Launch into learning with fun, informative NASA resources for students. Play games, watch videos, explore homework help topics, and more. | | Explore College and University Opportunities | | Find Your Place in Space | | Take the Next Giant Leap | | Visit the NASA Kids' Club to play games, read about the current space station crew, and more for students in grades K-4. | | | | | NASA Space Place has fun games, hands-on activities, informative articles, and engaging short videos for upper-elementary students.
Resources are available in English and Spanish. | | Educator Professional Development | | Audience: K-12 educators Event Date: Monday, Aug. 28, at 7 p.m. EDT Sound is one of the most important ways we sense our surroundings and communicate with others. NASA investigates ways to reduce noise pollution and has produced a variety of technology solutions for their X-planes. In this session, participants will learn about student activities focusing on motion, forces, transfer of energy, and interactions of energy and matter, all while finding solutions to reduce and amplify sound volume. Click here to register. | | | | Audience: Informal educators and after-school program facilitators Webinar Dates: | | Learn how to use these activities and get tips for implementation in afterschool settings for upper elementary and middle school students during a live, hourlong professional development session. Two sessions will be offered and participants will have the opportunity to register for afterschool Q&A sessions with Artemis engineers to further engage their students. Click the webinar date links above to register. | | Are You Up for a Challenge? | | Audience: Educators and students in grades 6-12 Workshops for Educators: Virtual Field Trip for Students: Entry Deadline: Oct. 20 The NASA TechRise Student Challenge invites student teams to submit science and technology experiment ideas to fly on a rocket-powered lander or high-altitude balloon. Students attending U.S. public, private, or charter schools – including those in U.S. territories – are challenged to team up to design an experiment under the guidance of an educator. A total of 60 winning teams will be selected and awarded $1,500 to build their experiment. Winning teams will receive technical support from Future Engineers and will get an assigned spot on a rocket-powered lander or high-altitude balloon flight. | | Audience: Student teams from U.S. colleges and universities Proposal Deadline: 9 a.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 11 Student Launch challenges teams to design, build, and fly a high-powered rocket containing a science or engineering payload. After a competitive proposal selection process, teams complete a series of design reviews that mirror the NASA engineering design life cycle. | | Audience: Student teams from universities and community colleges worldwide Q&A Teleconference: Notice of Intent Deadline: Oct. 2 Application Deadline: Oct. 30 Student teams are invited to develop experiments to fly to the edge of space on a NASA high-altitude research balloon. The annual project, supported by the NASA Balloon Program Office and the Louisiana Space Grant Consortium, provides near-space access for 12 student experiments. Typically, the flights last 15 to 20 hours and reach an altitude of 122,000 feet. There is no cost for launch and flight operations. Student teams must raise funds to support payload development and travel, if necessary. | | More Resources to Explore | | Audience: Educators of grades K-12 When protecting lives and property from severe weather, time is of the essence. NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) gives us earlier and more targeted warnings of devastating weather events like floods, hurricanes, snow and ice storms, and wildfires. These warnings can help with evacuations and emergency preparations. Using satellites to forecast the weather isn’t the only thing that we can do to be prepared. It is a good idea to create a family emergency plan and keep a bag of supplies ready in case you must leave your home in a hurry. This activity introduces learners to the concept of creating an emergency plan. | | Opportunities With Our Partners | | Lecture Date: Wednesday, Sept. 6, at 8 p.m. EDT | | Event Dates: Tuesdays, Sept. 12, 19, and 26
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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: | | | | | | |
