Native Skywatchers - Two-Eyed Seeing: NASA & Indigenous Astronomy

LIVESTREAM EVENT & RESOURCES!

INDIGENOUS LED CONTENT & PRODUCTION

event flyer, A. Lee, Oct. 2020

"Two Eyed Seeing: OJIBWE Astronomy & NASA Moon to Mars”

Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, 10 am – 11 am cdt

Boozhoo, Aaniin! Join us for a 60 m live show featuring the Native Skywatchers - Ojibwe Team: Carl Gawboy (elder), William Wilson (elder), Jeffrey Tibbetts, Jim Knutson-Kolodzne, and Annette S. Lee. Weaving together Indigenous Ojibwe Astronomy & NASA science this event will offer insights from both world-views with focus on the Moon. Topics include: Ojibwe Fall constellations like the Mooz, teachings related to Mikinaak (Snapping Turtle)...Maingan Mikan (the Wolves Path), Bugonagiizhig (Hole in the Sky), the soundscapes of fall, and more!

Educator Leads and Partnering Schools: Lindsey Markwardt, Indian Education Home School Liason, grades 5-12, the Alternative School, Cloquet, MN Cloquet Area Alternative Education Program (CAAEP), Melissa Peterson M. Ed, 5th Grade Teacher K-5 Science Coordinator, North Star Academy Duluth Edison Charter School, Duluth, MN, and Genie Turner, 5th & 6th grade, Nett Lake Elementary School, Nett Lake, MN.

Ojibwe Moon Months - Dibiki Giizisoog:

September - Waatebagaa-giizis - Leaves Changing Color Moon

October - Binaakwii-giizis - Falling Leaves Moon

November - Gashkadino-giizis - Freezing Moon

Reference - Lee, Annette S., William Wilson, Jeffrey Tibbetts, and Carl Gawboy. Ojibwe Star Map Constellation Guidebook: An Introduction to Ojibwe Star Knowledge. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Native Skywatchers Press, 2014.)

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Educator Materials & Resources:

Star Map of Ojibwe Dagwaagin-Fall Constellations | View & Download
Booklet featuring Ojibwe Astronomy & NASA Moon 2 Mars | View & Download
Student-Generated Worksheet-1 | View & Download
Panelist-Generated Worksheet-2 | View & Download
Presentation Slides | View & Download
Recorded Video of Live Event (aired on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, 10 -11 am cdt) | View

"The Ojibwe Mooz Constellation"

"The Ojibwe Mooz Constellation", Collaboratively Produced video by Carl Gawboy and Annette S. Lee

"Mooz and Mikinaak"

"Mooz and Mikinaak", Collaboratively Produced video by William Wilson and Annette S. Lee, fall 2020

Copyright © 2020 Native Skywatchers. All rights reserved. Any commercial use (including universities, grant writing, publications, for-profit venues, museums, cultural institutions, etc. requires prior written permission of the copyright owner. Email inquiries to: nativeskywatchers@gmail.com

"The Land Acknowledgement"

Video Produced by Jim Knutson-Kolodzne, Fall 2020

"Gazing at Earth's Light Show from Space"

Credit- Nasa.gov

"NASA - Heat Shield Activity"

Educator Melissa Peterson demonstrating the NASA Heat Shield Activity. Models re-entry through Earth's atmosphere.

Calling All Educators - Free Ojibwe or D(L)akota Star Map Poster!

Interested in getting a free native star map for your classroom? Deliver one NASA activity related to this project to your class before May 1, 2021 and send us feedback. Contact Jim Knutson-Kolodzne at nativeskywatchers@gmail.com for more details or call us at (612)-314-9717

Email Jim directly: ainckolodzne@hotmail.com

Our Favorite NASA Resources - Moon to Mars and STEM on Station:

Moon To Mars - Build a Heat Shield!

Students work together as a team to design and build a heat shield that will protect the contents (candy) of a crew module from a simulated atmospheric re-entry (hair dryer)...from the Educator Guide - Crew Transportation with Orion

Grades 6-8

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Moon To Mars - Test Materials for a Radiation Shield

Students will use UV-sensitive beads to test a variety of materials to determine if they are suitable for shielding against ultraviolet (UV) raditaion...from the Educator Guide - Habitation with Gateway

Grades 6-8

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Moon Pod Essay Contest & NASA Moon 2 Mars

Your challenge is to imagine a one-week expedition to the Moon's South Pole...What should you bring? Who gets to be on your team? What skills should they have? What tech do you need? Write an essay and tell NASA about your idea!

Grades K-4; 5-8; 9-12

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NASA STEM-Forward to the Moon - Educator Guide

Hands-on science activities...Scale of Earth-Moon-ISS-Mars; Make a ballon rocket with a payload; simulating gravity with magnets; water filtration with a 2L bottle; design a lunar habitat; simulating finding oxygen on the Moon and more!

Grades K-4, 5-8, Informal Education

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STEM on Station & Mircosoft-STEM Hacking Lesson - Analyzing Colors of Earth -

The astronauts have been observing and documenting changes to our planet through photographs in pursuit of their mission of improving life both in space and on Earth. With the aid of computational predictive models and artificial intelligence, the color values from these images are now being analyzed by scientists to study and predict climate change.

Grades 6-8; 9-12

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