Thursday, March 10, 2022

NASA EXPRESS -- Your STEM Connection for March 10, 2022

This week, we released our third annual report, NASA STEM Engagement Highlights 2021.

Working in collaboration with NASA’s education experts, mission directorates, and field centers, as well as government and external partners, NASA's Office of STEM Engagement continuously strives to help students experience the spark of excitement that discovery creates, and nurture it into a lasting STEM identity.

Find out how NASA's STEM opportunities and activities during fiscal year 2021 enabled students and educators to engage with the agency's most ambitious missions and programs.
It’s almost 3.14, also known as March 14, and more affectionately known as Pi Day! Get ready to celebrate and test your mathematical skills with illustrated planetary puzzlers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Visit the site to warm up with last year’s challenge, get teacher resources, and learn more about pi. Then check out an all new Pi Day Challenge when it’s released later today.
Audience: High School and Undergraduate Students, U.S. and International
Registration Deadline: April 4
 
High school and undergraduate students are invited to get involved in lunar exploration as a part of NASA’s Artemis Student Challenges! GLEE is hosting a remote, self-paced workshop for students to work hands-on with their very own LunaSat, a sticky note-sized spacecraft with solar panels and science sensors. In this free, self-guided workshop, participants will be walked through 10 interactive modules, from “Understanding Your LunaSat” to “Final System Testing.”
Audience: Professional and Aspiring Filmmakers, Editors, and Animators
Entry Deadline: July 15
Contact: info@tongal.com
 
NASA and the Houston Cinema Arts Society invite professional and aspiring filmmakers to share their works using NASA imagery. The CineSpace competition will accept all genres, including narrative, documentary, comedy, drama, animation, and more.

Entries must be no longer than 10 minutes, and at least 10 percent of the film must use NASA archival footage to create unique NASA-inspired film masterpieces.
Audience: All Educators, Students, Parents, and Caregivers
 
Eta Carinae is a star system that contains the most luminous star known in our Galaxy. It radiates energy at a rate that is 5 million times that of the Sun. Observations indicate that Eta Carinae is likely a double star system where matter is rapidly boiling off one star's surface.
 
The Chandra X-ray Observatory team and NASA’s Universe of Learning have resources to help you explore this astronomical wonder. View the region in different wavelengths of light, fly through a 3D visualization of the star system, and 3D print your own Homunculus Nebula. Click here to start exploring.
Audience: Educators, Parents, Caregivers, and Students Ages 11+
 
Do you know how physical and electromagnetic waves interact with different kinds of matter? Test your knowledge of wave behavior with this quick, fun quiz from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Test your knowledge as a class, assign a quiz to students individually, or arrange a team competition.
NASA invites you to add your name to NASA’s list of virtual aeronautics passengers with the new Flight Log Experience. Your name can ride along on X-planes, drones, and other flights as NASA explores ways to improve aviation for everyone. Print your personalized boarding passes, enter flights into your virtual flight log, earn endorsement stamps and mission patches, and access STEM activities, videos, and more.
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Are you looking for NASA STEM materials to support your curriculum?
Search hundreds of resources by subject, grade level, type and keyword at https://www.nasa.gov/education/materials/.

Find NASA science resources for your classroom. NASA Wavelength is a digital collection of Earth and space science resources for educators of all levels — from elementary to college, to out-of-school programs. https://science.nasa.gov/learners/wavelength

Check out the ‘Explore NASA Science’ website! Science starts with questions, leading to discoveries. Visit science.nasa.gov. To view the site in Spanish, visit ciencia.nasa.gov.
Visit NASA STEM Engagement on the Web: 
NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement: https://stem.nasa.gov 
NASA Kids’ Club: https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub

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