SESSION INFORMATION: Music and STEAM education pioneer and NASA Space Station Ambassador, Laurie Orth, brings together the two contrasting disciplines of space exploration and music; Creating a pipeline for young people into STEAM educational programs through music. In this session people will learn about the connection of arts in STEAM/STEM education, and the multitude of ways to help inspire students’ interest in technical fields through their love of the arts and space education.
BIO:
Music and STEAM education pioneer Laurie Orth brings together the two contrasting disciplines of space exploration and music. Creating a pipeline for young people into
STEAM educational programs through music is important to her because it gets the next generation future ready to be able to work and function in an ever-increasing technical world. With over two decades teaching in various settings, in 2012 she began her own entrepreneurial business, teaching general music classes to the homeschool community in Augusta, Georgia. Laurie’s outreach continues to grow with her YouTube channel, started in 2015, Laurie Orth Music Teacher.
Currently, Laurie is an independent contractor at the Jessye Norman School for the Arts. She has taught workshops for the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia featuring women in aerospace and rockets. In 2021, Laurie spearheaded a Project Based Learning activity for her students at Savannah River Academy to create a space-themed music YouTube video, Space Explorers Anthem, in preparation for an ARISS Downlink with the ISS. In July 2022, Laurie was a guest instructor at the Douglas Space and Science Foundation Inc.’s Star Camp, in Ogden, Utah.
In 2019, Laurie published her first book, Rocket Recorder: Volume One, an innovative music workbook for recorder students that introduces space exploration. She has presented her STEAM curriculum internationally and is a frequent guest on podcasts. In 2023, she launched a digital download product, Rocket Recorder - Satellite Edition, available exclusively through Music ConstructED. Laurie serves as a Space Station Ambassador for the ISS National Lab’s CASIS program, is a Teacher Liaison with the Space Foundation and is President of the Savannah Chapter of the Air and Space Forces Association. In 2019, she was selected as a NASA social media influencer. In June 2023, Laurie heads to NASA Johnson Space Center to attend the prestigious LiftOff2023 Institute for STEM Educators to learn about planetary defense and asteroids.
https://www.laurieorth.com/
