Check out the following NASA opportunities for the education community.
Full descriptions are listed below.
DEADLINE EXTENDED -- Call for Abstracts: 63rd
International Astronautical Congress
Audience: Full-time Graduate Students
Submission Deadline: March 4, 2012
NASA's Digital Learning Network Presents "Women in STEM" Webcast
Series
Audience: 5-12 Educators and Students
Event Dates: Multiple dates throughout March 2012
Engineering Design: Forces and Motion --
Balloon Aerodynamics Challenge Web Seminar
Audience: 6-12 and Informal Educators
Event Date: March 5, 2012
Challenge to Innovate:
Gaming Challenge
Audience: All Educators and Students
Entry Deadline: March 5, 2012
2012 NASA Earth
Ambassador Training Program
Audience: Informal Educators
Application Deadline: March 5, 2012
NASA DLN
Webcast -- Meet NASA's Langley Research Center Director Lesa Roe
Audience: 5-8 Educators and Students
Registration Deadline for Interactive Opportunity: March 5, 2012
Event Date: March 8, 2012
NASA's Digital Learning Network Presents "STEM Through the Eyes, Ears
and Heart of a Woman" Webcast Series
Audience: 5-12 Educators and Students
Event Dates: Each Wednesday at 1 p.m. Eastern During March 2012
Vector
Addition: Math and Science @ Work -- Lunar Surface Instrumentation Web Seminar
Audience: Physics Teachers and Informal Educators
Event Date: March 7, 2012
Women's History Month
Event: Women, Innovation and Aerospace
Audience: All Educators and Students
Event Date: March 8, 2012
NASA's Digital Learning Network Presents "From 5th Grade to JPL" Webcast
Audience: 5-12 Educators and Students
Event Dates: March 8, 2012
Algebraic Equations: Transit Tracks --
Finding Habitable Planets Web Seminar
Audience: Algebra Teachers and Informal Educators
Event Date: March 8, 2012
Informal Educator Workshop: International Space Station -- Engaging Your
Audience in Low Earth Orbit
Audience: Informal Educators (Formal Educators
Are Welcome to Attend)
Registration Deadline: March 9, 2012
Event Date: March 24-25, 2012
Free Exploring Space Lecture Series --
Attend in Person or View Online
Audience: All Educators and 9-Higher Education Students
Event Dates: Monthly March-June 2012
International Space Station
National Lab Education Project
Audience: Higher Education Community
Proposal Deadline: March 23, 2012
Visit NASA Explorer Schools at the 2012
NSTA Conference
Audience: 4-12 Educators
Event Dates: March 29 - April 1, 2012
RockOn 2012 University Rocket Science Workshop
Audience: Higher Education Educators and Students
Registration Deadline: May 1, 2012
Workshop Dates: June 16-21, 2012
New ISS L.A.B.S. Educator Resource Guide Available at NASA.gov
Audience: 5-8 Educators
New Curriculum
Supplements From the National Institutes of Health: "Evolution and
Medicine" and "Rare Diseases and Scientific Inquiry"
Audience: 6-8 and 9-12 Educators
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DEADLINE EXTENDED -- Call for Abstracts: 63rd
International Astronautical Congress
NASA announces its intent to participate in the
63rd International Astronautical Congress, or IAC, and requests that full-time
graduate students attending U.S. universities or colleges respond to this call
for abstracts. The IAC, which is organized by the International Astronautical
Federation, the International Academy of Astronautics and the International
Institute of Space Law, is the largest space-related conference worldwide and selects
an average of 1,000 scientific papers every year. The upcoming IAC will be held
Oct. 1-5, 2012, in Naples, Italy. NASA’s participation in this event is an
ongoing effort to continue to connect NASA with the astronautical and space
international community.
This call for abstracts is a precursor to a
subsequent submission of a final paper, which may be presented at the 63rd IAC.
