Check out the following NASA opportunities for the education community.
Full descriptions are listed below.
Virtual Professional Development: Rockets to Racecars
Audience: K-12 Educators
Event Dates: Session begins on March 26, 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 Date: March 28, 2012
Educator Resource Showcase Webcast -- NASA
Educators Online Network
Audience: K-12 Educators
Event Date: March 28, 2012
Zero Robotics Autonomous
Space Capture Challenge
Audience: Anyone 13 years or older who meets eligibility requirements
Contest Begins: March 28, 2012
Registration Deadline: April 20, 2012
Mathematical Models: Black Holes Web
Seminar
Audience: 9-12 and Informal Educators
Event Date: March 29, 2012
NASA at the 2012 NSTA Conference
Audience: All Educators
Conference Dates: March 29 - April 1, 2012
Visit NASA Explorer Schools at the 2012
NSTA Conference
Audience: 4-12 Educators
Event Dates: March 29 - April 1, 2012
Electronic Professional Development
Network Courses
Audience: K-12 Educators
Technology Integration -- Engage and Educate: Podcasts in the Classroom: May 30
- July 3, 2012
Technology Integration -- Vodcasts:
July 11 - Aug. 14, 2012
Mars Student Imaging Project
Audience: 5-12 Educators
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Virtual Professional Development: Rockets to
Racecars
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
are the foundation for a successful career in racing, as well as NASA! Like
driving a racecar or launching a rocket, mastering these subjects takes some
practice. Bring the excitement of racing and the thrill of launching into your
classroom. Take a pit stop to learn about the "Rockets 2 Racecars"
educational materials and register for free professional development. Learn how
to get students “revved up” about STEM.
If you’re interested in receiving professional
development activity units applicable toward license renewal, register and
complete the four workshops in the series to accumulate five workshop hours.
This workshop series begins on March 26, 2012.
For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/628503main_R2R%20Teacher%20PD%20.pdf.
Questions about this opportunity should be
directed to Karen Ricks at 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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Educator
Resource Showcase Webcast -- NASA Educators Online Network
Join presenter John Weis from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in
Huntsville, Ala., for an hourlong free webcast on March 28, 2012, at 3 p.m. EDT. This webcast will provide an
overview of the NASA Educators Online Network, or NEON, learning community. Learn
how this worldwide community of educators, scientists and engineers can provide
you with support, training and resources. This session will emphasize the steps
to join and how to make the community work for you.
For more information and to view the webcast, visit http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/dln/index.html.
To learn more about NEON, visit http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/nes2/home/NEON.html.
If you have any questions about the webcast, please email them to Renee Elias
at RElias@lcjvs.net .
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Zero Robotics Autonomous Space Capture Challenge
NASA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency, or DARPA, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT's Space
Systems Laboratory are offering the opportunity to design experiments that will
be tested in space aboard the International Space Station.
The Zero Robotics Autonomous Space Capture Challenge is a programming
tournament that uses bowling ball-sized spherical satellites aboard the
International Space Station. These Synchronized Position Hold, Engage,
Reorient, Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES, are used inside the space
station to test maneuvers for spacecraft performing autonomous rendezvous and
docking.
This challenge opens the SPHERES satellite research platform to the general
public for the first time. The goal of the tournament is to write a computer program
to control a satellite to dock with a space object that may be tumbling through
space. The best algorithm submissions from simulation competitions will be
tested in microgravity on real SPHERES satellites aboard the International
Space Station.
The Zero Robotics Autonomous Space Capture
Challenge is open to anyone 13 years of age or older who meets eligibility
requirements. Participants may work individually or in teams of up to 50
members to write their own algorithms to fly the satellites in the station.
The contest runs March 28 - April 25,
2012. Registration is now open and teams must join the competition by April
20, 2012. For more information, visit http://www.zerorobotics.org/web/zero-robotics/tournament-details?tournamentId=6.
The Zero Robotics project, a component of the
ISS National Laboratory Education Project, or NLEP, is facilitated by MIT,
TopCoder and Aurora Flight Sciences, continues the science, technology,
engineering and mathematics, or STEM, focus of the SPHERES facility. The Zero
Robotics Autonomous Space Capture Challenge expands on a pilot program
performed in 2009, 2010 and 2011. By making the benefits and resources of the
space program tangible to high school and college students, Zero Robotics is
designed to inspire future scientists and engineers. Students will have the
opportunity to push their limits and develop skills in STEM. This program
builds critical engineering skills, such as problem solving, design thought
process, operations training, team work and presentation skills.
