Check out the following NASA opportunities for the education community.
Full descriptions are listed below.
2012-2013 NASA’s University Student Launch Initiative
Audience: Higher Education Students
Proposal Deadline: Aug. 31, 2012
Become a NASA Galileo Educator
Network Fellow
Audience: K-12 Educator Professional Development Providers
Application Deadline: Aug. 31, 2012
Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher
Degrees of Success in Earth System Science
Audience: Higher Education Students
Application Deadline: Aug. 31, 2012
'Blast Back to
School' International Space Station Downlink and Webcast
Audience:
K-12 Educators and Students
Event
Date: Sept. 4, 2012, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EDT
NASA’s Glenn Research Center's Exploring Project
Audience: 9-12 Students
Application Deadline: Sept. 5, 2012
NASA's Digital Learning Network Presents
"Roving on Mars With Curiosity"
Audience: Grades 5-12
Event Date: Sept. 8, 2012, 1:30-2:30 p.m. EDT
Presenters Needed for
2013 Space Exploration Educators Conference
Audience: All Educators
Proposal Deadline: Sept. 6, 2012
REGISTRATION
OPEN: Zero Robotics High School Tournament 2012
Audience:
9-12 Educators and Students
Competition
Begins: Sept. 8, 2012
2013 NASA's Reduced Gravity Education
Flight Program
Audience: Higher Education Educators & Students
Proposal Deadline: Oct. 24, 2012
NASA’s Glenn Research Center's High
School Shadowing Project
Audience: Students in Grades 10-12
Session I Application Deadline: Nov. 2, 2012
Session II Application Deadline: Jan. 25, 2013
Sessions III and IV Application Deadline: Feb. 22, 2013
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2012-2013 NASA’s University Student Launch Initiative
NASA’s University Student Launch Initiative, or
USLI, is a competition that challenges university-level students to design,
build and launch a reusable rocket with a scientific or engineering payload to
one mile above ground level. The project engages students in scientific
research and real-world engineering processes with NASA engineers.
Once selected, teams design their rockets and payloads throughout the academic
year. USLI requires a NASA review of the teams' preliminary and critical designs.
The project also requires flight and launch readiness reviews before the
rockets and payloads are approved for launch. Teams complete a Post-Launch
Assessment Review to include conclusions from their science or engineering
experiment and the overall flight performance. The Preliminary Design Review,
Critical Design Review and Flight Readiness Review are conducted by a panel of
scientists and engineers from NASA, NASA contactors and external partners.
NASA’s Student Launch Projects are sponsored by ATK Aerospace Systems. The
annual launch event is hosted at Bragg Farms in Toney, Ala., and launch
services are provided by the National Association of Rocketry. The 2012-2013
launch will be on April 20, 2013. Proposals are due Aug. 31, 2012.
The Statement of Work and instructions for submitting a proposal can be found
on the USLI website at http://education.msfc.nasa.gov/usli.
Questions about this opportunity should be directed to Julie Clift at julie.d.clift@nasa.gov.
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Become
a NASA Galileo Educator Network Fellow
The NASA Galileo Educator Network is accepting applications for a professional development institute in September 2012, at
the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, Ill.
The 15-hour institute will focus on the integration of science content, science
practices and the nature of science as outlined in the
national Framework for K–12 Science Education. The goal of this program is to
train participants to assist K-12 teachers with the implementation of the Next
Generation Science Standards, in the context of astronomy and space science.
Lodging support for out-of-town participants and stipends for all participants
are available.
Applications are due Aug. 31,
2012.
For more information about the NASA Galileo Educator Network and to apply for
the professional development institute online, visit http://astrosociety.org/education/GEN/index.html.
Questions about this opportunity should be emailed to Brian Kruse at bkruse@astrosociety.org.
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Minorities
Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science
The Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher
Degrees of Success in Earth System Science, or MS PHD’S, initiative was
developed by and for underrepresented minorities to facilitate increased
participation in earth system science. Each year, the initiative engages approximately 25 minority
undergraduate and graduate students in a series of activities.
