ScientistPankaj: NASA EXPRESS -- Your STEM Connection for June 30, 2022

Thursday, June 30, 2022

NASA EXPRESS -- Your STEM Connection for June 30, 2022

New STEMonstration: Simple Machines

The latest STEMonstration episode invites students to learn about the six different types of simple machines and explore how astronauts aboard the International Space Station use simple and compound machines to complete tasks in microgravity. The Classroom Connection released with this video challenges students to explore their environment in search of simple and compound machines.

For more STEMonstrations and activities, visit the STEM on Station website.

Professional Development Opportunities

for K-12 and Informal Educators

Join the NASA STEM Engagement & Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for educator professional development webinars. Attendees earn a certificate that can be submitted for

professional development hours.

Aeronaut-X

Shape Your Flight

July 5 at 7 p.m. EDT

First Woman on the Moon Novel: Using Interactive Technology

July 6 at 5 p.m. EDT

Exploring the Math Behind Space Food and Nutrition

July 7 at 1 p.m. EDT

For a full list of upcoming webinars, click here.

Earth to Sky Regional Workshop: Oklahoma

Audience: K-12 and Informal Educators

Application Deadline: July 8

Workshop Dates: July 20-22

Contact: april.taylor@chickasaw.net

Join Earth to Sky for three days of training with native informal educators from across the South Central Region who recognize the importance of teaching climate change. Participants are encouraged to apply as teams of 3-5 collaborators (e.g. tribal environment and education staff). You will work with these teams to develop plans to implement a youth outreach activity in your tribal community. The workshop will take place in Sulphur, Oklahoma. Travel support is available.

Are You Up for a Challenge?

NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge: Phase 2

Audience: U.S. and International Innovators Ages 18 and Up

Entry Deadline: Sept. 30

Contact: admin@breaktheicechallenge.com

NASA has launched Phase 2 of the Break the Ice Lunar Challenge to seek innovative ideas for excavating the Moon’s icy regolith, or dirt, and delivering acquired resources in the extreme conditions at the lunar South pole. This technology will help support a sustained human presence on the Moon by the end of the decade.

In Phase 2 of the challenge, teams will be asked to design, build, and test an icy regolith excavation system prototype and an icy regolith transportation system prototype to maximize resource delivery while minimizing energy use and the mass of equipment delivered to the lunar surface. A prize pool of up to $3,000,000 will be awarded to the challenge winners.

Opportunities With Our Partners

Smithsonian Flights of Fancy Virtual Story Time: Looking Down by Steve Jenkins

Event Dates:

July 8 and 9

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: National Summer Teacher Institute

Event Dates: July 25-29

Environmental Protection Agency's "Generate: The Game of Energy Choices"

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