MIT's Space Systems Laboratory started
operations of SPHERES in 2006 to provide DARPA, NASA and other researchers with
a long-term test bed for validating technologies critical to the operation of
future satellites, docking missions and satellite autonomous maneuvers. The
satellites provide opportunities to test a wide range of hardware and software
at an affordable cost.
For additional information about NASA and MIT's
Zero Robotics program, visit www.zerorobotics.org.
For additional information about DARPA, visit http://www.darpa.mil.
Please email any questions about this
opportunity to zerorobotics@mit.edu.
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Mathematical
Models: Black Holes 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
29, 2012, at 8 p.m. EDT. Misconceptions about black holes will be
addressed, as participants learn background information about the structure and
behavior of one of the universe’s most mysterious and spectacular bodies. Learn
how to derive the equations used in the Black Hole Math problem set for
students to better understand the physics of black holes.
For more information and to
register online, visit https://digitalmedia.wufoo.com/forms/nes-webinar-registration-mathematical-models/.
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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NASA
at the 2012 NSTA Conference
Make NASA a part of your National Science Teachers Association, or NSTA,
experience this year! The 2012 NSTA’s national conference is being held March 29 - April 1, 2012, in Indianapolis,
Ind. Dozens of NASA presentations, workshops and short courses are scheduled
during the conference. To find NASA sessions that fit in your schedule, visit http://bit.ly/nsta2012.
Also, stop by the NASA exhibit booth (#2159) to learn
about exciting new NASA programs and products.
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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 Fri., 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 Sat., 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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Electronic
Professional Development Network Courses
NASA’s Learning Environments and Research Network and the Georgia Institute of
Technology have teamed up to create the electronic professional development
network, or e-PDN, an initiative dedicated to preparing K-12 teachers to engage
their students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM,
through the use of NASA-developed learning materials and resources.
If you are looking for a way to enhance your instructional skills, meet your
professional development goals or find new and exciting resources to use in
your learning environments, apply to one of our free courses today!
Applications are now open for the following courses:
Technology Integration -- Engage and Educate: Podcasts in the Classroom – May 30-July 3, 2012
Participants
will examine how podcasts can be integrated into the STEM classroom. In this
course, the benefits, as well as obstacles, of podcasts will be discussed and
you will be introduced to the tools and techniques of creating podcasts. You
will finish by creating your own podcasts using NASA resources. This course is
aimed at beginners who have little or no experience with podcasts.
Technology Integration -- Vodcasts – July 11- Aug. 14, 2012
Participants
will use various audio and video editing software tools to create video
podcasts, or vodcasts. Each participant will begin by creating an enhanced
podcast and build up to a vodcast through the creation of video and audio
files. During the course, you will examine and use many of the NASA public
domain resources for infusing STEM concepts into your projects.
To learn more about these free courses and to
apply online, visit http://nasaepdn.gatech.edu/course_schedules.php.
For more information on the e-PDN and the resources it offers to K-12 teachers,
visit www.nasaepdn.gatech.edu.
Questions about these courses should be directed to Kristen Anderson at kristen.anderson@dlpe.gatech.edu.
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Mars
Student Imaging Project
The Mars Student Imaging Project is
seeking educator applicants to participate in a virtual experiential
opportunity for the 2011-2012 school year and the summer of 2012. Students will
have the opportunity to ask a research question about Mars, use real Mars data
to answer the question, interact with Mars scientists and target a brand new
image of Mars using a special camera on the Mars Odyssey Spacecraft. This is an
opportunity to do authentic research, build science, technology, engineering
and mathematics, or STEM, experiences, and possibly make a new discovery on
Mars!
For more information about the project and to apply online, visit http://marsed.mars.asu.edu/msip-home.
Questions about this opportunity should be directed to Jessica Swann at jlswann@asu.edu or Anthony Zippay at jzippay@asu.edu.
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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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Thanks for the information. It's great to see that NASA has got an eduction program for kids. Kids will be able to things like robotics, rockets, race cars, .