Student authors are invited to submit an abstract regarding an original,
unpublished paper that has not been submitted in any other forum. A NASA
technical review panel of scientists and/or officials will select abstracts.
Many students and professors are involved in NASA-related research. Persons
submitting abstracts are strongly encouraged to seek advice from professors who
are conducting NASA research and/or from NASA scientists and engineers.
Abstract Preparation
-- Abstracts must be 400 words or less.
-- Abstracts must be written in English.
-- Abstracts cannot include formulas, tables or
drawings.
-- Select the symposium and session in which you
wish to post your abstract. Please view the IAC brochure at http://www.iafastro.org/docs/2012/iac/IAC2012_CallForPapers.pdf
for list of sessions and more details.
Abstracts must be related to NASA’s ongoing
vision for space exploration and fit into one of the following categories:
-- Science
and Exploration -- Systems sustaining missions including life,
microgravity, space exploration, space debris and search for extraterrestrial
intelligence, or SETI.
-- Applications
and Operations -- Ongoing and future operational applications,
including Earth observation, communication, navigation, human space endeavors
and small satellites.
-- Technology
-- Common technologies to space systems including astrodynamics, structures,
power and propulsion.
-- Infrastructures
-- Systems sustaining space missions including space systems, transportation,
future systems and safety.
-- Space
and Society -- Interaction of space with society including
education, policy and economics, history and law.
Abstracts must be submitted to http://iac.nasaprs.com no later than 11:59:59 p.m. EST on March 4, 2012,
and to the IAC’s website http://www.iac2012.org
by March 5, 2012.
Questions about this opportunity should be
emailed to abstract@nasaprs.com.
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NASA's Digital Learning Network Presents
"Women in STEM" Webcast Series
In honor of Women's History Month, NASA's Digital Learning Network is pleased
to invite you and your students to take part in a special event series titled
"Women in STEM."
Various subject matter experts from different NASA centers will be
in the Digital Learning Network studios for a series of free webcasts focusing
on how women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields
contribute to NASA. Selected classrooms will be able to interact live with the
experts in the studio. Each event will be webcast to allow students from all
over the world to watch the interviews. Any student can interact by sending
questions via email.
The schedule of events through March 2012 includes:
-- March
5: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., and the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory in California
-- March
9: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and NASA's
Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
-- March
12: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and NASA's
Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
-- March
16: NASA's Glenn Research Center near Cleveland, Ohio, and the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory in California
-- March 19: NASA's Glenn Research
Center near Cleveland, Ohio, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,
Ala., and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California
-- March 22: NASA’s Goddard Space
Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California
-- March 30: NASA's Glenn Research
Center near Cleveland, Ohio, and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in
Greenbelt, Md.
Each hourlong webcast is scheduled to begin at 1
p.m. Eastern.
For more information and to watch the webcasts online, visit the DLN website at
http://dln.nasa.gov.
Inquiries about this webcast series should be
directed to Erin McKinley at Erin.E.McKinley@nasa.gov.
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Engineering
Design: Forces and Motion -- Balloon Aerodynamics Challenge Web Seminar
As part of a series of electronic professional development experiences for
educators, the NASA Explorer Schools project and the National Science Teachers
Association are hosting a 90-minute live professional development Web seminar
for educators on March 5, 2012, at 8:15
p.m. EST. This Web seminar will introduce the Forces and Motion: Balloon
Aerodynamics Challenge for students. This activity provides first-hand
information about density, neutral buoyancy and drag, which is then used to
solve a problem. The activity provides many opportunities for incorporating
national mathematics, science and technology learning standards into your curriculum.
For more information and to register
online, visit http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/NES2/webseminar23.aspx.
To learn more about the NASA Explorer Schools project, visit http://explorerschools.nasa.gov.
Email any questions about this opportunity to the NES Help Desk at NASA.Explorer.Schools@mail.nasa.gov.
