Free Webcast — Meteor Showers
The Aerospace Education Services Project, or AESP, is presenting a free webcast on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, at 3 p.m. EST. During this hour-long webcast, aerospace education specialist Thomas Estill will share NASA’s educational resources designed to help teachers understand meteor showers. Estill also will share ideas for making a comet in the classroom and organizing a school or community meteor shower party.
For more information and to view the webcast, visit http://neon.psu.edu/16Nov2010.
If you have any questions about the webcast, please contact Thomas Estill at Thomas.J.Estill@nasa.gov.
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DLiNFocus: NASA Careers ‘What’s in Your Future?’ Special Event Series
Various subject matter experts from different NASA centers will be in the Digital Learning Network studios for a series of webcasts focusing on careers. Selected classrooms will be able to interact live with the scientists face to face through the DLN cameras. Each event will be webcast to allow students from all over the world to watch the interviews. Any student can interact by sending questions via e-mail.
Experts will share their academic experiences from elementary through college and talk about what motivated them to pursue their careers. They will discuss where those career paths lead. Students and teachers will have an opportunity to learn about the wide variety of career choices at NASA — astronauts aren’t the only folks who work here! The schedule of events through December includes:
— Nov. 17: Stennis Space Center featuring Casey Kirchner — Aerospace Engineer.
— Dec. 1: Marshall Space Flight Center featuring Tristan Curry — Aerospace Engineer.
— Dec. 8: Dryden Flight Research Center featuring Kathleen Stanton — Nurse.
— Dec. 15: Glenn Research Center featuring Mike Foreman — former astronaut and current Chief of External Programs at GRC.
Each hour-long webcast event begins at 2 p.m. ET.
Sign up today to become a part of this exciting opportunity to meet NASA employees live! For more information, visit the DLN website at http://dln.nasa.gov and click the Special Events button.
Inquiries about the DLiNFocus series should be directed to Caryn Long at Caryn.Long@nasa.gov.
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Online Professional Development Workshop: Enrichment Problems in Space and Earth Science XXIV
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.
Topic:Enrichment Problems in Space and Earth Science XXIV
In the 24th bi-monthly installment of these mission- and inquiry-oriented mathematics problems, Dr. Sten Odenwald will supply background for and lead participants through problems from his “Problems in Space and Earth Science” series. The goal of these problems is to teach students about space weather by using mathematics. Each problem begins with real world questions, missions and situations, and applies the necessary mathematics for a solution. Participants may ask questions and work along in this fully interactive Webinar environment. http://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov
Date: Friday, Nov. 19, 2010
Time : 3:00 p.m., EST (Greenwich Mean Time -05:00, New York)
You will need a computer, a good internet connection and a telephone to participate.
Participants must first register for this meeting. There is no cost for this event.
Note: Only the first 150 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 15-20 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.
Where to register:
1. Go to https://nasa.webex.com/nasa/j.php?ED=137526362&RG=1&UID=0&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D.
2. Register for the meeting.
Once the host approves your request, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with instructions for joining the meeting.
To view in other time zones or languages, visit https://nasa.webex.com/nasa/j.php?ED=137526362&RG=1&UID=0&ORT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D.
Closed Captioning is available during the Webinar. A link to this will be provided closer to meeting time.
For assistance
1. Go to https://nasa.webex.com/nasa/mc
2. Click “Assistance”.
3. Click “Support”.
For more information, contact John Ensworth by e-mail at john_ensworth@strategies.org or by telephone at 703-312-0563.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This WebEx service includes a feature that allows audio and any documents and other materials exchanged or viewed during the session to be recorded. By joining this session, you automatically consent to such recordings. If you do not consent to the recording, do not join the session. This video and earlier product videos will be available via a Web-based archive tool will soon be located at: http://www.strategies.org/education/index.aspx?sub=education&sub2=professional and http://video.strategies.org
To check the setup of your computer and pre-install the plug-in software, use the following links:
Downloads
WebEx will automatically setup Meeting Manager for Windows the first time you join a meeting. To save time, you can setup prior to the meeting by clicking this link: https://nasa.webex.com/nasa/meetingcenter/mcsetup.php.
