Emma Smith

• Instructor for face-to-face USBE Astronomy endorsement course where the majority of participants are elementary teachers

• Developed and provided professional development for over 50 elementary teachers to earn their STEM endorsement
• Courses included the Nature of Science, Matter, Forces and Energy, Engineering Design, and Data Analysis
• Program consisted of multiple courses meeting multiple Friday evenings and Saturday mornings throughout the school year as well as weeklong summer courses

• Track appointed ARISS-USA contact host organizations (primarily elementary schools and science centers or museums) to gather details and insight into how these contact teams are following their educational objectives as outlined in their proposals
• Gather data to document ARISS contact educational outcomes, including photos, parent permission slips, student engagement descriptions, metrics. and post-survey compliance
• Quarterly review and selection of RFPs

• Managed yearlong education preparation and implementation logistics for school's live HAM radio contact with Astronaut Josh Cassada while aboard the ISS as a member of Expedition 68, 7 Feb 2023
• Coordinated with district contacts, stakeholders, and sponsors

• NSF Award Abstract # 2009351 Preparing Secondary Teachers to Teach Quantum Information Science
• NSF Award Abstract # 2048691 Preparing Secondary Teachers and Students for Quantum Information Science (QIS). K-12 students must be introduced to the importance of being quantum-smart which, in turn, means educators must learn how to teach quantum mechanics and QIS applications. However, most K-12 educators are not prepared to teach principles and applications of quantum information and technology as they are not taught these concepts unless they are a physics major
• Quantum for All is a project designed to help K-12 teachers and students understand how quantum mechanics is the basis for current and future jobs.

• Provide professional development for high school physics, middle school physical science, and elementary teachers across Utah and Idaho as part of a National Science Foundation grant

• Astronomy: The Universe grades 9-12
• Astronomy: Space Explorations grades 9-12
• Physics grades 9-12
• Physics with Technology grades 9-12
• AP Physics C: Mechanics grades 10-12

• Physics grades 10-12
• Conceptual Physics grades 10-12
• Physics with Technology grades 10-12
• Astronomy grades 10-12

• Physics grades 10-12
• Physics with Technology grades 10-12
• AP Physics C: Mechanics (calculus based) grades 11-12
• Astronomy: The Universe grades 10-12
• Astronomy: Space Explorations grades 10-12

designed and developed this unique course which surveys humankind’s efforts to explore space through both crewed and uncrewed missions with emphasis on NASA missions. Students discover the scale of Earth orbits and how celestial objects have been observed through satellite flybys, spacecraft landings, and human explorers. The course also investigates what it takes to be a space adventurer through classroom survival activities and experiences of veteran astronauts as students explore the benefits of space exploration.

• Managed the creation of a curriculum package entitled, “Lunaventure” where sixth grade classes would work virtually with their classmates to problem solve during a live, interactive space mission led by a facilitator (flight director) at SLCC
• Online simulation guided sixth grade classes through various prompts to repair and maintain a safe environment for a fictional colony living in a biodome on Earth’s Moon

• Responsibilities included conducting science student teaching seminar, supervising student teachers, and project coordinator for Northern Utah Science Teaching and Laboratory Initiative (NUSTLI)
• NUSTLI provided three weeks of professional development for science teachers in Cache and Box Elder counties over the course of three years where the focus was creating inquiry-based labs and lessons for students

• Personally invited by Nobel Prize Laureate, Leon Lederman, to serve as a member of his initiative to raise awareness for “Physics First/For All” project
• Assisted in development of Implementation Resource Book for publication

• Secondary Education 4400 Teaching Science II
• Secondary Education 4300 Clinical Experience II – Science
• Secondary Education 3400 Teaching Science I
• Secondary Education 3300 Clinical Experience I - Science
• Secondary Education 5500 Student Teaching Seminar - Science
• Secondary Education 5200 Educational & Multicultural Foundations
• Secondary Education 5100 Assessment Strategies for Monitoring Student Learning

• Physics began serving as the underlying course for a coherent science program at Box Elder High in 1997. A natural consequence of this switch to now several hundred incoming sophomores enrolling in Physics was a dramatic increase in number of students with learning disabilities now studying Physics.
• In order to facilitate the success of these students, curriculum enhancements were designed to address the specific needs of AD/HD students.
• This curriculum enhancement package, “ADDventures in Physics”, has been presented to both inservice and preservice teachers locally, nationally, and internationally through hands on workshops and discussions.