| Join NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory for Space Weather Explorers Week – Monday, Nov. 18 - Friday, Nov. 22 – to learn about the Sun and its influence throughout the solar system, especially on Earth. Explore the website to find educational information, activities, and puzzles to bring the celebration to your middle and high school classrooms. Throughout the week, space scientists will be available to answer questions about Sun-Earth connections and STEM careers. On Thursday, Nov. 21, at 2 p.m. EST, join a special live webinar with Dr. Lara Waldrop of the University of Illinois. Dr. Waldrop will share her story of becoming a space scientist and the leader of a new NASA mission, the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, which will study Earth’s outermost layer, the exosphere. Click here to register for the live, interactive webinar. | | Virtual Learning Opportunities | | | “First Women” Virtual Classroom Connection Series: NASA’s 2024 Wings of Excellence Awardee Audience: Educators of grades 5-12 Registration Deadline: Monday, Nov. 18 Event Date: Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 4 p.m. EST Contact: hq-virtual-engagements@mail.nasa.gov Women are making history at NASA every day, and now your students have the chance to meet them. This series highlights a few of the women who have had a crucial impact on STEM fields. Dr. Ruth Jones, a native of West Helena, Arkansas, and an alumna of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Alabama A & M University, recently won a prestigious award for federal employees for work performed at two different NASA centers. The Cleveland Federal Executive Board honored Jones with the Wings of Excellence award. She is the first woman to earn a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, and only the second African-American woman to receive a doctorate in physics in the state of Alabama. Join us to hear her story and participate in a live Q&A session. Click here to register. | | | Celebrate Native American Heritage Month With NASA Internships Audience: High school and college students Event Date: Thursday, Nov. 21, at 4 p.m. EST Contact: nasa-internships@mail.nasa.gov Join NASA internship specialists for a virtual event celebrating Native American Heritage at NASA. Hear from featured speaker Joseph Connolly, an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center who is Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and a citizen of the Six Nations of the Grand River. Current interns Tara Roanhorse, Diné (Navajo) from Haskell Indian Nations University, and Shawnell McFarlane, member of the Squaxin Island and Skokomish Tribes from Northwest Indian College, will share firsthand experiences from their time at NASA. Attendees will also gain insights into the internship application process and take part in a dynamic Q&A session with interns and internship specialists. This event will be open to the public but will target students from Tribal Colleges and Universities and Native American-Serving Non-Tribal Institutions. Click here to register. | | Are You Up for a Challenge? | | | NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) – Mission 1: Discover Audience: Community college students who are U.S. citizens Next Information Session: Thursday, Nov. 21, at 5 p.m. EST Office Hours: Wednesdays at 5 p.m. EST Application Deadline: Monday, Nov. 25 Contact: JSC-NCAS@mail.nasa.gov NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) supports community college students seeking to transfer to a four-year institution or go directly to the labor force by engaging them in authentic learning experiences. Applications for Mission 1: Discover are open now. Students will take part in a five-week, self-paced online course introducing them to NASA missions and research surrounding space exploration, technology, and aeronautics research. Mission 1: Discover is the first of three missions designed to challenge and build student knowledge and skills by focusing on NASA’s mission goals, team collaboration, and career pathways. | | | Power to Explore Student Challenge Audience: Students in grades K-12 Entry Deadline: Jan. 31, 2025 Contact: support@futureengineers.org The Power to Explore Student Challenge invites K-12 students to dream up a new space mission powered by a Radioisotope Power System (RPS) to any moon in our solar system. The writing contest is open to individual students attending U.S. public, private, charter, or home schools – including those in U.S. territories and schools operated by the U.S. for American personnel overseas. Forty-five semifinalists will receive an RPS prize pack, nine finalists will receive an exclusive virtual session with a NASA expert, and three winners will be awarded a trip for two to NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Every student who enters will receive an invitation to a virtual event with NASA experts to learn about what powers the NASA workforce to dream big and explore. | | Opportunities With Our Partners | | | NASA Office of STEM Engagement We’re launching STEM Engagement to new heights with learning resources that connect teachers, students, parents and caregivers to the inspiring work at NASA.
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