The project starts with orientation and a broad earth system science and
engineering exposure during MS PHD’S community-building activities at the American Geophysical Union
fall meeting in San Francisco, Calif.
Participants will engage in additional professional development activities at
one of the MS PHD'S organizational partners' meetings. These activities could
include attending meetings of the American Meteorological Society, the Association
for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, the National Association of
Black Geologists and Geophysicists, and the Ecological Society of America,
among others. Each participant will attend the meeting that most closely aligns
with his or her specific academic and professional interests.
The final phase will occur at the National Academies in Washington, D.C., where
participants will visit government agencies and engage in dialogs with
professional society and foundation representatives. Each student will also
receive a scholarship award of up to $1,000 and participate in a tour of NASA’s
Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
The deadline for submitting the online application
is Aug. 31, 2012.
For more information about the MS
PHD’S initiative and how to apply, visit http://www.msphds.org/.
Questions about this opportunity should be emailed to pdp@msphds.org.
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'Blast Back to School' International Space
Station Downlink and Webcast
Join astronauts Suni Williams and Joe Acaba live from the International Space
Station, orbiting 250 miles above Earth for a downlink on Sept. 4, 2012, at 11:30 a.m. EDT.
During this hour webcast presented by NASA Explorer Schools, students and the
public will learn about life aboard the space station, current research, and
the path to becoming a NASA scientist, engineer or astronaut. Also featured in
the program are Ray Lugo, director of NASA’s Glenn Research Center, and
astronaut Greg (Box) Johnson.
For more information, visit http://go.nasa.gov/OJQtav.
Please email any questions about this opportunity to NASA-Explorer-Schools@mail.nasa.gov.
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NASA’s
Glenn Research Center's Exploring Project
NASA's Glenn Research Center, or GRC, in Cleveland, Ohio, is accepting
applications for the Exploring Project. This opportunity allows students to
explore the variety of science, technology, engineering and mathematics career
choices available at NASA and at Glenn Research Center.
During the months of October through April, participants spend two hours after
school, once per week, meeting with Exploring advisors to take part in
activities relating to one of five tracks. Applicants can choose from focus
areas in Aeronautics, Computer Technology, Balloon Sat Technology, Human Space
Flight and eXtreme Green.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens and between the ages of 14 and 20. Applications
are due Sept. 5, 2012.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/education/NASAExplorers_GRC.html.
Questions about the GRC Exploring Project
should be directed by email to GRC-Intern@mail.nasa.gov
or by telephone to 216-433-6656.
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NASA's
Digital Learning Network Presents "Roving on Mars With Curiosity"
Join NASA's Digital Learning Network, or DLN, on Sept. 6, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. EDT for a special event to launch the
newly updated "Next Step Mars" module. Help your students get a
closer look at Mars by studying alongside the Curiosity rover. See how Curiosity made its
way to the Red Planet, and engage in the data that comes from approximately 78
million kilometers (48,360,000 miles) away.
This webcast launch is part of the Rockets to Racecars activities
taking place at Richmond International Raceway. After this kick-off event, the module will be available
online for teacher use.
For more information and to watch the webcast online, visit the DLN website at http://dln.nasa.gov.
Inquiries about this webcast should be directed to Bonnie Murray at bonnie.murray@nasa.gov.
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Presenters Needed for 2013 Space Exploration
Educators Conference
The 19th Annual Space Exploration Educators
Conference, or SEEC, is taking place Feb. 7-9, 2013, at Space Center Houston.
The goal of SEEC is to encourage K-12 educators to use space to teach all
subjects in their classrooms. Over 700 educators gather for this event each
year.
Conference organizers are looking for 170
interactive sessions that present exciting classroom activities. All sessions
must have a hands-on component; lecture sessions will not be accepted.
Proposals are due Sept.
6, 2012.
For more information, visit http://spacecenter.org/TeachersSEEC.html.
