Blast Back to School With NASA | | As a new school year begins, NASA STEM Engagement is here to help put an out-of-this-world spin on your lessons. Bring NASA missions to your students with videos, activities, standard-aligned lesson plans, and more. | | Let astronauts on the space station help you bring STEM concepts to life in the classroom. | | Find lessons and more searching by grade level, subject, or keywords. | | Turn the wonder of the latest NASA news and events into real-world engagement in STEM. | | NASA SPARX provides K-12 and informal educators with hands-on, standards-aligned activities, training, and resources to help engage students in STEM learning. Sign up for a SPARX 101 session to learn how you can join this exciting new opportunity. | | | Registration Deadline: Sept. 19 Event Date: Sept. 21 at 4 p.m. EDT Join NASA CONNECTS for an exclusive virtual meet and greet event featuring a NASA expert. To gain access to this event, all you must do is:
- Invite two colleagues to join NASA CONNECTS.
- Once they have joined, introduce and tag them in the "Kick-off With Colleagues" group using the "@" feature.
- Be on the lookout on Sept. 20 for a Teams invite to join the special event. This link will be posted in the “Kick-off With Colleagues” group as well as emailed to the invited participants.
Invite your colleagues to be a part of the NASA CONNECTS community today. | | NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will travel 1.8 billion miles to explore Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa. Bring the excitement of the mission into the math classroom with a trio of lessons and activities. | | Want to send your name to Europa? Click here to add your name to the “Message in a Bottle” campaign and create your own customizable artwork. | | Educator Professional Development | | Audience: K-12 educators Event Date: Wednesday, Aug. 23, at 7 p.m. EDT UAVs (uncrewed aerial vehicles) have been part of NASA’s fleet for a long time, providing remote sensing for Earth science studies and hyperspectral imaging for agriculture monitoring, tracking storms, and serving as telecommunications relay platforms. In this session that will be presented in Spanish, participants will explore the NASA STEM engagement activity “3, 2, 1… Lunch!” that challenges students to use block programming to navigate a UAV through or around obstacles. | | Audience: Formal and informal educators, parents, and caregivers Webinar Date: Thursday, Aug. 24, at 2 p.m. EDT Are you looking for ways to engage young learners with science inquiry?
Join the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) Mission Mosquito team and guest speaker Beatrice Oyange, GLOBE educator from Mombasa, Kenya, to hear how she uses GLOBE Observer and scientific inquiry with elementary students in the classroom and beyond.
| | Opportunities to Get Involved | | Audience: Graduate students who are U.S. citizens Application Deadline: Friday, Aug. 25
The NASA GISS Climate Change Research Initiative seeks applicants for a yearlong internship opportunity for graduate student research assistants. Students will work with NASA scientists and lead research teams in a NASA research project related to climate change. This opportunity will not conflict with the students’ coursework and class schedules during the fall and spring. The internship is considered a part-time position that supports each graduate student’s major area of study. | | Audience: Full-time 9-12 STEM educators who are U.S. citizens Application Deadline: Friday, Aug. 25 This yearlong STEM engagement opportunity allows high school STEM educators to work with NASA scientists, lead research teams, and develop STEM curricula for their current classes. Educators participating in this opportunity will become associate researchers who integrate NASA STEM engagement resources and content into their classrooms while improving STEM education within their communities. | | Audience: U.S. accredited educational institutions and nonprofit organizations Proposal Deadline: Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. EST NASA is seeking proposals for CubeSat payloads in the 1U-12U size range looking to launch between 2025-2028. The CubeSat Launch Initiative gives students, teachers, and faculty a chance to get hands-on flight hardware development experience. Proposed CubeSat investigations must advance NASA’s strategic goals in the areas of STEM engagement, science, technology development/demonstration or NASA workforce development. | | Opportunities With Our Partners | | Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023 | | Event Dates: Sept. 20 - 21 | | Registration Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT on Nov. 3 | |
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: | | | | | | |
