Check out the following
NASA opportunities for the education community. Full descriptions are listed
below.
Free
Education Webinar Series from the Aerospace Education Services Project
Audience: K-12 Educators
Event Dates: Various Dates Through December 2012
Distance/Rate/Time Problems: Smart Skies Web Seminar
Audience: 5-9 and Informal Educators
Event Date: Nov. 28, 2012
2013 CanSat Competition
Audience: Higher Education Educators and
Students
Application Deadline: Nov. 30, 2012
2013 Texas High School Aerospace Scholars
Audience: 9-12 Students
New Extended Deadline: Nov. 30, 2012
Opportunity to Publish
Student Climate Research in Harvard University's Journal of Emerging
Investigators
Audience: 5-12 Educators and Students
Notice of Intent Deadline: Nov. 30, 2012
2012 OPTIMUS PRIME
Spinoff Video Contest
Audience: Grade 3-12 Students
Registration Deadline: Dec. 15, 2012
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Free Education Webinar Series from
the Aerospace Education Services Project
The Aerospace Education Services Project is presenting a series of free
webinars throughout November 2012. All webinars can be accessed online. Join aerospace
education specialists to learn about activities, lesson plans, educator guides
and resources to bring NASA into your classroom.
Robotics on a Budget (Grades 5-12)
Nov. 28, 2012, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. EST
Aerospace education specialist Steve Culivan will explore how to use robotics to
enhance your students' understanding of science, technology, engineering and
mathematics, or STEM. Participants will also learn about NASA STEM robotics
missions, curriculum and activities that are available.
For more information about this webinar, and to see a full list of webinars
taking place through December 2012, visit
http://neon.psu.edu/webinars/.
Questions about this series of webinars should be directed to Katie Hayden
at Katie.S.Hayden@nasa.gov.
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Distance/Rate/Time Problems: Smart Skies Web Seminar
As part of a series of electronic professional development experiences, the
NASA Explorer Schools project and the National Science Teachers Association are
hosting a 90-minute professional development Web seminar for educators on Nov. 28, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. EST. Learn
how to use an innovative air traffic control simulator to engage your students
as they explore the mathematics involved in the role of an air traffic
controller. In the three-plane problem featured in this lesson, the challenge
is to change routes and speeds to line up the planes safely, with proper
spacing, at a given route intersection.
This seminar will be repeated on Apr. 3, 2013.
For more information and to
register online, visit http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/NES3/webseminar15.aspx.
To learn more about the NASA Explorer Schools project, visit http://explorerschools.nasa.gov.
E-mail any questions about this opportunity to the NES Help Desk at NASA-Explorer-Schools@mail.nasa.gov.
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2013 CanSat Competition
Applications currently are being accepted for
the 2013 CanSat Competition.
This annual competition is open to university
and college students from the United States, Canada, Mexico and other
countries. Teams of three to 10 students must design, build and launch a sensor
payload called a CanSat. Each CanSat is slightly larger than a soda can and
must be built according to the specifications released by the competition
organizing committee.
All teams entering the CanSat competition are
required to have a faculty adviser. The faculty adviser will oversee and be
responsible for the conduct of the team at all times during the competition.
The advisor is strongly encouraged to accompany the team to the competition.
Applications are due Nov. 30, 2012.
For more information about the competition and
to download the application, visit http://www.cansatcompetition.com/.
Questions about this competition should be
directed to questions@juno.nrl.navy.mil.
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2013 Texas High
School Aerospace Scholars
The Texas High School Aerospace Scholars project
is an interactive, online learning experience. It is highlighted by a six-day
internship where selected students are encouraged to study mathematics,
science, engineering or computer science by interacting with engineers at
NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The Texas High School Aerospace Scholars project
is open to high school juniors throughout Texas. Applicants must be U.S.
citizens and have access to the Internet.
The application deadline has been extended to Nov. 30, 2012.
For additional information on the project and to
apply online, visit http://has.aerospacescholars.org/.
Questions about this opportunity should be
directed to jsc-aeroscho@mail.nasa.gov.
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Opportunity to
Publish Student Climate Research in Harvard University's Journal of Emerging
Investigators
Harvard University's Journal of Emerging
Investigators, or JEI, has formed a collaboration with the
Institute for Earth Science Research and Education to publish a series of
peer-reviewed, climate-related research papers authored by middle- and
secondary-school students.
JEI is
an open-access peer-reviewed online journal whose mission is to encourage and
publish authentic student research. In addition to standalone research papers, JEI
also encourages students who are developing science fair projects to submit
journal articles based on those projects. Guidelines for articles, including
some practical suggestions for converting a science fair project into a journal
article submission, can be found at www.instesre.org.
The initial deadline for an intent to submit a
manuscript email is Nov.
30, 2012. For more information, including submission
instructions and other deadlines, please contact David Brooks at brooksdr@instesre.org.
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2012 OPTIMUS
PRIME Spinoff Video Contest
NASA has opened registration for the 2012 OPTIMUS
PRIME Spinoff Video Contest. Featuring OPTIMUS PRIME, the leader from the
popular TRANSFORMERS brand, the contest highlights spinoffs from NASA
technologies that are used on Earth. The goal is to help students understand
the benefits of NASA technology to their daily lives.
Each student, or group of students, will submit
a three- to five-minute video on a selected NASA spinoff technology listed in
NASA’s 2011 “Spinoff” publication. Videos must demonstrate an understanding of
the NASA spinoff technology and the associated NASA mission, as well as the
commercial application and public benefit associated with the spinoff
technology.
Participants must register for the contest by Dec. 15, 2012.
Video entries will be posted on the NASA YouTube
channel, and the public will be responsible for the first round of judging. The
top five submissions from each of the three grade groups (elementary [3rd-5th],
middle [6th-8th] and high school [9th-12th]) will advance for final judging. A
NASA panel will select a winning entry from each group. The students submitting
the winning entries will be the guests of honor at the OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff
Contest awards ceremony in May 2013. While there, the winners will receive the
OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Contest trophy and have the opportunity to meet NASA
VIPs, astronauts and actor Peter Cullen, who voices the character OPTIMUS
PRIME.
TRANSFORMERS and OPTIMUS PRIME are trademarks of
Hasbro and are used with permission. © 2012 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.
For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/releases/2012/12-077.html.
Questions about this contest should be directed
to Darryl Mitchell at Darryl.R.Mitchell@nasa.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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