Fwd: 2025-26 NASA TechRise Student Challenge - Exciting Opportunity for schools/students in 6th-12th grade

[Roberta Tilleman]

Hello, 

  

My name is Bria, and I am with the NASA TechRise Student Challenge – a FREE NASA challenge for middle and high schools. I want to ask for your help sharing this exciting opportunity with your community. The challenge opens this September and invites student teams in sixth-12th grade to submit experiment ideas to fly on a commercial space industry suborbital flight (e.g., rocket, high-altitude balloon). 

The challenge includes information sessions for your department or organization upon request, free educational resources to foster classroom learning and an exciting student virtual field trip in the fall. Sixty winning teams will also receive $1500 to build their experiment, a spot to test it on a NASA-sponsored flight, and technical support from our awesome NASA TechRise advisors. The challenge is a great way to get hands-on with a NASA project this school year, and we encourage teams of all skill levels to apply. Updated challenge resources (including videos, slide decks, and educator pacing guides) can all be found on the challenge website HERE when the challenge opens. 

Prior NASA TechRise Flights and a Winner From Your State:   
You can also learn more about last year’s NASA TechRise Student Challenge HERE, hear from educators about their experience with the challenge HERE, and view the NASA TechRise portfolio page and a short video of Ophir Middle School from Montana showcasing their winning experiment from the 2023-24 NASA TechRise Student Challenge https://futureengineers.box.com/s/t4us6xrxvzaxligpa3rlmt06tx6hcc75    

Share this exciting opportunity with your community:  

1. Share the Challenge:  Share the NASA TechRise Student Challenge Website HERE with your community of educators to have them pre-register for challenge updates and view the challenge flyer. 

2. Request a NASA TechRise Student Challenge Information Session:  

Complete the form HERE to request a NASA TechRise Student Challenge information session for Montana Office of Public Instruction. This session will provide your colleagues with everything they need to know to help get your community involved in the NASA TechRise Student Challenge. 

3. Let Us Know How We Can Help: Email us at tech...@futureengineers.org to request additional information or resources to share the challenge with your community. 

Similar to Montana Office of Public Instruction, we strive to ensure that youth have the opportunity to expand their horizons through hands-on learning and innovation.  We hope you consider using the 2025-26 NASA TechRise Student Challenge to aid in that mission.  

  
  

Sincerely,  
Bria
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NASA TechRise Student Challenge