If you have any questions about the conference,
please call 281-244-2149 or email seec@spacecenter.org.
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REGISTRATION
OPEN: Zero Robotics High School Tournament 2012
NASA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's, or MIT's, Space Systems Laboratory are
proud to announce that the next Zero Robotics High School Tournament will take
place this fall, offering high school students the opportunity to design
experiments that will be tested in space.
Zero Robotics challenges high school student teams to write their own
algorithms to fly the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient,
Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES. The competition starts online where teams
compete to solve an annual challenge guided by mentors. Students can create,
edit, share, save, simulate and submit code, all from a Web browser. After
several phases of virtual competition, finalists are selected to compete in a
live championship aboard the International Space Station!
Teams may register now:
1) Go to http://zerorobotics.mit.edu/.
2) Log In or Create an Account. (Note: You can start programming in the online
integrated development environment at this point!)
3) Click "Tournaments" and register for the High School Tournament.
4) Create a team and invite other users.
5) Visit Resources to get started.
The competition starts on Sept. 8, 2012 with a live webcast kickoff, and you
can try out the site right now just by creating an account.
The Zero Robotics High School Tournament 2012 is brought to you by NASA and
DARPA, and facilitated by the MIT Space Systems Laboratory, TopCoder and Aurora
Flight Sciences.
To see a promotional video for the competition, visit http://www.youtube.com/roboticsinspace.
Please email any questions about this opportunity to zerorobotics@mit.edu.
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2013
NASA's Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program
NASA is offering undergraduate students an opportunity to test experiments in
microgravity aboard NASA's reduced gravity aircraft.
The opportunity is part of NASA's Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program,
which gives aspiring explorers a chance to propose, design and fabricate a
reduced-gravity experiment. Selected teams will test and evaluate their
experiment aboard NASA's reduced-gravity airplane. The aircraft flies about 30
roller-coaster-like climbs and dips during experiment flights to produce
periods of weightlessness and hypergravity ranging from 0 g to 2 g.
Proposals are due Oct.
24, 2012.
Interested students also should submit a letter of intent by Sept. 12, 2012.
This step is optional but serves as an introductory notice that a team plans to
submit a proposal for the upcoming competition.
NASA will announce selected teams Dec. 5, 2012. The teams will fly in the
summer of 2013. Once selected, teams also may invite a full-time, accredited
journalist to fly with them and document the team's experiment and experiences.
All applicants must be full-time undergraduate students, U.S. citizens and at
least 18 years old.
For more information about the opportunity and instructions for submitting a
proposal, visit http://microgravityuniversity.jsc.nasa.gov.
Please email any questions about this opportunity to jsc-reducedgravity@nasa.gov.
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NASA’s
Glenn Research Center's High School Shadowing Project
NASA's Glenn Research Center, or GRC, in Cleveland, Ohio, is accepting
applications for its High School Shadowing Project sessions for the 2012-2013
school year. This opportunity provides students with a one- to five-day career
exploration experience at Glenn Research Center.
The project provides high school students with an opportunity to explore career
possibilities in a research and development environment while under the
guidance of a NASA scientist, engineer, technician or administrative
professional that serves as the student’s mentor. Students are provided
information about various careers, career paths and Glenn Research Center
educational resources and programs.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens and at least 16 years old by the application
deadline. Four sessions are scheduled for the 2012-2013 school year.
Session I --
Application Deadline: Nov. 2, 2012
Session Date: Dec. 4, 2012
Session II --
Application Deadline: Jan. 25, 2013
Session Date: Feb. 27, 2013
Session III --
Application Deadline: Feb. 22, 2013
Session Date: March 26, 2013
Session IV --
Application Deadline: Feb. 22, 2013
Session Date: April 24, 2013
For more information about this opportunity, please visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/education/ShadowingProgram_GRC.html.
Questions about the GRC High School
Shadowing Project should be directed by email to GRC-Intern@mail.nasa.gov or by
telephone to 216-433-6656.
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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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