Welcome Message to Project Participants
	Welcome to our NESTA DATA NETWORK community science project for Spring 2023. The National Earth Science Teachers Association is excited to offer this new approach to professional development that supports teachers and their classes exploring authentic scientific engagement. Teach and learn in a supportive professional environment. Interested in Learning More? Sign-Up for Emails and/or Information Sessions March 30th & April 3rd
Cloudy Consequences: Unpacking the Climate Change Connection

Project Leaders

_{Natalie Macke, NESTA President Science Teacher, Pascack Hills HS Montvale, NJ}	_{Angie Rizzi, NESTA NASA Liaison Task Lead My NASA DATA NASA Langley Research Center, VA}	_{Dr. Mike Jabot, NESTA Reg. Director Professor of Science Ed in the Dept of Curriculum and Instruction, SUNY Fredonia, NY}	_{David Amidon, NESTA Member Science Teacher, Lafayette Jr/Sr HS Lafayette, NY}	_{David Curry, NESTA Member Science Teacher, Newton MS Newton, PA}

Message from the NESTA President:

Greetings potential project participants. I'm thrilled to provide a forum that encourages colleagues to collaborate and safely extend the walls of their classrooms during NESTA's first community data exploration project. As teachers, (pre-service to veteran staff) we understand that an engaging and effective professional development model requires both active participation and reflection. NESTA is a solely volunteer organization of active and retired K-12 educators that value a teacher's professional and personal time. Our data exploration projects aim to stretch the possibilities of your classroom expectations and goals. Join us to learn how to start to shift your classroom's goals to include authentic investigation while being supported by fellow teachers along the way.

During the month of April, NESTA members invite both you (as individual learners) and your classroom to come along on our journey to explore a scientific question about Earth's energy budget. This Spring, we'll keep things simple and ask everyone to make and collect observations about your local cloud coverage. By doing so, you will contribute data that supports the scientific goals of the NASA CERES Project and engage in scientific inquiry that relies on both science practices as well as meaningful cross-cutting concepts.

Join your students and use this project as an opportunity to learn. While engaging in meaningful data collection and observations, your class also has the opportunity to explore some of the complexities of, and impacts from changes to Earth's energy budget. During the project, educators gain experience participating in Globe program activities; accessing My NASA Data lessons as well as gains skills and learn about scaffolding tools to support analysis of NASA data products. Ultimately, educators and their students will be challenged to make connections between Earth's energy budget and the consequences to their daily lives. These connections can be used to foster ideas to develop further scientific investigations and solutions that support the goals of NOAA Planet Stewards.

I'm looking forward to working with you all,
It's time to Spring forward... Teaching is about Lifelong Learning. Let's model what we teach!
First piece of advice from my classroom to yours. Start with "NASA needs our help!".

Natalie Macke

NESTA President

https://www.nestanet.org/

PO Box 53, Dexter, MI 48130

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Project Leaders

Message from the NESTA President:

Natalie Macke

NESTA President

https://www.nestanet.org/

PO Box 53, Dexter, MI 48130

Curious Cloudy Connections (Spring 2023)