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EarthKAM Summer 2013 Mission Jun 12, 2013 08:09:00 AM | John Entwistle
 
Join NASA for the Sally Ride EarthKAM Summer 2013 Mission from July 9-12.
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2012 OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Video Contest for Grades 3-12 Students Nov 19, 2012 01:31:07 PM | John Entwistle
 
Deadline for registration for the 2012 OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Video Contest is Dec. 15.
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Spot the International Space Station from your own Backyard Nov 08, 2012 01:44:56 PM | John Entwistle
 
Sign up for alerts for when the ISS passes over your area.
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Cassini Scientist for a Day Essay Contest Oct 15, 2012 12:44:02 PM | John Entwistle
 
The contest deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 24, at noon PDT.
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Name That Asteroid Contest (Grades K-12) Sep 19, 2012 09:30:12 AM | John Entwistle
 
Contestants choose a name, explain their choice and submit the information to The Planetary Society.
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RealWorld-InWorld NASA Engineering Design Challenge to Solve Real NASA-Related Problems Aug 21, 2012 01:33:10 PM | John Entwistle
 
Students choose from two James Webb Space Telescope design challenge questions for RealWorld-InWorld NASA Engineering Design Challenge.
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What It Takes To Live Away From The Earth Aug 06, 2012 09:59:28 AM | John Entwistle
 
Educational video for grades 3-8.
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Video Chat TODAY: Starry, Starry Night Mar 16, 2012 10:52:49 AM | John Entwistle
 
Here's an opportunity for students in grades 4-12 to ask Dr. Michelle Thaller about her career path and any questions about astronomy at NASA!
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Teach About the Sun During Solar Week - March 19-23, 2012 Mar 13, 2012 03:46:51 PM | John Entwistle
 
Get ready for Solar Week 2012.
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Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Inspires with Mission 1 Feb 02, 2012 03:14:48 PM | John Entwistle
 
Middle school students are doing research on the International Space Station.
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NASA Releases Sector 33 Air Traffic Control Educational App Jan 31, 2012 12:41:33 PM | John Entwistle
 
In this math-focused game, the player acts as an air traffic controller guiding airplanes through a sector of airspace.
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NES National Student Symposium Jan 20, 2012 09:24:21 AM | John Entwistle
 
Register your students to participate in the NES Virtual Student Symposium.
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Winter Solstice 2011 Dec 20, 2011 01:50:01 PM | John Entwistle
 
Incorporate winter solstice, taking place on Wed., Dec. 22 at 12:30 p.m. EST., into NES lessons.
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New NASA iPhone App: Tracking Meteoroids Dec 15, 2011 10:25:44 AM | John Entwistle
 
New iPhone app designed to harness the power of citizen scientists to keep track of meteoroids.
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NASA Now -- Exploring Asteroids: An Analog Mission Dec 13, 2011 10:52:34 AM | John Entwistle
 
NASA Now -- Exploring Asteroids: An Analog Mission. Available on the NES Virtual Campus beginning Dec 14, 2011.
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2011 OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Award Video Contest Dec 13, 2011 10:37:21 AM | John Entwistle
 
Registration for the 2011 OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Award Contest is open. Registration deadline is Jan. 3, 2012.
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REMINDER: Live Video Chat Today at Noon Dec 13, 2011 10:28:08 AM | John Entwistle
 
GSFC engineer Danielle Margiotta answers student questions about satellite preparation.
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Classroom Discussion: Buy a Live Christmas Tree or an Artificial One? Dec 07, 2011 10:30:00 AM | John Entwistle
 
A holiday classroom discussion question (and answer).
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Think Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math is just for boys? We think differently. Dec 01, 2011 10:13:49 AM | John Entwistle
 
Think Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math is just for boys? We think differently.
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Team America Rocketry Challenge Nov 10, 2011 10:13:09 AM | John Entwistle
 
Registration open for Team America Rocketry Challenge 2012. Registration deadline: Nov. 30.
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Giant-sized Webb Space Telescope Model to 'Land' in Baltimore Oct 13, 2011 04:19:55 PM | John Entwistle
 
