NASA EXPRESS: Your STEM Connection for April 19, 2018

Check out the latest NASA opportunities for the education community. 'A Year of Education on Station' Video Playlist Audience: All Educators Contact: JSC-STEMonStation@mail.nasa.gov Teachers know videos increase student motivation, and NASA knows teachers need easy-to-find resources. Introducing the ‘A Year of Education on Station’ YouTube video playlist -- your one-stop-shop for videos related to this special year in which two former classroom teachers are on board the International Space Station for back-to-back missions. You’ll find a variety of engaging content including introductions to #TeacherOnBoard Joe Acaba and Ricky Arnold, question-and-answer sessions between students on Earth and astronauts in space, and even STEM demonstration videos recorded by astronauts as they orbit the Earth at 17,500 mph. Find more ways to bring NASA into your classroom during NASA’s A Year of Education on Station, a celebration of an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the International Space Station. STEAM in Space Audience: Educators of Grades 5-12 Event Date: April 25, 2018, at 6 p.m. EDT Contact: stephen.p.culivan@nasa.gov Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Explore beyond the science, technology, engineering and mathematics of space. Integrate the “A” in STEAM in your classroom by learning the important role that language, art and music play in space exploration. Online registration required. Earth Right Now: Hurricanes in the Classroom Audience: Educators of Grades 5-8 Event Date: April 26, 2018, at 6 p.m. EDT Contact: stephen.p.culivan@nasa.gov Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. As we continue to recover from the 2017 hurricane season and prepare for the 2018 season, discover ways to explore hurricanes, tropical cyclones and other severe storms in the classroom. This webinar will present strategies to integrate NASA hurricane missions and STEM classroom resources and lessons into your instruction. Online registration required. Free Webinar -- Sailing Through the Universe: Propelling Your Classroom Into STEM Audience: Educators of Grades 5-10 Event Date: May 2, 2018, at 6 p.m. EDT Contact: afrc-nasabestedu@mail.nasa.gov Join NASA’s Beginning Engineering, Science and Technology educators for a free 60-minute professional development webinar. Learn how NASA is using sunlight as an inexpensive option for propelling spacecraft beyond Earth's orbit. Using NASA's BEST Space Sailing Instructional Guide, participants will explore the engineering design process to build a small space probe prototype. Learn how to incorporate engineering challenges and the engineering design process into your school science program. Register online to participate. Online Training Session: Using NASA Earth Observing Data for Monitoring and Response to Vector-borne and Water-borne Diseases Audience: All Educators Event Date: May 8, 2018, 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. EDT Contact: dorian.w.janney@nasa.gov Vectors are living organisms that are able to transmit diseases between humans or from animals to humans. Vectors include mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, fleas and other insects. Join NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement mission for a beginner-level online training webinar to learn how NASA Earth-observing satellite data sets can be used to identify environmental conditions that may result in the onset of vector-borne diseases. Two sessions are being offered.Register online. NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement Mission’s Vector-borne and Water-related Disease Initiative Workshop Audience: All Educators Event Date: May 17, 2018, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. EDT Contact: dorian.w.janney@nasa.gov Vector-borne diseases are responsible for over 17 percent of all the infectious diseases globally. Many of these diseases are preventable through protective measures. Join NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement mission for a daylong workshop at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., to hear success stories that showcase how NASA data is being used to inform, predict and better understand water-related and vector-borne disease. Register online to attend the workshop in person or remotely. Earth Right Now: Exploring Our Earth From Space Audience: Educators of Grades 5-9 Event Date: April 19, 2018, at 6 p.m. EDT Contact: stephen.p.culivan@nasa.gov Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Explore Earth from above with the help of astronauts and satellites. Learn how observations from space teach us about our planet and the processes that shape it. Using NASA missions, real data, online resources and classroom lessons, we'll investigate Earth with eyes from above. Online registration is required. Call for Proposals -- NASA Research Announcement for MUREP Aerospace Academy Audience: Minority Serving U.S. Colleges and Universities Proposal Deadline: April 20, 2018 Contact: NASAMAA@nasaprs.com NASA invites Minority Serving Institutions to submit proposals to establish a NASA MUREP Aerospace Academy to increase participation and retention of historically underserved and underrepresented K-12 youth in areas of STEM. Supported by evidence-based research, the MUREP Aerospace Academy is generally conducted in an out-of-school setting but may also be offered in a school setting. Successful proposals will be funded as multi-year cooperative agreements not to exceed two years. Call for Proposals -- NASA Research Announcement for MUREP Innovations in Space Technology Curriculum Audience: Two-year/Community College Minority Serving Institutions Proposal Deadline: April 20, 2018 Contact: Roslyn.Soto@jpl.nasa.gov NASA invites two-year/community college Minority Serving Institutions to submit proposals to develop innovations in curriculum and experiential learning opportunities related to NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate. STMD is responsible for developing the crosscutting, pioneering new technologies and capabilities that NASA needs to achieve its current and future missions. Successful proposals will result in a partnership with a NASA center and funding through a 15-month cooperative agreement. NASA Stennis Community College and Education Faculty Fellowship Program Audience: Full-time Faculty at Accredited Higher Education Institutions in Mississippi and Louisiana Application Deadline: April 27, 2018, at 5 p.m. CDT Fellowship Dates: June 4 - Aug. 10, 2018 Contact: mitch.krell@nasa.gov The NASA Stennis Community College and Education Faculty Fellowship Program provides opportunities for STEM faculty to do research for 10 weeks during the summer at NASA's Stennis Space Center near the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Applicants must be U.S. citizens working full time at a two-year or four-year accredited