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Between two colorful banners depicting NASA missions, 3 highlights from the STEM EXPRESS Newsletter are highlighted with bold white text and a supporting image - Stream with NASA+, Higher Education Opportunities, and More Ways to get Involved.
NASA EXPRESS, October 17, 2024 Edition
This Week the EXPRESS is highlighting… • Bring STEM Inspiration Into the Classroom and Beyond With NASA+ • “First Women” Virtual Classroom Connection: NASA’s First X-43A Guinness World Record • SciAct Webinar: Website Accessibility Insights – A Student’s Perspective • Celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month With NASA Internships • NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) – Mission 1: Discover • And More! Sign up to receive the NASA EXPRESS Newsletter in your inbox.
The background is black with the red, white, and blue NASA logo on the top-middle of the image. Around the edges of the image are gold objects, such as a spider, a hexagon pattern, and two spider webs. In the center of the image is a cartoon, smiling carved pumpkin with a purple and orange witch hat. The words "Carve your own James Webb space pumpkin with NASA!" are on top of the pumpkin's hat in white, capitalized font. The words "4 Free templates!" are on the bottom center of the image.
Carve Your Own James Webb Space Telescope-Themed Pumpkin With NASA!
Want to carve your own James Webb Space Telescope-themed pumpkin? There are three different patterns you can use. Simply print one (or all of them!) out, and follow the directions, which can be found on each pattern page.
Between two colorful banners depicting NASA missions, 3 highlights from the STEM EXPRESS Newsletter are highlighted with bold white text and a supporting image - Celebrate Earth Science Week, Take on a Challenge, and More Ways to get Involved.
NASA EXPRESS, October 10, 2024 Edition
This Week the EXPRESS is highlighting… • Celebrate Earth Science Week • In-flight Education Downlinks Accepting Proposals • Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) • Heliophysics Big Year and Math Enrichment Webinar: Solar Cycle • NASA Internships Event: Launch Your Future • NASA Solicits Space Technology Proposals From Graduate Students • Lunar Autonomy Challenge • And More! Sign up to receive the NASA EXPRESS Newsletter in your inbox.
Boxy white text reads, "Journey Through the Stars With NASA in New Minecraft Game." Below that, a preview image of the Minecraft world inspired by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: Minecraft
Journey Through Stars with NASA in New Minecraft Game
NASA invites gamers, educators, and students to grab their pickaxe and check out its latest collaboration with Minecraft exploring a new world inspired by the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope. The partnership allows creators to experience NASA’s discoveries with interactive modules on star formation, planets, and galaxy types, modeled using real Webb images.
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This contains: An animated visual with a black background with stars to represent the vastness of space. There's cloud-like fog throughout the background to represent the weather patterns of space. In the bottom center of the visual is the sun is rotating with hues of yellow and orange slowly pulsing on its surface as it cycles. In red, block letters reads the words "Play Helios" in all-caps letters. Directly below that is the words "Create Nuclear Fusion With The Sun!" in yellow font similar to handwriting.
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Play Helios: A Game About How the Sun Makes Energy!
In this pairing game, keep the Sun shining bright by matching up particles. The goal? To convert hydrogen atoms into helium atoms. This process is called nuclear fusion. The Sun is a major source of energy for us on Earth. Where does this energy come from? It comes from a process called fusion. One type of fusion happens when the Sun combines, or fuses together, tiny particles called protons and neutrons. A hydrogen atom usually has one proton and one neutron.
Between two colorful banners depicting NASA missions, 3 highlights from the STEM EXPRESS Newsletter are highlighted with bold white text and a supporting image - Connect to Europa Clipper, Coming up in October, and More Ways to get Involved. Earth Science, World Space Week, Space Week, Nasa Space, Space Place, Girl Halloween, International Day, Art Challenge, Nasa
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NASA EXPRESS, October 3, 2024 Edition
This Week the EXPRESS is highlighting… • Make a STEM Connection: Europa Clipper Mission • NASA Space Place Art Challenge • Coming Up Later This Month: World Space Week, NASA Space Apps Challenge, SpaceX Crew-8 Return, International Day of the Girl, Halloween • NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission “10 in 10” Webinar Series • Call for Proposals: MUREP Earth Science Systems Research (MUREP ESSR) Awards • And More! Sign up to receive the NASA EXPRESS Newsletter in your inbox!
The background of the graphic is a light orange color with the words "Use Light to Study Planets with NASA!" written in black, block-style lettering with a cream outline around them. On the top of the image are four cartoon planets in a wide variety of colors to simulate how light affects how we see planets. Gold stars are sprinkled in between the planets. The bottom right of the image is the home of the red, white, and blue NASA logo. Credit: NASA/Tara Roanhorse Nature, Planets, Other Planets, Nasa Jpl, Life On Earth, To Study, Plant Life
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In this activity, students will build a spectrometer using basic materials to observe the light emitted and absorbed by several sources. This will be used as a model for how NASA uses spectroscopy to determine the nature of elements found on Earth and other planets. For higher grades, this activity can also be used to discuss advanced spectroscopic topics, such as how NASA research is advancing spectroscopic techniques to teach us more about plant life on Earth.
Between two colorful banners depicting NASA missions, 3 highlights from the STEM EXPRESS Newsletter are highlighted with bold white text and a supporting image - Hooray for SLS Children's Book, Take on a Challenge, and More Ways to get Involved. Design, Back To School, Sally Ride, Virtual Classroom, Design Challenge
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NASA EXPRESS, September 26, 2024 Edition
This Week the EXPRESS is highlighting… • “Hooray for SLS!” Children’s Book • “First Women” Virtual Classroom Connection Series: NASA’s First Female Launch Director • Sally Ride EarthKAM Missions 88 & 89 • 2025 Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams (Micro-g NExT) • NASA MUREP Innovative New Designs for Space (MINDS) • NASA SUITS Design Challenge • New STEMonstration Video and Classroom Connection: Friction • And More! Sign up to receive the NASA EXPRESS Newsletter in your inbox.
