EDUCATORS of GRADES 5-16: APPLY, CREATE and MAYBE SEND AN EXPERIMENT TO SPACE 1) Real life #SpaceEd #STEMed: Have your students create an experiment w/ a chance to fly it on the #ISS. HT @NASAWavelength 2) Visit and read all the info at the SSEP website (linked below). 3) If you have qustions, contact Dr. Jeff Goldstein via the contact info on the SSEP website. @NASAWavelength Has deadline changed? (If you see text saying ...interested schools are directed to inquire about the program no later than Oct 31, 2013--ignore it and contact Dr. Jeff. He has confirmed that the inquiry date changed to Nov. 20 but: 4) Tweet from - Jeff Goldstein @doctorjeff to me today: @9dognight @NASAWavelength Was changed to 11/20 but still taking calls from communities. Go to ssep.ncesse.org &send note via Contact 5) SOME of many Details (from the website): SSEP Mission 6 to ISS – which provides for an experiment design competition Winter/Spring 2014, and a ferry flight of the selected flight experiments to ISS in Fall 2014. SSEP Mission 6 to ISS is currently the only SSEP flight opportunity available. Time Available for Experiment Design: Your Student Teams, led by your designated SSEP Local Team of Teacher Facilitators, will have 9 weeks from program start to proposal submission: February 24 – April 28, 2014. During this time, core activities include: introducing SSEP curricular content for foundational instruction on: the nature of microgravity, science conducted in microgravity, mini-laboratory operation, and experimental design defining student teaming, and facilitation of microgravity experiment design across all student teams each team writing a formal 5-page, grade level appropriate flight experiment proposal Key Milestones: Experiment Design and Proposal Writing (9 weeks): February 24 – April 28, 2014 Flight Experiment Proposals due to your lead institution: April 28, 2014 Local Step 1 Review Board selects 3 finalist proposals, submits to NCESSE: May 12, 2014 National Step 2 Review Board selects your flight experiment: May 29, 2014 Ferry Flight of SSEP Payload to ISS, estimated launch date: Fall 2014 Ferry Flight of SSEP Payload back to Earth: expectation is Launch + 6 weeks SSEP National Conference for students: early July 2014 and 2015, most likely held at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC, the site of the 2011, 2012, and 2013 Conferences TIME CRITICAL Letters of Commitment of Funding from Participating Communities: due February 17, 2014 Mission 6 to ISS Starts in Participating Communities: February 24, 2014 ASAP: Interested communities are directed to contact NCESSE as soon as possible to explore participation. It typically takes 3-4 months in advance of program start to plan and fund the program in a community (funding with assistance from NCESSE if required....). GO TO THE WEBSITE for more details and info.
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