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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I thought this might be an
opportunity for some of our students. It takes skills in math and science to
pull this off. Have a blast!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robert Jaquiss</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=education@nasa.gov href="mailto:education@nasa.gov">NASA Education</A>
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=rjaquiss@earthlink.net
href="mailto:rjaquiss@earthlink.net">Robert Jaquiss</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 27, 2008 4:07 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> NASA Opportunities for Middle School and High School
Students</DIV></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B>2009 Team America Rocketry Challenge Accepting
Applications</B>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Registration is open for the Team America
Rocketry Challenge 2009, a national model rocket competition for U.S. students
in grades 7 through 12. Thousands of students compete each year in the Team
America Rocketry Challenge, the world’s largest model rocket contest. Cash
prizes are awarded to the top finishers.
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Teams of three to ten students design, build and
fly a model rocket to carry one raw egg for a precise flight duration of 45
seconds and to an exact altitude of 750 feet. The team whose rocket comes the
closest to both, and brings the egg back unbroken, wins.
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">To be eligible for the national fly-off, teams
must fly a qualifying flight observed by an adult member of the National
Association of Rocketry. The top-scoring 100 teams in the country will be
invited to participate in the final fly-off to be held in May 2009.
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Participation is limited to the first 750 teams
who register by <B>Dec. 1, 2008</B>. For more information, visit <U><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue"><A href="http://www.rocketcontest.org/"><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://www.rocketcontest.org/</FONT></A></SPAN> </U>.
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Questions about this contest should be sent to <A
href="mailto:rocketcontest@aia-aerospace.org"><FONT
color=#0000ff>rocketcontest@aia-aerospace.org</FONT></A>.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B>NASA Opportunity for Students in Grades 9-12:
INSPIRE</B>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Interdisciplinary National Science Project
Incorporating Research and Education Experience, or INSPIRE, is a multi-tiered
project for students and their parents or legal guardians.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Applications from students in grades 9-12 are now
being accepted for INSPIRE's online community through <STRONG>Dec. 31,
2008</STRONG>. NASA's mission provides the content for the online community.
Resources, activities and educational modules add relevancy to courses being
taught in high school. Activities include participation in video teleconferences
with NASA scientists, design competitions and learning modules. The online
community allows students to interact with other students with similar
interests, to ask questions and to share knowledge, thus building a “Community
of Practice.” The online community will also offer support for parents to help
them better champion their students' goals. Once selected for the online
community in January 2009, students will then be invited to compete for the
unique grade-appropriate summer experiences ranging from a one-day VIP tour and
workshops, a two-week on-campus collegiate experience, to paid summer
internships. The dates of the summer experiences and the location of the
two-week on-campus collegiate experience will be announced in January, and
students will be notified of selections in February.
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">INSPIRE provides grade-appropriate NASA-related
resources and experiences to encourage and reinforce students' aspirations to
pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, education and
careers. The project also offers resources and information for parents to help
them better champion their students' goals. INSPIRE provides participants a rich
online community, as well as opportunities to compete to participate in
NASA/STEM Experiences.
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">For more information about this opportunity,
visit <A
title=http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/programs/INSPIRE_Project.html
href="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/programs/INSPIRE_Project.html"><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/programs/INSPIRE_Project.html</FONT></A>.
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">If you have questions about this opportunity,
please e-mail your inquiries to INSPIRE Project Manager Steve Chance at <SPAN
style="COLOR: white"><A href="mailto:steven.h.chance@nasa.gov"><FONT
color=#0000ff>steven.h.chance@nasa.gov</FONT></A></SPAN> .
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