NASA EXPRESS: Your STEM Connection for June 21, 2018

Check out the latest NASA opportunities for the education community. Take a Ride in Orbit With Astronaut Scott Tingle! Audience: All Educators Contact: JSC-STEMonStation@mail.nasa.gov Do your students want to know how high the International Space Station flies? Are they fascinated by the science of satellites in orbit? Your students will love the latest episode of STEMonstrations! Astronaut Scott Tingle demonstrates the movement of objects around Earth, while guiding viewers through calculations of the space station’s velocity and orbital circumference. The coinciding lesson plan challenges students to use geometry and simple physics to explain an integral concept that keeps moons, comets, spacecraft and more moving throughout our solar system and universe. Find more ways to bring NASA into your classroom during NASA’s A Year of Education on Station, a yearlong celebration of a teacher aboard the International Space Station. An Orientation to EPDC Digital Badging Audience: Educators of Grades K-12 Event Date: June 25, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. EDT Contact: john.f.weis@nasa.gov Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Participants will get an overview of the Digital Badging platform used by NASA Educator Professional Development Collaborative to deliver free, asynchronous, online professional development. Discussion will include how to sign up and a survey of current badge offerings. Online registration is required. Back to the Moon and on to Mars: Understanding Radiation Audience: Educators of Grades K-12 Event Date: June 26, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. EDT Contact: barbie.buckner@nasa.gov Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Learn about NASA’s plan to go “Back to the Moon and on to Mars” and how radiation impacts planning for the trip. Participants will also learn about current research at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center. Online registration is required. Back to the Moon and on to Mars: Integrating Life Sciences Audience: Educators of Grades 5-9 Event Date: June 27, 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 humans journey back to the Moon and on to Mars, there are many factors to consider for sustaining life support during each mission. Explore NASA STEM life science classroom lessons, online resources and teaching strategies that bring the journey to the Moon and Mars alive in the classroom. Online registration is required. Back to the Moon and on to Mars: Designing the Mission Audience: Educators of Grades 4-12 Event Date: June 28, 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 the engineering design process as it applies to NASA’s journey back to the Moon and on to Mars. This webinar will showcase NASA STEM engineering design challenges that help students understand the process of designing and launching a mission to land on the Moon and Mars. Online registration is required. Teacher Professional Development Programs at the NASTAR Center Audience: K-12 Educators Event Date: Multiple dates July 9-27, 2018 Contact: gkennedy@nastarcenter.com The National AeroSpace Training and Research (NASTAR) Center in Southampton, Pennsylvania, is hosting a series of teacher professional development programs during July. Here’s your chance to experience acceleration in a centrifuge, pilot an airplane simulator or explore the gas laws in an altitude chamber. Each one-day workshop is worth eight hours of continuing education. Visit the website for a list of workshop dates and to download a registration packet. Mars Day! 2018 at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Audience: Open to All Event Date: July 20, 2018, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. EDT Contact: NASMVisitorServices@si.edu Visit the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., to celebrate “Mars Day! 2018.” This annual event celebrates the Red Planet with a variety of educational and fun family activities. Visitors may talk to scientists conducting Mars research and learn about current and future missions. Call for Proposals: NASA Research Announcement—Space Technology Research Institutes Audience: Accredited U.S. Universities Preliminary Proposal Deadline: July 30, 2018 Contact: HQ-STMD-STRI@mail.nasa.gov NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate is seeking to invest, via research institutes, in university-led, multidisciplinary basic research and technology development within particular areas of strong interest to NASA and the aerospace community. Typically, an awarded institute will be funded up to $15M for a five-year period. Accredited U.S. universities are eligible to submit proposals; teaming with other universities is required, and teaming with nonprofit entities and industry is permitted. Using the Rockets Educator Guide to Teach Basic Physics Audience: Educators of Grades 5-12 Event Date: June 21, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. EDT Contact: john.f.weis@nasa.gov Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Participants will get an overview of NASA’s “Rockets” educator guide and ways to use its activities to teach basic principles of force, motion and energy. Hands-on activities showing basic physics will be discussed. The activities explored in this webinar address the Next Generation Science Standards PS2 and PS3. Online registration is required. 2018 Space Port Area Conference for Educators Audience: K-12 Certified Educators Who Are U.S. Citizens Teaching in the U.S. Registration Deadline: June 22, 2018 Event Date: July 11-13, 2018 Contact: space@amfcse.org Registration is open for the 2018 Space Port Area Conference for Educators, or S.P.A.C.E., taking place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Experience stimulating presentations from astronauts and NASA science and engineering experts; tour Kennedy and surrounding facilities. Get ready-to-go lesson plans and creative ideas to infuse your classroom with STEM and multifaceted, space-related content. Register today! Space Innovation Day at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Audience: All Educators and Students Event Date: June 27, 2018, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. EDT Contact: NASMVisitorServices@si.edu Join NASA and Future Engineers at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum for a celebration of space innovation and in-space manufacturing. Hands-on activities and exhibits from NASA Solve, NASA Education, NASA In-Space Manufacturing and more will be located in the Space Race gallery. Free ‘STEM in 30’ Webcast -- International Space Station Downlink Audience: Grade 6-8 Educators and Students Event Date: June 27, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. EDT Contact: STEMin30@si.edu Join the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum for this fast-paced webcast that will feature a live downlink with the International Space Station. Winners of the Future Engineers "Two for the Crew" design challenge, along with other preselected students, will ask questions live to NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor as she orbits 250 miles above Earth. The downlink will take place around 10:30 a.m. EDT. NASA Internships -- Fall 2018 Session Audience: High School, Undergraduate and Graduate Students Contact: NASA-Internships@mail.nasa.gov NASA is currently accepting applications for fall 2018 internships. Students should complete applications as soon as possible to increase the possibility of selection. Offers will be extended throughout the month of June. The fall semester is 16 weeks long; internships begin in late August or early September, depending on the location. NASA Internships provide students at all types of institutions access to a portfolio of opportunities offered agencywide. <table class="mcnCaptionLeftTextContentContainer" align="lef