Einstein High School PTA Discussion

2/18/2014

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Agenda

• Where We Work• Getting Involved• Internships• Points of Contact• Questions

Goddard Space Flight CenterThe mission of this enterprise is “to get ideas into

space and knowledge back home”.

Space Network (SN) General Overview

Global Access to Communications

Global Access to Communications

NASA Associate Administrator for Education

Leland D. Melvin, NASA associate administrator for education, is responsible for the development and implementation of the agency's education programs that strengthen student involvement and public awareness about its scientific goals and missions.

Leads the agency in inspiring interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, through NASA's unique mission, workforce, facilities, research and innovations.

Getting InvolvedNASA Rover Challenge

• NASA is introducing a new engineering design challenge that will focus on NASA’s current plans to explore planets, moons, asteroids and comets -- all members of the solar system family.

• The new NASA Rover Challenge (formerly NASA Great Moonbuggy Race) will be held April 10-12, 2014, at the U. S. Space & Rocket Center.

• The challenge will focus on designing, constructing and testing technologies for mobility devices to perform in these different environments.

• Rovers will be human-powered and carry two students, one female and one male, over a half-mile obstacle course of simulated extraterrestrial terrain of craters, boulders, ridges, inclines, crevasses and ruts.

Getting Involved International Space Station

• NASA's Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan addressed 300 sixth grade students from Berkeley Middle School in Williamsburg, Va.

• Recapped how, weeks earlier, Expedition 38 NASA Flight Engineers Mike Hopkins and Rick Mastracchio performed spacewalks to fix a cooling system that had failed on the International Space Station.

• “The astronauts up there are doing amazing work,” Stofan said. “They’re not only maintaining this amazing facility that we have that’s orbiting the Earth every day gathering all kinds of scientific data, but they’re also doing experiments, reaching out to students all around the globe talking about science and how science education is so important.”

Getting InvolvedCubeSat

Space Information @ Space Place

InternshipsWhat are NASA Internships?:

•Highly Competitive awards to support educational work opportunities that provide NASA‐related experiences for educators and high school, undergraduate and graduate students gaining real‐world experience while contributing to the operation of a NASA facility or the advancement of NASA’s missions (minimum duration 320 hours for high school, 400 hours for others).

Benefit•Interns participate in a research or development experience aligned with their academic background and skills while developing and/or deepening their research inquiry knowledge, their engineering analysis and application skills, or other areas that contribute to GSFC’s mission.

Internship ApplicationEligibility

•U.S. Citizen; accepted/enrolled full-time in an accredited U.S. college or university; GPA of 3.0 or higher on 4.0 scale.

Application Process•Competitive on-line application: http://intern.nasa.gov •See attached “Four Easy Steps for Students to complete a NASA Internship Applications”

Qualification and Appointment•High school (minimum 16 years of age), undergraduate, graduate, educator•Appointments vary: 6 weeks-year round. Summer, Fall, and Spring Sessions.•3.0 GPA or higher in a STEM or supporting discipline that meet GSFC needs and research opportunity

High School Intern Opportunities

High School Opportunities

Goddard Space Flight Center Internship Programs available through OSSI

• American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)• GSFC Graduate Student Summer Program in Earth Science

(GSSP)• Independent Verification and Validation Internship (IVV) • NASA Academy for Goddard only (NASA Academy)

Science Technology, Engineering Pipeline for Underserved Populations (STEP UP)

• Student Intern Program (SIP)• Summer Institute in Earth Sciences (SIES)• Summer Institute in Engineering and Computer

Applications (SIECA) • Summer Institute in Engineering and Computer

Applications - Business (SIECA - Business)

Applying for Internship

Other-High School Opportunities

Intern Opportunities: For College Students

NASA Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP)

NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) has awarded fellowships and scholarships for the 2013-2014 academic year to 40 graduate and undergraduate students from across the United States to increase diversity in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines. •Harriett G. Jenkins Graduate Fellowship, which provides as much as $45,000 annually for as many as three years, and includes tuition offset, student stipend, and a research experience at a NASA center. It addresses NASA's mission-specific workforce needs and supports the development of the future STEM workforce through the increased number of master's and doctorate degrees awarded to women, ethnic minorities and disabled people in STEM disciplines. https://intern.nasa.gov/ossi/web/public/main/index.cfm?solarAction=view&subAction=content&contentCode=HOME_PAGE_FELLOWSHIPS •MUREP scholarship, which provides an academic stipend worth as much $9,000 and $6,000 more for a 10-week internship at a NASA center. These scholarships support women, ethnic minorities and disabled students pursuing STEM degrees and enables them to augment their academic learning with technical collaborations and professional development.

Points of ContactRaquel MarshallInternship Coordinator, STEM Experiential LearningNASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, 1600Building 28, W144Email: Raquel.H.Marshall@nasa.govPhone: 301-286-1976

Points of Contact

Below is a list of key STEM related contacts:•Leslie Garrison: GSFC Educational Outreach Coordinator (leslie.garrison@nasa.gov)•Sanetra Bailey: NSBE Jr. Coordinator (sanetra.c.bailey@nasa.gov)•Katherine Bender: Coordinator for HS internships (katherine.j.bender@nasa.gov)•Denise Davis: Lead for STEM Experience (denise.a.davis-konopka@nasa.gov)