Life-sized model of the Webb telescope going to be at Baltimore's Maryland Science Center from Oct 14 - 26.
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NASA Announces two National Student Science Competitions Oct 13, 2011 10:12:12 AM | John Entwistle
 
DIME competition for students in grades 9 - 12. WING competition for student teams in grades 5 - 8.
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YouTube Lab-What will you do? Oct 11, 2011 09:17:30 AM | John Entwistle
 
YouTube and Lenovo in cooperation with Space Adventures and NASA, ESA, JAXA and other partners around the world, announced YouTube Space Lab, a worldwide initiative that challenges 14-18 year-old students to design a science experiment that can be performed in space.
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International Observe the Moon Night on October 8 Oct 06, 2011 03:20:27 PM | John Entwistle
 
Celebrate the second annual International Observe the Moon Night on Oct. 8, 2011.
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NASA Invites Students to Name Moon-Bound Spacecraft Oct 05, 2011 01:38:51 PM | John Entwistle
 
NASA asks students to name the twin GRAIL mission spacecraft headed to orbit around the moon.
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Properties of Living Things: Fingerprints of Life Web Seminar Oct 05, 2011 10:08:08 AM | John Entwistle
 
Professional development Web seminar for educators on Oct. 5, 2011, at 6:30 p.m.
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NASA Now: Aquarius Jun 16, 2011 09:46:12 AM | John Entwistle
 
Dr. David Le Vine explains how Aquarius will help us better predict our climate and how melting glaciers affect ocean salinity.
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NASA Releasing First Ever Spacecraft Orbital Views of Mercury Jun 14, 2011 02:56:47 PM | John Entwistle
 
MESSENGER images and science findings news conference-June 16 at 1 p.m. EDT.
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NASA Now: Total Lunar Eclipse Jun 16, 2011 09:58:25 AM | John Entwistle
 
Steven Edberg from JPL sheds light on the science behind lunar eclipses.
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Fly Your Face in Space (EXPIRED) Mar 13, 2013 09:01:30 AM | John Entwistle
 
Send a picture of you on the final space shuttle mission.
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NASA Now: Mars Excavation Jun 08, 2011 11:21:16 AM | John Entwistle
 
Kurt Sacksteder, Chief of the Space Environments and Experiments Branch at NASA GRC talks about the importance of water on other planets and the tools being developed to mine water from Martian soil.
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Soda Bottle Rocket -- Design, Build and Test a Model Rocket Jun 03, 2011 02:15:09 PM | John Entwistle
 
Students have fun with this highly educational activity demonstrating Newton’s Laws of Motion.
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NES Monthly Career Video Chat With Zareh Gorjian, NASA Computer Animator May 27, 2011 11:47:04 AM | John Entwistle
 
Join NES on June 2, 2011, at noon EDT for this very special video chat to ask questions about NASA’s computer-generated animations and graphics.
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NASA Now: Expedition 27 May 24, 2011 12:40:04 PM | John Entwistle
 
Camille Alleyne discusses the unique research environment onboard the ISS while sharing information about many past, present and planned experiments.
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An Idea for a Lunar Rover Project May 20, 2011 11:01:34 AM | John Entwistle
 
Students design a lunar rover for future exploration.
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NASA Now: Human Research on the ISS May 20, 2011 10:27:15 AM | John Entwistle
 
Liz Warren, JSC operations lead for the ISS Medical Project, discusses why exercise and nutrition are important on Earth and even more important on the ISS.
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NASA Now: Nanotechnology and Space May 19, 2011 08:26:35 AM | John Entwistle
 
In this NASA now program, Dr. Mike Oye describes the scale of nanotechnology, how properties of matter change and how nanowires could be used in future space exploration.
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Math Club Students DRAW on The Air Traffic Control Challenge May 17, 2011 09:59:57 AM | John Entwistle
 
NES educator Joan Labay-Maqrquez finds unique way to extend the Smart Skies: Line up With Math module.
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Explore@NASA Goddard Space Flight Center on May 14 May 02, 2011 12:53:42 PM | John Entwistle
 
Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., open to the community on May 14 for a day of fun-filled activities, hands-on demonstrations, entertainment and food.
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NES National Student Symposium Showcases Student Research Apr 28, 2011 12:50:14 PM | John Entwistle
 
Students attend the 2011 NES National Student Symposium at KSC
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NASA Features Earth Day Video Contest! Apr 28, 2011 11:23:29 AM | John Entwistle
 
Continue Earth Day awareness-produce a short video about what you find inspiring and important about our unique view of Earth and understanding about how our planet works.
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NASA Now: Earth Day - Smog Bloggers Apr 26, 2011 09:46:49 AM | John Entwistle
 
Learn about smog and how the Smog Bloggers monitor the air we breathe.
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Anderson and Tabor Develop and Share the Solar Sprint Activity. National Competition to Follow? Get in on the Fun! Apr 25, 2011 08:02:38 AM | John Entwistle
 
Do the Solar Sprint activity with your students to share your data.
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Challenge Students' Creativity Using the Sun-Earth-Moon Model Apr 20, 2011 10:14:50 AM | John Entwistle
 
NES educator Cheryl May adds extensions to the Sun-Earth-Moon Model activity.
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NES Video Chat: Building and Testing Solid Fuel Rocket Motors Apr 18, 2011 01:23:54 PM | John Entwistle
 
NASA civil engineer Sam Ortega, Program Manager of Centennial Challenge answers questions about building and testing solid fuel rocket motors and being a civil engineer.
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NASA Now: STS-134 -- All Systems Go! Apr 15, 2011 09:36:42 AM | John Entwistle
 
Learn about the tremendous amount of teamwork necessary for making decisions to ensure a safe launch.
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NASA Now: Extremophiles Apr 12, 2011 10:23:24 AM | John Entwistle
 
NASA research scientists Dr. Margarita Marinova and Dr. Alfonso Davila discuss how scientists study microbes living in Earth's extreme environments to better understand where life might exist in our solar system.
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Wanted: Student Questions for Voyager, Humanity's Farthest Journey Apr 05, 2011 06:12:10 PM | John Entwistle
 
NASA invites classrooms to submit their single best question about the Voyager mission and their best idea about what they would put on a new Golden Record, if one were ever created.
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Ratio of Snow to Water Activity Mar 24, 2011 04:44:07 PM | John Entwistle
 
Students analyze the layers of a snow pack and look at the individual snow crystals.
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West Ward Elementary Students Participate in S'Cool Project Mar 24, 2011 04:16:56 PM | John Entwistle
 
West Ward Elementary School participating in the Students’ Cloud Observations On-Line, or S'COOL, project.
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Live Video Chat: Women at NASA Mar 24, 2011 01:26:41 PM | John Entwistle
 
March 29 live video chat with three outstanding women at NASA.
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NASA Now: The Reason for the Seasons Mar 18, 2011 11:16:27 AM | John Entwistle
 
Learn why Earth and other planets have seasons.
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Tomorrow: Live Video Chat - Aquarius Habitat -- Analog to the International Space Station Mar 14, 2011 11:36:35 AM | John Entwistle
 
Video chat with NASA engineer aquanaut Tara Ruttley on March 15, at 1 p.m. EDT.
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Applications Now Available for NASA's INSPIRE Online Learning Community (9th - 12th Grade) Mar 11, 2011 10:43:57 AM | John Entwistle
 
Opportunity for students currently in grade 8 through 11. Application deadline-June 30.
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Robotics Contest: Watch, Cheer and Send Questions Mar 10, 2011 07:42:01 AM | John Entwistle
 
Teams put their software-enabled, battery-powered LEGO robots against the clock.
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NASA Now: Solar Storms Mar 07, 2011 12:18:35 PM | John Entwistle
 
Dr. Holly Gilbert, NASA Associate Director for Science, Heliophysics Science Division, presents information about solar storms.
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Puffy Heads and Bird Legs Mar 04, 2011 12:59:11 PM | John Entwistle
 
Students simulate the bodily fluid shift seen in astronauts while in space.
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NASA Now: Propulsion Feb 28, 2011 02:58:25 PM | John Entwistle
 
