Virtual Space in the Community
The Space Foundation, with the support of L3Harris Technologies, presents an eight-episode STEM video series for both educators and students, plus two Audience with an Astronaut sessions with Col. Paul Lockhart, USAF (Ret). Videos feature interviews with employees from L3Harris as well as STEM lesson plan tutorials from the Space Foundation education team. These videos are designed to inspire students to pursue careers in STEM fields by hearing inspirational stories directly from professionals in the aerospace industry. Educators will gain classroom resources from our team of expert educators through the lesson plan tutorials.
Episode Guide
L3Harris Virtual SITC: Opto-Mechanical Engineering
An interview with Matthew East, Lead Opto-Mechanical Engineer at L3Harris; and an Opto-Mechanical design challenge lesson tutorial by…
L3Harris Virtual SITC: Optical Technologies & Exoplanets
An interview with Rebecca Borrelli, PhD, Technical Fellow, IRAD & CRAD Technologies at L3Harris; and an Exoplanet lesson…
L3Harris Virtual SITC: Image Science & Satellite Imaging
An interview with Alejandro Sotomayor Colon, Image Science Engineer at L3Harris; and a Satellite Imaging lesson tutorial by…
L3Harris Virtual SITC: Team-building & Coding
An interview with Carolyn Cossavella, Senior Director of Engineering at L3Harris; and lesson tutorials on Team-building and…
L3Harris Virtual SITC: Image Science and Robotics
An interview with Celeste Vazquez Lugo, Senior Associate Image Science Engineer at L3Harris; and lesson tutorials on…
L3Harris Virtual SITC: Electro-Optical Systems and Thermal Imaging
An interview with Shikha Ganguly, Advanced Systems Lead at L3Harris; and a Thermal Imaging lesson tutorial by…
L3Harris Virtual SITC: Software Engineering and 3D Design
An interview with Anagha Indic, Software Engineer at L3Harris; and a 3D Design in Aerospace lesson tutorial…
L3Harris Virtual SITC: All About Satellites
Lesson tutorials by the Space Foundation Education team: Science On a Sphere® presentation, Trilateration Using Satellites, and…
L3Harris Virtual SITC: Audience with an Astronaut Session 1
An interview with Col. Paul S. Lockhart, USAF (Ret.), geared towards elementary students
L3Harris Virtual SITC: Audience with an Astronaut Session 2
An interview with Col. Paul S. Lockhart, USAF (Ret.), geared towards middle and high school students
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