NASA's Aerospace Education Services Project (AESP) Update

[Virginia Space Grant Consortium]

AESP Webinar Series - Next installments coming 11th, 12th and13th. 

FOR THE MOST CURRENT NEON WEBINAR INFO. & DATES, CLICK HERE .

Join our specialists for webinars highlighting NASA Resources that you can use in your education activities.

·  On March 11th (4-5PM & 6-7PM Eastern), Rick Varner will share Sun-Earth Day resources and the amazing imagery rendered by the NASA heliophysics mission Solar Dynamics Observatory.

·  On March 12th (4-5PM & 6-7PM Eastern), Steve Culivan will lead participants in an investigation conducted by viewing images of Mars and using the scientific method general questions that can be refined using the information available.

·  On March 13th (4-5PM Eastern), Angelo Casaburri will discuss the relationship between nutrition and fitness, activities that examine techniques to make life-long healthy meal and activity choices, understanding food labels and assessing proper nutritional and exercise choices.

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2013 NASA Space Settlement Design Contest

Students in grades 6-12 propose a design for a space settlement, a permanent community in orbit rather than on another planet or moon. Click here for more information. Proposals are due March 15, 2013.

Celebrate Solar Week -- March 18-22, 2013

Solar Week provides a weeklong series of Web-based educational activities with a focus on the sun-Earth connection geared for grades 5-8. Students learn about solar eclipses, sunspots, solar flares and solar storms through a series of activities, games and lessons. Click here for more information.

NASA-Sponsored Professional Development Summer Workshops for Teachers

Teachers in Space is again offering their free weeklong Space Medicine and Flight Experiment professional development opportunities. Click here for more information and to apply. Applications due April 1, 2013.

2013 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics & Science Teaching (PAEMST)

The PAEMST program is open to outstanding mathematics & science teachers in the 50 states and the four U.S. jurisdictions. Nominations (click here) for secondary school teachers (grades 7-12) are due April 1, 2013.