A video thumbnail of astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli is on the screen of a cartoon laptop computer. The Thumbnail reads, "STEMonstration Friction." Behind the laptop is a grey background with geometric patterns and the purple, blue, orange, and red STEMonstrations logo. Technology, Shooting Stars, Jasmin Moghbeli, Nasa Astronaut, International Space Station, Shooting Star, Space Station, Have You Ever
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STEMonstrations: Friction
Have you ever wished upon a shooting star? In the latest STEMonstration episode, learn about shooting stars and friction with NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli. Explore the three main types of friction and watch demonstrations of how static, kinetic, and fluid friction are used in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station. Experiment with friction alongside your students using the corresponding, standards-aligned classroom connection!
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This contains: A graphic with a deep blue gradient background that fades into a jean-blue color. The background has white stars sprinkled in to reflect the beauty of space. In the center of the image is the Moon phases in a circle with the words "Make a Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator with NASA!" in cartoon-like letters above it. On the bottom right of the image is the red, white, and blue NASA logo. Credit: NASA/Tara Roanhorse
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Make a Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator
Have you ever wondered when the next full moon will be? How about the first quarter moon? Now you can have all the dates and times for all the moon phases for the year at your fingertips by building your own moon phases calendar and calculator!
Between two colorful banners depicting NASA missions, 3 highlights from the STEM EXPRESS Newsletter are highlighted with bold white text and a supporting image - Hispanic Heritage Month, Take on a Challenge, More Ways to get Involved. Mars Architecture, Mars Landing, Nasa Moon, Data Science Learning, Science Learning, Hispanic Heritage Month, Hispanic Heritage, Heritage Month, September 19
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NASA EXPRESS, September 19, 2024 Edition
This Week the EXPRESS is highlighting… • NASA Resources to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month • GLOBE Observer Connect Webinar • My NASA Data Webinar Series • App Development Challenge • NASA Moon to Mars Architecture Art Challenge • NASA eClips Newsletter: Engineer a Great School Year • Data Science Learning Activity: Analyzing Proposed Mars Landing Sites • And More! Sign up to receive the NASA EXPRESS Newsletter in your inbox!
A bright blue Earth sits in the foreground against a darker blue and starry sky. Thin white text reads, "September 2024: Earth's Cryosphere. Earthrise - Elevating Earth and Climate Science in the Classroom." Earth System, E Newsletter, Sea Ice, Sea Level Rise, Water Resources, Sea Level, September 2024, To The Moon, Christmas Eve
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Earthrise September 2024 Edition: Earth's Cryosphere
The cryosphere encompasses components of Earth that contain water in its frozen state. NASA cryospheric data, including land ice height, ice thickness, glacial extent, and glacial mass, provides insight into how changes in these regions contribute to sea level rise, impact water resources for agriculture and human consumption, and even lead to changes in Earth’s rotation. Review the latest sea ice analysis to get to know this vital Earth system with your students.
A graphic with a gradient background of black to rust orange has the words "Code a Mars Sample Collection Video Game with NASA!" in the center in a neutral orange color. Along the bottom of the image there are mountains in varying shades of orange and red representing the terrain of Mars. In the bottom-center of the screen is a cartoon rover. Along the sides and top of the image are orange clouds with red shading. The red, white, and blue NASA logo is on the top-center of the image. Lesson Plans, Mars Rover, Math Lesson Plans, Data Collection, Math Lessons, First Step, Mars
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NASA sends rovers to Mars to collect data and carry out scientific studies. The Perseverance Mars rover is designed to take that data collection one step further by gathering rock cores in sample tubes and leaving them on the surface for a future "fetch rover" to collect. The fetch rover would collect the samples and bring them to a Mars ascent vehicle – a rocket that would carry the samples from the surface to orbit around Mars – for eventual return to Earth.
Between two colorful banners depicting NASA missions, 3 highlights from the STEM EXPRESS Newsletter are highlighted with bold white text and a supporting image - Learn about NASA's Solar Sail, Celebrate Observe the Moon Night, and More Ways to get Involved. Solar Sail, Moon Night, Space Rock, Engagement Sessions, Learning Environments
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NASA EXPRESS, September 12, 2024 Edition
This Week the EXPRESS is highlighting… • Make a STEM Connection: NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System • International Observe the Moon Night • Webinar: Engage With NASA Resources and Activities – Infusing Space Rock Content and More Into Learning Environments • Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month With NASA Internships • Virtual and In-Person STEM Engagement Sessions: NQuest • And More! Sign up to receive the NASA EXPRESS Newsletter in your inbox!
On a dark blue background reads the words "Imagine You're an Astronaut with NASA!" in white, block lettering. Surrounding the words are cartoon planets including Earth, Mars, Saturn, and Neptune. Below the words are rust colored hills with two cartoon astronauts standing in the foreground of the image. The red, white, and blue NASA logo is on the top, center of the image. Credit: NASA/Tara Roanhorse Astronaut Activities, 6th Grade, Make Time
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Imagine You're an Astronaut Activity!
Astronauts on the International Space Station often spend six to 12 months in space, orbiting Earth. Astronauts still need to do their everyday living, such as working, eating, relaxing and exercising, but with fewer resources than they have on Earth. Imagine you and your family are astronauts on the space station right now. How would you adapt to the challenges and still keep doing important routines, like exercising, learning and making time for fun?