university or college in Mississippi or Louisiana. The program provides a weekly stipend. Qualified faculty from minority-serving institutions are particularly encouraged to apply. Call for Papers: 2018 International Space Station Research and Development Conference Audience: Higher Education Educators and Students Abstract Submission Deadline: April 27, 2018 Contact: ISSTechChair@atdl-inc.com NASA, the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, and the American Astronomical Society are seeking abstracts from those interested in presenting at the annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference. This year's conference will be held July 23-26 in San Francisco, California. Abstract topics are listed on the conference website. Because of the large number of expected submissions, presenters are encouraged to submit abstracts early. Send Your Name to the Sun on the Parker Solar Probe Audience: All Educators and Students Submission Deadline: April 27, 2018 Contact: Solar-Probe-Plus-Webmaster@jhuapl.edu This summer, a spacecraft the size of a small car will launch on a mission to travel directly into the Sun's atmosphere -- and your name can tag along for the ride! NASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names online to be placed on a microchip aboard NASA’s historic Parker Solar Probe. Facing brutal heat and radiation, the mission will study the corona and solar winds as the probe travels through the Sun’s atmosphere. 2019 eXploration Systems and Habitatation Academic Innovation Challenge Audience: Higher Education Faculty and Students Proposal Deadline: April 27, 2018 Contact: xhab@spacegrant.org The X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge encourages university-level students to develop innovative design solutions for deep-space human exploration systems. The winners of the challenge will receive $15,000 to $50,000 to design and produce studies or functional products that will increase knowledge and foster risk reduction for space exploration capabilities. Awardees will follow a tailored systems-engineering process with projects being completed in the May 2019 timeframe. 2018 Columbia Crew MemorialUndergraduate Scholarships Audience: Undergraduate Students at Member Institutions of the Texas Space Grant Consortium Application Deadline: April 27, 2018 Contact: scholarships@tsgc.utexas.edu The Texas Space Grant Consortium and the Aviation and Space Foundation of Texas, in partnership with NASA, are offering undergraduate scholarships of $1,500 in memory of the Space Shuttle Columbia astronauts. These scholarships recognize outstanding students and encourage graduate studies in STEM-related fields. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and registered for at least a half-time course load at a Texas Space Grant Consortium institution. Members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. 2018 Texas Space Grant Consortium STEM Educator Scholarships Audience: Educators Enrolled in Programs for a Master’s Degree in a STEM Field at Member Institutions of the Texas Space Grant Consortium Application Deadline: April 27, 2018 Contact: scholarships@tsgc.utexas.edu The Texas Space Grant Consortium's Educator STEM Scholarship Program provides $1,500 scholarships to eligible teachers enrolled in master’s programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who hold a bachelor's degree and are enrolled in a master’s program at a Texas Space Grant Consortium institution. Members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. 2018-2019 Texas Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowships Audience: Graduate Students at Member Institutions of the Texas Space Grant Consortium Application Deadline: April 27, 2018 Contact: fellowships@tsgc.utexas.edu Texas Space Grant Consortium Fellowships encourage graduate study in the fields of space science and engineering. Interdisciplinary and integrated work experience are emphasized. Each $5,000 award supplements half-time graduate support (or a fellowship) provided by a consortium institution. Applicants must be U.S. citizens registered for full-time study in a graduate program at one or more of the Texas Space Grant Consortium institutions. Members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Audience: All Educators Proposal Deadline: April 30, 2018 Contact: ariss.us.education@gmail.com ARISS-US is accepting proposals from U.S. schools, museums and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host an amateur radio event between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2019. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS-US is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed, exciting STEAM education plan. Radio events are approximately 10 minutes long. Visit the site for proposal guidelines, forms and upcoming pre-proposal webinars. Free ‘Sun, Earth, Universe’ Exhibition Available for Eligible Institutions Audience: Informal Science Education Institutions in the U.S. within the NISE Network (NISENet) Application Deadline: May 1, 2018 In collaboration with NASA, NISENet is accepting applications from eligible institutions to receive a free “Sun, Earth, Universe” exhibition. This engaging and interactive museum exhibition about Earth and space science has been curated with science experts and designed for family audiences. Visit the site for eligibility details. Free, online resources are available for those not selected. 2018 NASA SEES TEX2 Teacher Externship Program Audience: Secondary Educators in Texas Application Deadline: May 1, 2018 Contact: baguio@csr.utexas.edu Join NASA, the Texas Space Grant Consortium and The University of Texas at Austin Center for Space Research for a weeklong “externship” this summer. Educators will collaborate with students selected from across the nation and NASA scientists. Participants will conduct research using Earth-observing satellite data and explore STEM careers. Housing, meals and a stipend will be provided. Student Spaceflight Experiments Program -- Mission 13 to the International Space Station Audience: School Districts Serving Grades 5-12, Informal Education Institutions, Colleges and Universities Inquiry Deadline: May 30, 2018 Start Date: Sept. 4, 2018 Contact: jeffgoldstein@ncesse.org The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education announce Mission 13 to the International Space Station, a community engagement initiative in STEM. In each participating community, one proposed student experiment is selected to fly in low-Earth orbit on the space station. For pre-college grades 5-12, each community is expected to engage at least 300 students in real microgravity experiment design and proposal writing. For an undergraduate community, it is expected that at least 30 students will be engaged. Interested communities must inquire about the program no later than May 30, 2018.

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