NASA Education EXPRESS Message -- Jan. 25, 2018

Eche un vistazo a las últimas oportunidades de la NASA para la comunidad educativa. Audiencia perdida de Christa McAuliffeAudiencia:  Contacto de todos los educadores y estudiantes : JSC-STEMonStation@mail.nasa. gov ¿Viste el anuncio especial de #TeacherOnBoard Joe Acaba durante un enlace descendente el 19 de enero? La NASA y el Challenger Center están trabajando juntos para filmar varias de laslecciones que Christa McAuliffe planeó realizar a bordo del transbordador espacial Challenger durante la misión de Teacher in Space. Astronautas de la NASA Joe Acaba y Ricky Arnold, ambos ex profesores de aula, filmarán las lecciones en los próximos meses, incluyendo la efervescencia, la cromatografía de líquidos en cero g , y las Leyes de Newton. Para obtener más información sobre esta interesante colaboración, visitehttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-retador-centro- -colaborar a perform- Christa McAuliffe-s-legado- experimentos .  Encuentre más formas de llevar a la NASA a su salón de clases durante el Año de la educación en la estación de la NASA , una celebración de la presencia de casi 12 meses de un maestro a bordo de la Estación Espacial Internacional. The Evolution of the Spacesuit: Dressed for Space Audience: Educators of Grades K-12 Event Date: Jan. 29, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. EST Contact: barbie.buckner@nasa.gov Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for free 60-minute webinar. Explore how NASA's Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuits work. Investigate a hands-on activity about the absorption and reflection of heat where students collect, graph and analyze data to determine which conditions result in the greatest temperature variation. Other activities will focus on the technology behind spacesuits. Online registration is required. NASA Aeronautics: Bernoulli's Principle Audience: Educators of Grades K-12 Event Date: Jan. 30, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. EST Contact: barbie.buckner@nasa.gov Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for free 60-minute webinar. Participants will get an overview of Bernoulli's Principle and how it relates to flight while using NASA's Museum in the Box curriculum. Participants also will learn about current research taking place at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. Online registration is required. Guardians of the Galaxy Space Station Challenge Audience: Students Ages 13-18 Entry Deadline: Jan. 31, 2018 Contact: guardians@iss-casis.org Marvel Entertainment and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space are challenging students to design a microgravity experiment based on the characteristics of popular Marvel comics super heroes -- Rocket and Groot. Brainstorm ideas to better understand plant biology or technology development using the microgravity environment of the space station. Two student-submitted concepts for the Guardians of the Galaxy Space Station Challenge will become official space station experiments. ISS YES: Toys in Space -- Basic Physics in Microgravity Audience: Educators of Grades 5-12 Event Date: Feb. 1, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. EST Contact: john.f.weis@nasa.gov Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for free 60-minute webinar. Participants will get an overview of NASA’s International Toys in Space resources. Discussion will focus on hands-on activities showing basic physics in the special case of microgravity. The activities presented in this webinar address the Next Generation Science Standards PS2 and PS3. Online registration is required. NOAA Planet Stewards Webinar: Flying Into the Storm! NOAA Hurricane Hunters: What They Do and How They Save Lives! Audience: All Formal and Informal Educators Event Date: Feb. 5, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. EST Contact: bruce.moravchik@noaa.gov During the Atlantic hurricane season, aircraft from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration collect crucial information to help understand and predict these massive storms. Join NOAA’s Planet Stewards Education Project for a free webinar with researcher Kelly Ryan-Poterjoy. Learn about flying into a hurricane and the importance of these missions in the context of scientific understanding and impact to the broader public. Space is limited so reserve your spot today! Lunar and Planetary Institute’s Cosmic Explorations Speaker Series: Diving Into Ocean Worlds -- Titan: A World With Two Styles of Ocean Audience: All Educators and Grade 9-Higher Education Students Event Date: Feb. 8, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. CST (6:30 p.m. EST) Contact: CosmicLecture@lpi.usra.edu Earth is not the only ocean world in the solar system. The exploration of ocean worlds in the outer solar system is a hot topic of research in the planetary science community. Join Dr. Ralph