Filed under: Higher Education, NASA, STEM, Science, Student Opportunities
NASA invites college students to get involved with NASA’s return to the moon by helping to design the tools and instruments needed for the next-generation manned moon rover. Student projects will tackle real problems to be solved for a successful manned lunar mission.
Examples of problems include:
–Navigation in the darkness around the moon’s south pole.
–Sample retrieval and on-site analysis.
–Radiation detection and avoidance.
–Communication with lunar outpost, with orbiters and with Earth.
–Video capture of sorties for transmission back to Earth.
–Astronaut rescue and recovery.
–Lunar regolith mitigation strategies for rover and space suits.
The contest is open to U.S. citizens enrolled full-time in an accredited post-secondary institution in the U.S., including universities, colleges, trade schools, community colleges and professional schools. Interdisciplinary teams are encouraged, across departments and institutions.
An e-mail n otice of intent is due by Dec. 15, 2008. Final entries are due on or before May 15, 2009.
For more information about the contest and to register online, visit http://moontasks.larc.nasa.gov
Filed under: K-12, NASA, Professional Development, STEM, Science, Teacher Development, Teacher Opportunities, Workshop
John Ensworth at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies and the NASA Science Mission Directorate invite you to attend an upcoming online professional development workshop science content presentation.
Topic: Space Weather, the Sun and Light
Dr. Sten Odenwald will give a science content/background presentation on Space Weather, Solar science, the nature of light and how astronomers use it to do astronomy. Participants may ask questions and work along in this fully interactive Webinar environment. http://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov
Date: Friday, Nov. 21, 2008
Time: 3:00 p.m., EST (Greenwich Mean Time -05:00, New York)
Participants must first register for this meeting. There is no cost for this event.
Note: Only the first 80 registrants will be accepted. Register ASAP!
If this meeting is full, you will receive an e-mail that reads:
“Your registration for this meeting is denied.”
In that case, we ask you to please join us in the next workshop!
If you do miss this event, we will send you the link to a video archive of the workshop so you will still be able to benefit from the exercises.
Please join the meeting 10-15 minutes before start to make sure your computer is prepared to run the Webex software. You may also pre-install the Webex plug-in following the instructions at the bottom of this e-mail.
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Where to register for this meeting
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1. Go to https://nasa.webex.com/nasa/j.php?ED=110410362&RG=1&UID=1073751852
2. Register for the meeting.
Once the host approves your request, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with instructions for joining the meeting.
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Closed Captioning is available during the Webinar at:
At the start time of the event, please login to your event by clicking on the link below: http://www.fedrcc.us/Enter.aspx?EventID=1167977&CustomerID=321
Alternately, you can visit http://www.fedrcc.us/ and input your event confirmation number, 1167977.
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For assistance
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1. Go to https://nasa.webex.com/nasa/mc
2. Click “Assistance”.
3. Click “Support”.
