The NASA Explorer
Schools Challenge is an opportunity for students to do projects
related to NASA's Vision for Space Exploration. This year's theme
is Return to the Moon. Students will work in teams of two to design,
build and conduct an experiment on some aspect of the Moon. In addition
to the two students, each team must include at least one family member.
Schools will recommend one team to move from their Local Challenge
to the Regional Challenge organized by the NASA Center in their service
region. Contact your NES Coordinator or Susan Hoban for more information.
What projects should Student Teams
do for the Challenge?
For
NES Challenge 001, the topic is Return to the Moon, so
the Student Teams should design projects which relate to NASA’s
Vision for Space Exploration, starting with new missions to the Moon.
The subject should be interpreted liberally to allow the students to
be creative, as long as the projects relate to the Moon and require the
students to make quantitative measurements. A few sample projects are provided to give
the Student Teams an idea of the types of projects that would be
acceptable. Student Teams will be able to upload their Experiment
Design in early December. The Experiment Design should fit easily on one
piece of paper.
Watch this
site for updates! We hope you have fun with the NES Challenge!
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