The host requests that you check for compatibility of rich media players for Universal Communications Format (UCF) before you join the session. UCF allows you to view multimedia during the session. To check now, click the following link: https://nasa.webex.com/nasa/systemdiagnosis.php.
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Live Chat With NASA Astronaut Michael J. Foreman
The NASA Explorer Schools project would like to invite K-12 students from across the U.S. to participate in a chat with astronaut and veteran spacewalker Mike Foreman. The hour-long event will take place on Nov. 22, 2010, at 1 p.m. EST. Foreman will answer questions about his spacewalking experiences, living and working in the microgravity environment of space, and his unique career path from high school through astronaut training.
Go to the NES Virtual Campus website http://explorerschools.nasa.gov to participate in the webchat.
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Video Chat: How to Build a Mars Rover
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are currently assembling and testing the rover and other components of the Mars Science Laboratory in a clean room. The rover, known as Curiosity, is scheduled to launch at the end of 2011. JPL’s Education Office is hosting video chats about the mission for classrooms. Chats will feature the continuous live video feed of the rover’s construction, available at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasajpl.
The first chat will be held on Nov. 23, 2010, from 10 to 10:30 a.m. PDT (1 to 1:30 p.m. EDT). Mars Science Laboratory Deputy Project Scientist Ashwin Vasavada will be the guest.
Each chat will be limited to six classrooms. Interested teachers are asked to send an email as soon as possible to jplspaceeducation@gmail.com. Classrooms will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
For full details, please visit http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=220.
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NASA Unveils One Stop Shopping Initiative LaunchPad
The NASA One Stop Shopping Initiative strives to provide students at all institutions of higher education access to a portfolio of internship, fellowship and scholarship opportunities offered by NASA mission directorates and centers. The OSSI enables eligible students to access opportunities through a single portal (http://intern.nasa.gov) and a single application. OSSI also helps NASA to continually re-engage students throughout their academic careers.
Visit the new OSSI LaunchPad to find information on internship, fellowship and scholarship opportunities. The site features the OSSI: Student Online Application for Recruiting Interns, Fellows and Scholars, or SOLAR; the NASA Student Ambassador Virtual Community, or NSAVC; and an On-line Student Research Journal. The OSSI site also features special event announcements, feature stories and videos, and much more.
OSSI: SOLAR, which is the online application for internships, fellowships and scholarships, is available for all students who are currently accepted or enrolled in an accredited college or university. Submitted applications can be viewed by all NASA mentors. Students can express interest in up to 15 opportunities with one easy application.
Applications for summer 2011 opportunities are due Feb. 1, 2011.
To find available opportunities and to fill out a SOLAR application, visit http://intern.nasa.gov/index.html.
Inquiries about the OSSI LaunchPad should be directed to Mabel Matthews at Mabel.Matthews@nasa.gov.
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NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships Program Accepting Proposals for 2011-2012 Academic Year
This call for graduate fellowship proposals, entitled NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship Program — 2011-2012 Academic Year, solicits applications from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of individuals pursuing master’s or doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees in Earth and space sciences, or related disciplines. The purpose of NESSF is to ensure continued training of a highly qualified workforce in disciplines needed to achieve NASA’s scientific goals. Awards resulting from the competitive selection will be training grants to the respective universities, with the advisor serving as the principal investigator. The financial support for the NESSF program comes from the Science Mission Directorate’s four science divisions: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science and Astrophysics.
NESSF awards are made initially for one year. They may be renewed for no more than two additional years, contingent upon satisfactory progress (as reflected in academic performance, research progress and recommendation by the faculty advisor) and the availability of funds. The three-year period is the maximum length a student may receive support from the NESSF program in pursuing a master’s or Ph.D.
The maximum amount of a NESSF award is $30,000 per year.
Proposals for this opportunity are due Feb. 1, 2011.
For more information about this solicitation, visit http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId={6803E463-A6EF-3164-F103-A1E4178E430D}&path=open.
Questions about this opportunity should be directed to:
For Earth Science, Ming-Ying Wei at mwei@nasa.gov.
For Heliophysics, Planetary Science and Astrophysics, Dolores Holland at hq-nessf-Space@nasa.gov.