Women in Space! Inspiring Historic & Modern Contributions to the Space Industry
Women's History Month * Meet with friends & be inspired! * Making History * Historical * Astronaut * Rocket Scientist * Influencer * Engineer * Pilot * STEM * SpaceX * NASA * Moon * Mars * Inspiration 4 * Space * Technology * Confidence *
Teacher Tom Bickmore
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What's included
1 live meeting
1 in-class hours per weekClass Experience
US Grade 4 - 7
Teacher Tom was featured as a top educator on Outschool's EPIC Spotlight for being a Passion-Driven Educator in 2021! . There are three age groups available: 8-10, 10-14, and 14+. The schedule is as follows: Thursday Classes: Week of Mar 2: Alyssa Carson (Modern) - Aspiring to be the first person on Mars! Week of Mar 9: Sylvia Acevedo (Historic & Modern) - Legendary Latina Rocket Scientist & CEO of Girl Scouts! Week of Mar 16: Sian Proctor (Historic & Modern) - Geoscientist, Artist, & the first African American Woman to pilot a spacecraft! Week of Mar 22: Hayley Arceneaux (Modern) - First person to go into space with a prosthesis after surviving bone cancer! Week of Mar 30: Jessica Meir (Modern) - Participated in the first All-Female Spacewalk! Week of Apr 6: Jessica Watkins - Will be The First African American Woman to Live and Work on the International Space Station Week of Apr 13: Wally Funk (Historic & Modern) - The Oldest Woman to fly to Space! More weeks may be posted as we go including: Katherine Johnson (Historic) Bocha Chica Gal "Mary" (Modern) Sally Ride (Historic) Gwynne Shotwell (Modern) Dorothy Vaughn (Historic) Amy Shira Teitel (Modern) Peggy Whitson (Historic) Claire Percival and Maria Kiseleva (Modern) Susan Helms (Historic) Mallory Lefland (Modern) Jeannette Epps (Historic and Modern) Camille Calibeo (Modern) Yi So-yeon (Historic) Svetlana Savitskaya (Historic) Valentina Tereshkova (Historic) Joan Marie (Modern) Sunita Williams (Historic) Christina Hammock Koch (Modern) ...and more! I teach several Space, Science, History, Trades & Technology classes including; Analog Astronauts & Missions, Current Events in Space Technology & Rocket Launches, Billionaires in Space, Rockets in Space, Kerbal Space Program, Ham Radio, The Science of Fireworks, Historic Antarctic Expeditions & more!
Learning Goals
Learn about various women and their historic or modern contributions to the space industry
Learn options and pathways for careers in the space industry
Feel inspired and empowered to stay up to date on, and consider possible future careers in the space industry
Other Details
Learning Needs
Having great success with all types of student who want to learn, including many neurodiverse students, over the >4900 hours I've taught on Outschool, I'm happy to work with kids experiencing ASD, ADHD, etc!
Parental Guidance
The week we learn about Hayley Arceneaux, we speak of cancer as Hayley is a bone cancer survivor turned commercial astronaut.
Some of the individuals we will learn about faced racism and sexism during their lives.
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined November, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
As a natural space enthusiast, I have spent hundreds of hours studying current and past space technology and the people involved in making it all happen.
I have also been teaching rocket science and engineering for 4 years, with over 4900 hours in-class on Outschool.
It is my full time job to know what is happening in the space industry, and understand it well enough to help kids of any background understand what it means, and how it affects their lives.
As part of this work, I've toured the SpaceX Starbase Production site & sat inside the SpaceX Starship HLS Prototype, which SpaceX is currently building to show NASA how their Astronauts will be landing on the Moon.
I teach several weekly ongoing classes on Current Events in Space and have over 160 regular students attend each week.Reviews
Live Group Class
$25
weekly1x per week
60 min
Completed by 16 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-15
3-10 learners per class
