Agreement, allowing AKC to distribute the updated program internationally • Benefits • AKC’s modified program, LEWINT, adds a user interface, analysis tools, and automated plotting • The software reduces testing times and late-stage design changes, saving money and reducing risks • Since 2007, AKC has licensed LEWINT to 25 customers, rivaling LEWICE’s popularity Spinoff 2011 Public Safety

21. Day Four Objectives • TSWBAT: • Analyze text to decipher a specific NASA technology and its influence on modern products. • Model their product template based on class examples presented the previous day. • Work in groups to discuss NASA technologies and communicate their responses to the class.

22. 1.) Number the paragraphs to make group discussions of the article easier. • 2.) Read the article assigned to you quietly. • As you read, circle key terms (product and company names) and underline or highlight main ideas. • You may also write questions or notes in the margin of the article. • 3.) Get into your small reading groups and discuss • the article. • As you discuss the article, try to focus on the “questions to consider” shown on the next slide.

23. Questions to Consider • What was the original NASA technology and what was it used for? • How did NASA form a partnership to produce a new product? • What was the new product and what is it used for? Are their multiple uses? • Take this time to complete the product handout template.

24. CLASS DISCUSSION Allow a few of the groups to share their findings

25. Day Five Objectives • TSWBAT: • Brainstorm project ideas and delegate specific project tasks to group members. • Create a timeline and or outline to organize the time allotted for the project. • Use technology to create a multimedia presentation on their assigned NASA technology.

26. What is the Challenge? • You will create an original video, PowerPoint presentation, or backboard to demonstrate your groups understanding of NASA’s spinoff technologies and their possible multiple uses both in space and on Earth. • Your mission is to raise the general public awareness of NASA’s missions and the benefits of NASA’s technology transfer efforts. CLICK HERE TO VIEW STUDENT SAMPLE VIDEO

27. Exit Slip Based on the research you conducted throughout this learning experience answer the following question: How does technology used for space exploration impact human lives daily?