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Challenge to Innovate: Gaming Challenge
Do you have an idea for how interactive
technology and game-based learning can improve teaching and learning? Enter your
idea in the Challenge to Innovate, or C2i: Gaming Challenge.
Proposed ideas must effectively incorporate
game-based learning. Registered participants can review, comment and vote on
submitted ideas. At the end of the review period, up to 10 ideas will receive
$1,000 cash awards from the National Education Association's NEA Foundation.
Submissions must be received by March 5, 2012.
The C2i: Gaming Challenge can be found on the
U.S. Department of Education's Open Innovation Portal. Co-sponsored by the
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, this Portal has been
developed as an online forum where key stakeholders in education can share
their innovative ideas and collaborate to turn those ideas into a new reality.
The Department of Education will play a role as convener of these diverse ideas
and facilitator of partnerships.
For more information and to submit your ideas
online, visit https://innovation.ed.gov/challenges/gaming/show
.
Email any questions about this opportunity to
Jeff Howard at C2i@nea.org.
C2i: Gaming Challenge is sponsored by the NEA
Foundation and Microsoft -- US Partners in Learning.
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2012 NASA Earth Ambassador Training Program
Informal educators are invited to apply to the
Earth Ambassador Program, part of NASA Climate Day. An Earth Ambassador is
someone who is committed to the support of a series of nationwide NASA Climate
Day events hosted at his or her own institution using NASA Climate Day Kit.
This kit contains educational and public outreach resources.
Selected ambassadors will take part in a
two-week virtual training workshop June 4-15, 2012. To sustain the engagement
of Earth Ambassadors, quarterly online webinars and monthly telecons will
provide up-to-date information on Climate Day Kit resources and the latest
scientific research. Ambassadors will be able to collaborate with each other,
the proposers and the public through listservs, social media networks and
online collaborative spaces.
Applications are due March 5, 2012.
For more information and to apply online, visit http://bit.ly/2012AO.
If you have any questions about this
opportunity, please email Heather Weir at heather.weir-1@nasa.gov.
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NASA DLN Webcast -- Meet NASA's Langley Research Center Director Lesa
Roe
Lesa B. Roe is the first female director of
NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. Appointed in 2005, Roe is the only
female center director at NASA.
How does an engineer make it to one of the highest offices in the nation’s
space agency? Join NASA’s Digital Learning Network, or DLN, for this special
event where a limited number of classes will interact with Roe to learn about
her career path, courses of study and how she became interested in engineering
as a young girl. Learn how planning for your future now leads to your success
in the future!
Teachers interested in having their classes participate must register online.
Registration is due March 5, 2012.
Anyone, including classes not chosen to participate in the live event, may join
the webcast on March 8, 2012.
For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/dln/special/WomenInnovationandAerospace.html.
Questions about this opportunity should be directed to Karen.Ricks@nasa.gov.
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NASA's Digital Learning Network Presents
"STEM Through the Eyes, Ears and Heart of a Woman" Webcast Series
In honor of Women's History Month, NASA's Digital Learning Network is pleased
to invite you and your students to take a look into the intriguing world of
science, technology, engineering and mathematics from a woman's perspective.
This free webcast series titled "STEM Through the Eyes, Ears and Heart of
a Woman" will feature a female NASA STEM professional, along with a high
school senior from NASA's Women in STEM High School Aerospace project, also
known as WISH.
This hourlong webcast will take place each
Wednesday at 1 p.m. Eastern during the month of March.
For more information and to watch the webcasts online, visit the DLN website at
http://dln.nasa.gov.
Inquiries about this webcast series should be
directed to Caryn Long at Caryn.Long@nasa.gov.
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Vector Addition: Math and Science @ Work -- Lunar
Surface Instrumentation Web Seminar
NASA Explorer Schools and the National Science Teachers Association are hosting
a 90-minute live professional development Web seminar on March 7, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. EST. Learn how students can apply their
knowledge of vectors to a hypothetical lunar instrument-servicing mission. Information
and tools will be provided to help engage students and relate the lesson to
their background knowledge. Participants will collaborate about ways to adapt
and modify the problem.
