On Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse will cross North, Central, and South America. Prepare for this special celestial event with training all about the science behind this type of eclipse, how to view the eclipse safely, and activities to engage others. Expand your eclipse knowledge even more with these resources: | | Virtual Learning Opportunities | | Audience: Formal and informal educators, parents, and caregivers Webinar Date: Thursday, Sept. 21, at 2 p.m. EDT Join the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) Mission Mosquito team to learn about a new educational mosquito resource, “Infection Detection” – a science game for learners of all ages. Learn how to play the game and how mosquitoes spread illness. Are you new to citizen science? We'll show you how to use one of NASA's Earth Science Citizen Science apps, GLOBE Observer, and the Mosquito Habitat Mapper tool. There are many ways to integrate this app/tool into classrooms and informal science events. Find out how you and your students can make an impact on issues you care about and help science.
| | Audience: K-12 formal and informal teachers and education organizations Registration Deadline: Friday, Sept. 22 Event Date: Thursday, Sept. 28, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. EDT NASA has big plans for future exploration, and we’ll need more than astronauts, engineers, and scientists to accomplish our goals. Even students with a passion for psychology, a love of gardening, or an interest in social media can harness those talents to launch NASA careers. To help connect students to the variety of NASA career options, the agency’s Next Gen STEM project is hosting a Back-to-School Career Day virtual event. Participants will get the chance to engage directly with NASA employees and gain access to NASA resources and opportunities.
| | Are You Up for a Challenge? | | Audience: Undergraduate and graduate students Next Information Session: Wednesday, Sept. 20, at 5 p.m. EDT Letter of Intent Deadline: Friday, Sept. 29 Proposal Deadline: Nov. 2 NASA SUITS (Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students) challenges teams to design and create spacesuit information displays within augmented reality environments and remote mission control consoles. Designs could aid astronauts in performing spacewalk tasks such as navigation and science sampling on the Martian surface. Top teams will travel to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and work with NASA technical engineers and coordinators to test their prototypes. | | Audience: Teams of students in grades 8-12 Proposal Deadline: Nov. 1 Student teams are invited to design and build simple devices that will sink in water in normal gravity but will be expelled as far as possible from the water when exposed to microgravity. Objects from selected teams will be tested in the 2.2 Second Drop Tower at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio.
The top-performing teams will have the opportunity to present their results in a student poster session at the 2024 meeting of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research.
Click here for competition details and eligibility requirements. | | More Resources to Explore | | Audience: High school students and teachers The Double-Slit Experiment was first performed in 1801 by Thomas Young to provide support for the wave theory of light. Recreate one of the most important experiments in the history of physics and analyze the wave-particle duality of light with this easy classroom demonstration designed for high school level physics students.
| | Audience: Educators of grades 5-8 Take students on an Artemis adventure with the new Lunar Surface Exploration Educator Guide. Each activity in the guide encourages collaboration as students apply the engineering design process to overcome the challenges of lunar surface exploration. The guide also provides a variety of additional resources to help the educator and student experience what it’s like to be a NASA scientist and engineer working on lunar surface operations. | | Opportunities With Our Partners | | Event Date: Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. EDT | | Event Dates: Wednesday, Sept. 20 - Thursday, Sept. 21 | | Application Deadline: Dec. 1 | |
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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