What's it like to have a 6.2-million-gallon pool for an office? Dive into the latest episode of "Surprisingly STEM" to meet NASA diver Arielle Valdez. See what a day in the life of a NASA dive specialist at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab is like, and find out how Arielle went from diving shipwrecks to training astronauts on an underwater mockup of the International Space Station. | | Virtual STEM Opportunities | | Audience: STEM educators Event Date: Tuesday, April 4 at 4 p.m. EDT Join the NASA CONNECTS team for its first monthly CONNECTS Talks event. CONNECTS Talks is an opportunity for educators who are not members of CONNECTS to engage with the team and learn more about the community. During these office hours, we will offer registration support and answer any questions you may have about the NASA CONNECTS Community of Practice. Already a CONNECTS member? Share this session with others who may be interested. Join us if you have questions about new features and to get one-on-one support on how to use the community. | | Audience: Formal and informal educators, parents, and caregivers Webinar Date: Thursday, April 6 at noon and 8 p.m. EDT Have you ever noticed how mosquitoes seem to swarm in certain areas and wondered why? Join the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) Mission Mosquito team for a webinar with science lead Dr. Rusty Low. She’ll talk about how physical factors are responsible for causing the uneven distribution of mosquitoes on the landscape. Join her to share your experiences observing mosquitoes and to ask questions. Two sessions will be offered to accommodate most time zones. Click here to register. | | Audience: Rural educators in the U.S. Event Date: Thursday, April 6 at 8 p.m. EDT Join NASA’s Science Mission Directorate for a monthly series that connects rural educators to resources, networking, and professional development opportunities. This month’s webinar will focus on preparing for solar eclipses that will be visible in the U.S. on Oct. 14, 2023, and April 8, 2024. Special guests Dr. Douglas Duncan and Dr. John Keller will discuss their experiences observing solar eclipses and share resources to help you make a STEM connection to these exciting events. Click here to register to attend. | | Audience: Educators, parents, caregivers, and students in high school and college Event Date: Thursday, April 6 at 8:30 p.m. EDT Join the Lunar and Planetary Institute for a hybrid presentation (in-person and online) featuring Dr. Ian Wong of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. Wong will provide a high-level overview of highlights from the first year of solar system observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Learn how these results will revolutionize our understanding of solar system formation and evolution. Click here to learn more. | | Sally Ride EarthKAM is a free STEM educational program managed by the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. EarthKAM allows students in grades K-12 to take images of Earth from space using a camera aboard the International Space Station. Use EarthKAM as a teaching tool to study subjects ranging from geography to art to meteorology.
Mission 83 takes place April 11-14. Visit the website for details and to register to participate. | | Audience: Faculty members from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) Application Deadline: Friday, April 7 The RockOn! Minority Serving Institution Faculty Workshop will be held May 22-26 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. STEM professors from MSIs are invited to the weeklong workshop to learn how to build and launch a scientific experiment into space. Participants at the hands-on workshop will build an experiment that will be launched to an altitude of more than 70 miles. Workshop participants will receive a stipend to assist with travel costs. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents with valid green cards. | | Audience: Higher education community and early career researchers Application Deadline: Friday, April 14 Workshop Dates: July 24-27 Are you thinking about developing your first flight mission proposal but have no idea where to start? The PI Launchpad workshop will guide participants through turning a science question into a mission concept. Participants will go step-by-step through the process of developing a science case, defining requirements, building a team, securing partnerships, and obtaining support from their home institutions. Participants will also have time for networking and reflecting as they mature their mission concepts.
Apply for travel and related costs to attend the in-person workshop at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. | | Audience: Undergraduate and graduate students from accredited colleges and universities in the U.S. Initial Q&A Session: Friday, April 28 at 2 p.m. EDT Notice of Intent Deadline: Oct. 22 Entry Deadline: March 4, 2024 When Artemis astronauts land on the Moon, their spacecraft will stir up a cloud of dust. This effect is called plume-surface interaction (PSI) and it can increase risks caused by lunar dust. NASA’s 2024 HuLC competition seeks near-term, innovative solutions that can help NASA understand, mitigate, and manage the impacts of lunar PSI. Potential solutions might include development of dust shields, creating flight instrumentation dedicated to managing plume surface interactions, finding ways to see through the dust cloud during landing, or tracking dust during ascent and descent. Up to 12 teams will be selected to receive $7,000 to continue developing their proposed concepts and compete at the inaugural Human Lander Challenge Forum in Huntsville, Alabama, in June 2024. The top three teams will share a total prize of $18,000. | | Opportunities With Our Partners | | Event Date: Tuesday, April 11 at 4 p.m. EDT | | Application Deadline: June 4 | | |
Are you looking for NASA STEM materials to support your curriculum?
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: | | | | | | |
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