For more information and to
register online, visit http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/NES2/webseminar18.aspx.
To learn more about the NASA Explorer Schools project, visit http://explorerschools.nasa.gov.
Email any questions about this opportunity to NASA-Explorer-Schools@mail.nasa.gov.
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Women's History Month Event: Women, Innovation
and Aerospace
To celebrate Women’s History Month, NASA and
George Washington University are hosting a daylong event to foster discussion
among students and early career professionals on encouraging women to enter and
succeed in the field of aerospace. The event will take place at George
Washington University in Washington, D.C., on March 8, 2012.
A panel discussion led by NASA Deputy
Administrator Lori Garver will kick off the event and breakout sessions will
follow. Session topics include human exploration, flash mentoring, student
ambassadors and jobs enabling NASA science.
For more information and to register for the
event, visit http://women.nasa.gov/womens-history-month/.
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NASA's Digital Learning Network Presents "From 5th Grade to JPL" Webcast
To kick off Women's History Month, NASA's Digital Learning Network is pleased
to invite you and your students to tune in to see a panel of dynamic female
scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians share their stories of
what they were like as students. Learn how an interest in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics led these women to careers at NASA.
This hourlong webcast will take place on March
8, 2012, at 12:45 p.m. EST.
For more information and to watch the webcast online, visit the DLN website at http://dln.nasa.gov.
Inquiries about this webcast series should be
directed to Caryn Long at Caryn.Long@nasa.gov.
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Algebraic
Equations: Transit Tracks -- Finding Habitable Planets Web
Seminar
As part of a series of electronic professional development experiences for
educators, the NASA Explorer Schools and Learning Environments and Research
Network, or LE&RN, projects are hosting a 60-minute live professional
development Web seminar for educators on March
8, 2012, at 8 p.m. EST. Discover how an algebra activity called “Finding
Habitable Planets” will help you teach students to use their skills to analyze
NASA data. Students learn about the possibility of discovering planets in
habitable zones of solar systems.
For more information and to register
online, visit https://digitalmedia.wufoo.com/forms/nes-webinar-registration-algebraic-equations/.
To learn more about the NASA Explorer Schools project, visit http://explorerschools.nasa.gov.
Email any questions about this opportunity to the NES Help Desk at NASA-Explorer-Schools@mail.nasa.gov.
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Informal Educator Workshop: International Space
Station -- Engaging Your Audience in Low Earth Orbit
NASA's International Space Station,
also known as ISS, and the ISS National Laboratory provide unparalleled
opportunities for educators to connect students and other audiences directly to
science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
On March 24-25, 2012, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, or JPL, in Pasadena,
Calif., will host an educator workshop that will include science presentations
by NASA experts, demonstrations of hands-on activities, ISS Live! website
activities, educational resources and best practices for creating content and
educational activities in informal settings. Additionally, participants will
have the opportunity to network with fellow participants to enable future collaborations.
Registration for this workshop closes on March
9, 2012. A $35 registration fee includes continental breakfast, beverages,
snacks, a box lunch and incidentals.
For more information, directions to the workshop location and to register
online, visit http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=329.
Unable to attend in person? Portions of the workshop will be available through
NASA’s Digital Learning Network. Check the workshop website
for more information
Please direct questions about this workshop to the JPL Informal Education staff
at Carla.J.Johns@jpl.nasa.gov.
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Free
Exploring Space Lecture Series -- Attend in Person or View Online
The 2012 Exploring Space Lectures will feature
world-class scholars discussing the incredibly diverse worlds that make up our
solar system. The lectures will be held at the National Air and Space Museum
in Washington, D.C., and are free to attend. Tickets are
required. The lectures will be webcast live for free viewing online. Lecture
videos will be archived.