Lorenz from Johns Hopkins University for a discussion of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and the two styles of oceans found there. Attend the event in person at the Lunar Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, or watch the event live online. Archives of past lectures also are available online. NASA Marshall Faculty Fellowship Program 2018 Audience: Higher Education Researchers Who Are U.S. Citizens Application Deadline: Feb. 22, 2018 Fellowship Dates: June 4 - Aug. 10, 2018 Contact: frank.six@nasa.gov The NASA Marshall Faculty Fellowship Program provides opportunities for STEM faculty to do research for 10 weeks during the summer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Applicants must be U.S. citizens working full time at an accredited university or college in the U.S. The program provides stipends and covers limited travel expenses. Qualified male and female faculty from majority- and minority-serving universities and colleges, including underserved groups and persons with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. Call for Proposals -- NASA Fellowship Activity 2018 Audience: First-year Master’s or Doctoral Students Pre-proposal Teleconference Dates: Jan. 30, 2018, at 5 p.m. EST; Feb. 5, 2018, at 10 a.m. EST Proposal Deadline: March 20, 2018, by 5:59 p.m. EDT Contact: elizabeth.a.cartier@nasa.gov The NASA Office of Education Fellowship Activity funds candidates for graduate research at their respective campuses during the academic year under the guidance of their faculty adviser and a NASA researcher. To be eligible, candidates must be U.S. or naturalized citizens who hold a bachelor's degree in a STEM field earned before Aug. 31, 2018. Candidates must enroll in a master's or doctoral degree program no later than Sept. 1, 2018, and intend to pursue a research-based master’s or Ph.D. program in a NASA-relevant field. ‘RockOn! 2018’ University Rocket Science Workshop Audience: Higher Education Faculty and Students Early Bird Registration Deadline: March 22, 2018 Registration Deadline: May 2, 2018 Contact: koehler@colorado.edu NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is hosting the “RockOn! 2018” workshop June 16-21, 2018, in partnership with the Colorado and Virginia Space Grant Consortia. University and community college faculty and students are invited to the weeklong workshop to learn how to build and launch a scientific experiment into space. Participants at the hands-on workshop will build an experiment that will be launched to an altitude of more than 70 miles. Workshop participants must be U.S. citizens. Georama Virtual Tour -- Astronaut Training LIVE From NASA's Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility Audience: All Educators and Students Event Date: Jan. 25, 2018, at 11 a.m. EST Contact: michael.w.hare@nasa.gov Celebrate the Year of Education on Stationwith a LIVE virtual tour of Johnson Space Center’s Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility. SVMF Deputy Chief Steve Riley will share how astronauts train for missions. View and ask questions via live chat on the Georama interactive website --https://clients.georama.com/b2b/nasa. Viewing also will be available on the NASA Virtual Appearances USTREAM channel. After the program, tune into NASA TV to see educator-turned-astronaut Joe Acaba do a live interview from the space station with West Virginia Wesleyan College at 11:35 a.m. EST. NASA Aeronautics: Flying in Our Atmosphere Audience: Educators of Grades 5-9 Event Date: Jan. 25, 2018, at 6 p.m. EST Contact: stephen.p.culivan@nasa.gov Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for free 60-minute webinar. Explore the NASA "How High Is It?" lesson guide. Investigate online resources that create scale models of our atmosphere. Models include the layers of Earth’s atmosphere and altitudes of NASA aircraft, spacecraft, and natural and artificial satellites. Develop number sense by representing scale factors in terms of ratios, decimals and percentages. Online registration is required. Free Lecture -- Explorer 1’s 60th Anniversary Audience: All Educators; Students in Grades 9-12 and Higher Education Event Date: Jan. 25 and 26, 2018, at 7 p.m. PST (10 p.m. EST) Contact: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/contact_JPL.php The Explorer 1 satellite marked the start of the Space Age for the United States. For the world, it heralded the study of Earth from space. Join NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory documentarian Blaine Baggett and historian Dr. Erik Conway as they go on a multimedia journey from the dawn of Earth science exploration to today's modern fleet of satellites dedicated to studying our home planet. Attend the lectures in person, or view Thursday's lecture via live webcast. U.S. Department of Homeland Security'sDomestic Nuclear Detection Office Summer Internship Program Audience: Undergraduate and Graduate Students