Ask SME: Education Specialist Erika Wright

In this close-up video, Erika Wright, Education Specialist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, shares how she helps make air and pollution data easier for students and the public to understand and use. Erika shares her journey from the science museum world to working with NASA where she continues to inspire learners to ask and answer their own questions.

Background Information

Grades K through 8

• NASA Climate Kids: Atmosphere

Grades 6 through 12

• Center for Astrophysics Erika Wright
• My NASA Data About the Atmosphere Background Information
• NASA 60 Second Science: The TEMPO Instrument
• NASA TEMPO
• NASA TEMPO
• NASA The Air We Breathe Quiz

Activities

Grades K through 5

• Smithsonian Atmosphere: Change is in the Air

Grades 6 through 8

• My NASA Data Air Quality Mini Lessons

Grades 6 through 12

• Cosmic DS TEMPO Cosmic Data Stories
• GLOBE Atmosphere Protocols
• NASA Climate Interactives
• Virtual Science Teacher What Is Air?