Big Bang for the Buck: Cosmology from WMAP
The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy, or WMAP, Explorer space mission mapped the
remnant radiation from the Big Bang across the entire sky. From the patterns
observed, scientists have deduced the age, history, contents and geometry of
our universe. Professor Charles Bennett will discuss discoveries made and
mysteries that remain.
The lecture will take place on March 22,
2012, at 8 p.m. Come early to see a free film and to meet the lecturer.
For more information, visit http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=3725.
The Little Satellite That Could
The International Ultraviolet Explorer, or IUE, was the first experiment to
explore the full range of ultraviolet radiation from the universe.
Astrophysicist Andrea K. Dupree of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory will
discuss how the IUE project blazed the trail for international collaborations
in space and paved the way for the Hubble Space Telescope.
The lecture will take place on April 11,
2012, at 8 p.m. Come early to see a free film and to meet the lecturer.
For more information, visit http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=3726.
Free Lecture -- Gamma Ray Bursts and the Birth of Black Holes
The Swift Explorer is an astronomical satellite that is observing gamma-ray
bursts, the birth cries of black holes. Experimental physicist Neil Gehrels will
share the latest mission results and discuss the amazing properties of black
holes.
The lecture will take place on May 16,
2012, at 8 p.m. Come early to see a free film and to meet the lecturer.
For more information, visit http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=3727.
Free Lecture -- Seeking Planets Like Earth
Transiting planets are special, because scientists can determine
their bulk density and can even observe their atmospheres. Join astronomer Dave
W. Latham as he discusses his studies of transiting planets and how we can use
them to find rocky worlds similar to the Earth.
The lecture will take place on June 5,
2012, at 8 p.m. Come early to see a free film and to meet the lecturer.
For more information, visit http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=3728.
Questions about this series of lectures should be directed to nasmpubliclectures@si.edu.
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International
Space Station National Lab Education Project
The ISS National Lab Education Project, or ISS NLEP, has released a
solicitation for proposals of STEM-related educational experiments that utilize
the unique ISS microgravity platform.
Proposals are being accepted from the higher education communities through March 23, 2012. Seven areas of
opportunities are available. These areas include general facility
simulation-based, ground-based, in-orbit activities as well as specific areas
that are already developed and ready for advancement.
This announcement is accessible through NSPIRES and through Grants.gov.
To access through NSPIRES, go to: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId={8626F554-923E-4797-DEE7-89CF3988FEE3}&path=open.
To access through Grants.gov, go to: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=VHPgP97WbRJXqyL263ptQLXJL1CmsyGXh2y27YMLhBHGN7PDb56Y!-213555334?oppId=143253&mode=VIEW.
Here’s a chance to make your ideas a part of NASA’s mission!
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Visit
NASA Explorer Schools at the 2012 NSTA Conference
If you are attending the 2012
National Science Teachers Association National Conference on Science Education
in Indianapolis on March 29 through April 1, be sure to
stop by NASA’s exhibit booth #2159 in the exhibit hall. NASA Explorer Schools,
or NES, representatives will be there to share information and answer your
questions.
If you are not yet a participant in the NES project, you can obtain detailed
information about NES by visiting the booth or attending a NES presentation.
The session, "Teach STEM? NASA Explorer Schools Can Help!", takes
place on Friday, March 30, from 11 a.m.
- noon in the Cabinet Room of the Westin Indianapolis.
Everyone is invited to attend any of the additional NES lesson-related
sessions:
-- The "Virtual Lab and NASA Explorer Schools" session takes place on
Friday, March 30, from 4 - 4:45 p.m.
in room 142 of the Convention Center.
-- The "NASA Engineering Design Challenge: Thermal Protection System"
session takes place on Saturday, March
31, from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m., in room 111/112 of the Convention Center.
Attend one of these presentations and see how NES helps teachers by packaging
everything needed to deliver an exciting NASA-related lesson to students!
To learn more about the NASA Explorer Schools project, visit http://explorerschools.nasa.gov.