Application Deadline: Jan. 29, 2018 Contact: DHSed@orau.org The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is accepting applications from undergraduate and graduate students interested in projects at federal research facilities across the country. The projects help the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office implement “domestic nuclear detection efforts for a managed and coordinated response to radiological and nuclear threats, as well as integration of federal nuclear forensics programs.” Applicants must be U.S. citizens. See website for full eligibility requirements. DEADLINE EXTENDED: 2018 NASA Glenn Faculty Fellowship Program Audience: Higher Education Educators New Application Deadline: Jan. 30, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. EST Fellowship Dates: June 4 - Aug. 10, 2018 Contact: Mark.D.Kankam@nasa.gov The NASA Glenn Faculty Fellowship Program provides opportunities for STEM faculty to do research for 10 weeks during the summer at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Ohio. Applicants must work full time at an accredited university or college in the United States. The program provides stipends and covers limited travel expenses. Qualified male and female faculty from majority- and minority-serving universities and colleges, including underserved groups and persons with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. 2018 NOAA Educational Partnership Program Undergraduate Scholarship Audience: Sophomore Undergraduate Students Attending Minority Serving Institutions Application Deadline: Jan. 31, 2018 Contact: EPP.USP@noaa.gov The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is accepting applications for its 2018 Educational Partnership Program Undergraduate Scholarship Program. It provides scholarships for two years of undergraduate study to students majoring in STEM fields that directly support NOAA's mission. Participants conduct research at a NOAA facility during two paid summer internships. A stipend and housing allowance is provided. Applicants must be U.S. citizens attending a Minority Serving Institution and must have a minimum 3.2 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. 2018 NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Audience: Sophomore Undergraduate Students Application Deadline: Jan. 31, 2018 Contact: StudentScholarshipPrograms@noaa.gov The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is accepting applications for its 2018 Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program. It provides scholarships for two years of undergraduate study with a paid internship at a NOAA facility during the interim summer session. A stipend and housing allowance are provided. Applicants must be U.S. citizens enrolled full-time at an accredited college or university. Applicants must have a declared major relevant to NOAA's mission and must earn and maintain a minimum 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. 2018-2019 NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships Audience: Higher Education Educators and Students Proposal Deadline: Feb. 1, 2018 Earth Science Contact:claire.i.macaulay@nasa.gov Space Science Contact: mnorris@nasa.gov The NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship program is accepting proposals for the 2018-2019 academic year. Applications must be from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of individuals pursuing master’s or doctoral degrees in Earth and space sciences, or related disciplines. NASA will award training grants to the respective universities, with the advisor serving as principal investigator. The maximum NESSF award is $45,000 per year. NASA History Program Office Summer 2018 Internships Audience: Undergraduate and Graduate Students Application Deadline: Feb. 1, 2018 Contact: bill.barry@nasa.gov The NASA History Program Office is seeking undergraduate and graduate students for summer 2018 internships. The History Division maintains archival materials to answer research questions. It edits and publishes several books and monographs each year, and it maintains websites and social media featuring NASA history. Strong research, writing and editing skills are essential to the internship. Students of all majors are welcome to apply. 2018 Space Exploration Educators Conference Audience: K-12 Educators Event Date: Feb. 1-3, 2018 Contact: seec@spacecenter.org Register today for the Space Exploration Educators Conference (SEEC), taking place at Space Center Houston. SEEC is for all K-12 educators. The activities presented may be used for science, language arts, mathematics, history and more. Attend sessions hosted by scientists, engineers and astronauts leading the charge in exploration. Receive ready-to-implement classroom ideas and experience minds-on, hands-on fun. Attendees can earn up to 24 hours of continuing professional education credit.

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