Visit NASA's Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility and meet Dr. Louis Povinelli and Brian Jones who explain why rockets are built in stages and discuss the importance of testing a rocket before it is sent into space.
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Space Station Experiments Proposed by Two NES Schools Selected for the Kids in Micro-g! Challenge Feb 24, 2011 12:02:09 PM | John Entwistle
 
Proposed experiments from two schools participating in NES project selected in Kids in Micro-g! challenge.
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Modification for the Fingerprints of Life-It's Just Right Module Feb 11, 2011 10:42:29 AM | John Entwistle
 
Modified activity from Fingerprints of Life, “It's Just Right” NES module.
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NASA Now-Glory Launch Feb 22, 2011 02:52:48 PM | John Entwistle
 
Dr. Hal Maring explains why the upcoming launch of the Glory satellite is important to further our understanding of climate change.
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Video Webchat With Astronaut Ron Garan on Feb. 8 Feb 04, 2011 11:02:08 AM | John Entwistle
 
A NASA Digital Learning Network video webchat for students with astronaut Ron Garan will be held on Feb. 8, beginning at 11:15 a.m. EST.
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Potlatch Students Recycle Water for the Moon! Feb 03, 2011 03:06:35 PM | John Entwistle
 
Extend the NES module, Engineering Design Challenge, Water Filtration with a classroom project that helps students learn about water purification.
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No Boundaries -- Project-based Competition for Students Jan 21, 2011 11:30:00 AM | John Entwistle
 
No Boundaries is cross-curricular team competition for students in grades 7-12.
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NES Chat With NASA Scientist Dr. Joel S. Levine Jan 20, 2011 04:54:45 PM | John Entwistle
 
NES invites students to join a live chat on Jan. 21 from 2 - 3 p.m. EST with Dr. Joel S. Levine, Chief Scientist of the ARES Mars Airplane Mission.
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Voting Open for This Year's NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Student Video Contest Jan 20, 2011 10:46:09 AM | John Entwistle
 
The NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Video Contest is live, and voting is now open!
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Education Innovation -- Google Science Fair Jan 19, 2011 12:53:20 PM | John Entwistle
 
Science fair competition open to any student aged 13-18
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Geography Trivia From Space Jan 14, 2011 11:16:05 AM | John Entwistle
 
ISS Commander Scott Kelly shares his view from space through a geography trivia game.
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International Space Station EarthKAM Winter 2011 Mission Jan 07, 2011 12:45:51 PM | John Entwistle
 
Middle school educators are invited to join NASA for the International Space Station EarthKAM Winter 2011 Mission from Jan. 18-21, 2011.
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NASA Now: Microbes@NASA: Early Earth Ecosystems Dec 16, 2010 09:31:58 AM | John Entwistle
 
In this episode of NASA Now, students are introduced to green slime, or microbial mats, examples of early Earth life forms.
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NASA Now: Operation IceBridge Dec 08, 2010 01:33:19 PM | John Entwistle
 
In this episode of NASA Now students will learn how NASA is studying polar ice.
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DLiNFocus: NASA Careers ‘What’s in Your Future?’ Special Event Series Nov 29, 2010 10:22:38 AM | John Entwistle
 
NASA employees share their academic experiences from elementary through college and talk about what motivated them to pursue their careers.
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NASA Now: A-Train: Clouds Nov 17, 2010 10:04:32 AM | John Entwistle
 
This NASA Now episode features Lin Chambers, NASA physical scientist and the role of clouds in the Earth System.
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Operation IceBridge Web Chat with Project Scientists Nov 17, 2010 09:49:11 AM | John Entwistle
 
On Thursday, Nov. 18, at 1 p.m. EST, Operation IceBridge scientists will be on hand to answer your questions about the mission.
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Live Chat With NASA Astronaut Michael J. Foreman May 26, 2011 10:12:32 AM | John Entwistle
 
Chat with Astronaut Mike Foreman on Nov. 22 from 1-2 p.m. EST.
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Spaced Out Sports Contest for Students Nov 09, 2010 03:53:48 PM | John Entwistle
 
National student design challenge for students in grades 5-8. Entries must be postmarked by February 1, 2011.
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