NASA and Univision Communications Inc. have launched an on-air and online initiative to help engage Hispanic students. The NASA and You website inspires Hispanic students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. The site features videos and information in both Spanish and English. The website also includes information on educational opportunities [...]
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NASA y Tú Website
March 9th, 2011 · No Comments · NASA, Science, STEM, Student Opportunities
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NASA Make Challenge – Deadline April 30, 2011
March 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Competitions, Contest, K-12, NASA, Science, STEM, Teacher Opportunities
NASA Launches 2011 Nationwide Technology Space Competition A do-it-yourself technology space competition sponsored by NASA’s Emerging Commercialization Space Office kicked off recently. Make Magazine, a do-it-yourself publication for technology, is partnering with Teachers in Space to help develop space science kits that high-school teachers can build and fly on suborbital flights. The project’s ultimate goal [...]
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2011 Lunar Workshops for Educators
March 9th, 2011 · No Comments · NASA, Science, STEM, Teacher Opportunities, Workshop
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, mission is sponsoring a series of workshops for educators of students in grades 6-12. These workshops will focus on lunar science, exploration and how our understanding of the moon is evolving with the new data from current and recent lunar missions. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has allowed scientists to [...]
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Women In STEM High School Aerospace Scholars – Deadline March 14, 2011
March 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Internships, K-12, NASA, Science, STEM, Student Opportunities
Engineer your dream job. The Women in STEM High School Aerospace Scholars project offers a one-of-a-kind experience for female high school juniors to jump-start their futures and explore the possibilities of a major or career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Participants begin their adventure in spring 2011 with an online community. The project culminates [...]
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Shuttle Discovery Lands Safely – STS133
March 9th, 2011 · No Comments · NASA, Science
Welcome home to the crew of the space shuttle Discovery! The shuttle successfully landed just before noon today at Kennedy Space Center. STS-133 was the final mission for space shuttle Discovery. Read more at the official NASA shuttle portal: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
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