NASA is looking for approximately 30 Sophomores and Juniors who are majoring in STEM at an accredited DC area college or university.
The goal of this program is to build the confidence and knowledge base of those students to teach a STEM discipline to K-12 students after graduation. The program has six very exciting components, which the students will participate in over the course of approximately 16 months. In addition, each student will receive a stipend of more than $5,000.
Component 1. Spring 2014 – Students will break into teams and each team will design a scientific project. One of those projects will be selected though a competitive process to be launched to the International Space Station. Students will learn how to replicate this activity in their own classrooms one day.
Component 2. May 19-23, 2014 – Students will attend a customized week-long STEM K-12 teacher training workshop at the NASTAR Aerospace Corporation in Pennsylvania. Travel funds will be provided. Students will also have the opportunity to train on a centrifuge, the same used by NASA astronauts.
Component 3. May 26-30, 2014 – Students will participate in a customized week-long K-12 teacher training astronomy workshop at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD.
Component 4. Fall 2014 – Spring 2015 – Students will train and work for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum as part of their Explainers Program, assisting museum visitors and childrens’ groups with exhibits.
Component 5. Spring 2015 – Students will make a presentation to students and/or other teachers at a DC Public Schools Workshop.
Component 6. Spring 2015 – Students will design posters to convey what they have learned about what makes an effective K-12 STEM educator, and present them at a luncheon celebrating their participation in the program.
If you have any questions, contact Eric Day at day@spacegrant.org
www.DCSpaceGrant.org/STEM
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Prof. Miller and Rio Hart Present UHP Course at Conference
Most students spend their time taking classes, having fun and participating in extracurriculars. It takes a certain type of young adult to spend their free time researching algae as a source of biofuel. But that’s just what junior Rio Hart did during his freshman year–and beyond.
When the University Honors Program freshmen entered Professor Houston Miller’s science classroom on the first day, they were in for a surprise. Rather than the usual introduction or high school review, students were thrown into a business scenario. They pitched their idea to an investor (in this case, Professor Miller) and then began troubleshooting their plans. Continue reading “Prof. Miller and Rio Hart Present UHP Course at Conference”