Email any questions about this opportunity to NASA-Explorer-Schools@mail.nasa.gov.
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RockOn 2012 University Rocket Science Workshop
U.S. university faculty and students are invited to a weeklong workshop to learn
how to build and launch a scientific experiment into space. NASA's Wallops
Flight Facility in Virginia is hosting the RockOn 2012 workshop June 16-21,
2012, in partnership with the Colorado and Virginia Space Grant Consortia. The
registration deadline for the workshop is May
1, 2012.
The hands-on workshop teaches participants to build experiments that fly on
sounding rockets. During the week, participants will work together in teams of
three to construct and integrate a sounding rocket payload from a kit. On the
fifth day of the workshop, the experiments will fly on a sounding rocket
expected to reach an altitude of more than 70 miles.
Each experiment will provide valuable scientific data, analyzed as part of the
student-led science and engineering research. The program engages faculty and
students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills critical to
NASA's future engineering, scientific and technical missions.
For more information about RockOn and to register online, visit http://spacegrant.colorado.edu/rockon/2012/index_2012.html.
Questions about the workshop or the registration process should be directed to
Chris Koehler by email at koehler@colorado.edu or
by telephone at 303-492-3141.
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New ISS L.A.B.S. Educator Resource Guide
Available at NASA.gov
The International Space Station Learning,
Achieving, Believing and Succeeding, or ISS L.A.B.S., Educator Resource Guide
consists of eight guided educational learning activities. The guide highlights
the international collaboration involved in building and operating the space
station, and provides an overview of space station construction and assembly.
The eight activities in the guide cover topics relating to science, technology,
engineering and mathematics. All lessons are aligned with national education
standards.
The guide includes student sheets, lesson plan instructions, background
information, answer keys and a certificate of completion to award to students
after completing the activities.
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/ISS_LABS_Guide.html
The Educational Materials section of NASA's Web
site offers classroom activities, educator guides, posters and other types of
resources that are available for use in the classroom. Materials are listed by
type, grade level and subject. For more NASA-related education resources, visit
http://search.nasa.gov/search/edFilterSearch.jsp?empty=true.
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New Curriculum Supplements From the National Institutes of Health:
"Evolution and Medicine" and "Rare Diseases and Scientific
Inquiry"
Teachers now have an innovative way to help
students approach challenging biology questions with two new free
curriculum supplements from the National Institutes of Health, or NIH,: "Evolution and Medicine" and "Rare Diseases and Scientific Inquiry."
Both supplements combine cutting-edge medical research discoveries with
state-of-the-art instructional materials that help students build their
critical thinking skills.
"Evolution and Medicine,"
for grades 9–12, helps students use scientific inquiry in the context of medicine
to understand evolutionary principles. Students will learn how evolution is
part of our knowledge of human health, biomedical processes and disease
treatment. To request "Evolution
and Medicine," visit http://science.education.nih.gov/q9.
"Rare Diseases and Scientific
Inquiry," for grades 6–8, helps students explore how scientists
research rare diseases and treatments and learn more about the workings of the
human body. To request "Rare
Diseases and Scientific Inquiry," visit http://science.education.nih.gov/r9.
The supplements were developed by leading scientists, educators and curriculum
experts. Each contains five lessons that are comprehensive, interactive, easily
incorporated into the curriculum and aligned to common core state standards as
well as national and state education standards. These free supplements are part
of an ongoing acclaimed series for grades 1–12 available from the NIH -- the federal
focal point for medical research.
Questions about the educational materials provided by the National
Institutes of Health should be directed to
Cindy Allen at allency@od.nih.gov or
Lisa Strauss at straussl@mail.nih.gov.
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Don't miss out on education-related opportunities available from NASA. For a
full list of Current Opportunities, visit http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/current-opps-index.html.
Visit NASA Education on the Web:
For Educators: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.html
For Students: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html
NASA Kids’ Club: http://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub
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