GOES-U Teacher Workshop at Kennedy Space Center June 2024

NOAA's GOES-R Program supported a Teacher Workshop on the morning of the GOES-U satellite launch

GOES-U Teacher Workshop Agenda (Tuesday June 25th, KSC)

9:00 - Welcome and Introductions-Margaret Mooney, CIMSS
9:10 - KSC Welcome- Lester Morales, NASA
9:20 - Satellite Meteorology 101 - Scott Lindstrom, CIMSS 
9:50 -The GOES-R Satellite Series – Erin McKinley, NOAA
10:15 - The Advanced Baseline Imager - Tim Schmit, NOAA
10:30 - NOAA Satellites Virtual Science Fair – Margaret Mooney, CIMSS
10:50 - break
11:00 - Classroom Connections to Satellite Data – Vicky Gorman and Turtle Haste
11:40 - NASA STEM resources - Samual Garcia, NASA
11:50 - Looking ahead to GeoXO - Andy Heidinger, NOAA
Noon - Workshop wrap-up (certificates and evaluations)

2pm – board buses for Banana Creek viewing site

5:16pm – Satellite Launch! (2-hour launch window)