NASA

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NASA Student Involvement Program
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NSIP

• National Program awarded to the National Space
  Grant Foundation and Universities Space Research
  Association (USRA)
• Dr. Erian Armanios, Georgia SG - PI
• Mary Sandy, Virginia SG Co-I
• NSIP Program Manager and Co-I USRA
• Six challenges linking K-12 students to NASA
  missions and research
• Current revised budget is 67 of proposed budget

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Six Challenges for Grades K-12
My Planet, Earth
Aerospace Technology Engineering Challenge
Science Technology Journalism
Watching Earth Change
Design a Mission to Mars, And Beyond
Space Flight Opportunities
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NSIP Competition Details
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My Planet, Earth
K-4 grade students and educators conduct a study
of a local site, describing and illustrating
their observations, making measurements, and
looking for interconnections.
Sample Student Drawings
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Science and Technology Journalism
K-12 grade students choose a newsworthy topic
about the years theme, research the topic, and
produce a print or video story.
Examples of Spinoff Technologies
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Aerospace Technology Engineering Challenge
5-8 grade students design, test, and redesign
part of a rocket using everyday materials.
Thrust Structure Design Process
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Design a Mission to Mars, And Beyond
5-12 grade students identify a research question
and design a lunar-based mission to Mars to
answer that question.
NSIP students using maps and images to design a
mission.
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Watching Earth Change
5-12 grade students analyze NASA and other data
to investigate how Earth changes over time.
Sample NASA data to be analyzed
NSIP students measuring local conditions to
compare with NASA data
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Space Flight Opportunities
9-12 grade students design experiments to fly
onboard a NASA sounding rocket or or other
experimental flight opportunity!
NSIP students and NASA engineer preparing
sounding rocket for flight
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NSIP SG 8 Regional Leads

• Georgia SG
• AL, FL, GA, MS, SC, PR, VI
• Pennsylvania SG
• CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT
• Virginia SG
• DE, D.C., DoD, KY, MD, NC, OH, TN, VA, WV
• Texas SG
• Colorado SG
• Washington SG
• Montana SG
• Iowa SG

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SG Regional Coordinators Role

• Point of Contact for your state teachers and
  schools
• Point of Contact for Regional States
• Program Dissemination and Marketing
• Screen entries for compliance
• Coordinate judging for state and regional awards
• Coordinate award programs for winning schools

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NSIP Each Space Grants Role

• Assign designated NSIP coordinator
• Ensure dissemination of opportunity
• Increase participation
• Maximize participation of underrepresented and
  underserved populations
• Ensure knowledge of program and assist teachers
  in defining projects (promote resource guides)
• Coordinate speakers and presentations for awards
• Submit brief report

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NSIP Awards

• State Winners
• 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for each competition in each
  state
• Regional Winners
• 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for each competition in each of
  8 regions
• Plaque presented by NASA representative
• National Winners
• For each competition
• G 5-8 Space Camp for 4 students
• G 9-12 NES Symposium (2 students 1 teacher)
• Space Flight (Student flight week 2 students 1
  teacher)

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Virginias Marketing Targets

• Previous participants
• DOE Contacts
• Science, English, Math, and Technology Education
• NASA Centers Goddard, Langley, Wallops
• Education Directors AESP Personnel
• Solar System Ambassadors
• Va. Association of Independent Schools
• SERCH and MARSBB
• YMCA, Rec Centers, Boys and Girls Clubs
• Home School Students

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Important Notes

• Entry deadline January 31 (Space Flight Jan 15)
• Increase participation (1,500 entries and 3,300
  students in 03-04)
• Maximize participation by underrepresented
  minorities
• Website up by end of Sept
• Participating school lists distributed to SG
  Regions first of next week