The
NASA Student Involvement Program (NSIP) is
a national program of six competitions for
grades K-12 that link students directly with
NASA's exciting missions of exploration and
discovery. Each NSIP competition category
has a Resource
Guide that provides instructional materials,
judging rubric, tips, and resources for using
investigations and design challenges in your
classroom. These materials support national
standards, state frameworks, and local school
curricula.
Have
you ever wondered what new technology NASA is
developing to send astronauts and civilians to
space? Or how looking at Earth from space is
changing what we see and the way we think and
live? In the 21st century many more of us may
be living and working in space and some of these
questions will be a lot closer to home than we
might imagine. Where besides Earth could you
find water? Volcanoes? Quakes? Mountains? Clouds?
Lightning? Storms? Seasons? Is it possible that
living creatures might exist on other planets
or their moons? NSIP presents opportunities for
students and teachers to expand their horizons
by considering these and other questions about
the future.
The
NASA Student Involvement Program supports national
education standards for science, mathematics,
technology, and geography. By participating,
students will
- Develop "science
as inquiry" skills
- Work
collaboratively as team members
- Apply
computer and Internet skills
- Learn
core concepts of Earth and space science
- Integrate
science, mathematics, technology, and geography
concepts
- Learn
to communicate more clearly and effectively.
Who
is eligible?
NSIP
participation is open to all U.S. individuals
and teams of children in grades K-12. |
