Tune in live to watch in-flight education downlinks between students on Earth and astronauts orbiting 250 miles above in space. Students will ask questions of NASA astronauts living and working on the International Space Station.
Upcoming Downlinks: | | Thursday, May 18, at 11:20 a.m. EDT National Museum of the American Latino Washington, D.C.
Thursday, May 25, at 11:30 a.m. EDT St. Mark’s Episcopal School Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
| | Tuesday, May 30, at Noon EDT New Mexico Museum of Space History Alamogordo, New Mexico
Times are tentative, and sessions are virtual.
| | | Educator Professional Development | | Audience: STEM educators Event Date: Monday, May 15, at 7 p.m. EDT Did you know two solar eclipses are going to happen during the next school year?
Join us to learn more about how the Sun, Earth, and Moon work as a system and why eclipses occur. Learn about the differences between annular and total solar eclipses and explore NASA’s Solar Eclipse Toolkit. This toolkit will help you get your classroom ready for a year of eclipses with lesson plans, activities, safety guides, videos, and more.
| | Event Date: Thursday, May 18, 4 - 4:45 p.m. EDT How do you keep your students engaged as the school year ends? If you're looking for fresh ideas, join this month's CONNECT-ing for an "End of the Year STEM Swap" event. CONNECTS members will exchange NASA STEM activities and share end-of-year toolkit resources with one another. Check out the CONNECT-ing group to learn more and join the conversation by sharing your favorite STEM resource using the provided template. Send your submissions to hq-stemcop@mail.nasa.gov by Tuesday, May 16. Not a member of NASA's online community of practice? Click here to join CONNECTS to stay up to date on the latest NASA resources, collaborate with educators, and gain access to exclusive events. | | Audience: U.S. college and university teams, including faculty, undergraduate and/or graduate students Mandatory Preliminary Proposal Deadline: Tuesday, May 16, at 5 p.m. EDT NASA’s Small Spacecraft Technology program is seeking proposals from U.S. college and university teams for small spacecraft technology projects to conduct in collaboration with NASA researchers that address one of three technology topics in the solicitation. NASA will competitively select about eight projects from those proposed by university teams. Awards for each project will include up to $225,000 each year for the university and up to 50% labor for the NASA partner for up to two years per award, as well as up to $30,000 procurement funding for the NASA partner. Proposed projects may be for development of ground-based technology or spacecraft, or the creation of payloads for suborbital, balloon, or orbital spaceflight technology demonstrations. | | Audience: Non-R1 higher education institutions Optional Notice of Intent Deadline: Thursday, May 18 Proposal Deadline: July 18 NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is seeking proposals for two-year research awards of up to $300,000 to faculty/researchers at institutions of higher education classified as non-R1s.
The program aims to build a foundation for competitive, sustainable, and productive research at institutions underrepresented in the SMD ecosystem and to enable undergraduate students to perform cutting-edge research in SMD-relevant fields. Proposers from eligible Minority Serving Institutions, primarily undergraduate institutions, and community colleges are encouraged to apply. Proposers must not have received federal funding prior to award and must involve undergraduates.
| | Audience: Faculty at under-resourced institutions (URIs) Proposal Deadline: Accepted on a rolling basis through March 29, 2024 NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is seeking proposals for seed funding awards to provide support for faculty investigators and their students to carry out NASA-relevant research.
The goal of the SMD Bridge Program is to develop sustainable partnerships among institutions historically under-resourced by NASA, such as Minority Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and others. Each award is expected to have a budget of up to $300,000 for a duration of 24 months.
Proposals submitted before June 30 will be reviewed in Summer 2023 with anticipated award date in October.
| | Are you interested in the SMD Research Initiation Awards or the SMD Bridge Program Seed Funding? Attend a joint information session on Wednesday, May 24, at 1 p.m. EDT, to get an overview of both opportunities, learn more about the proposal process, and to ask questions. Click here to register. | | Are You Up for a Challenge? | | Audience: All educators, students, parents and caregivers Challenge Dates: Now through Wednesday, May 31 Water is dynamic. Shorelines shift, rivers twist, and rainwater accumulates and evaporates. For scientists studying Earth’s water from space, the boundary between land and water is not always easy to map. The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program invites you to document water in the landscape and map mosquito habitats found there to help provide context and a point of reference for scientists. Use the GLOBE Observer app to submit photos of water in the environment around you, especially the edges between land and water, and to pinpoint potential mosquito habitats. | | Opportunities With Our Partners | | Application Deadline: Thursday, June 1 | | Date: Tuesday, June 6 at 3:30 p.m. EDT | | |
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: | | | | | | |
