Moody's Mega Math (M3) Challenge

Moody's Mega Math (M3) Challenge is an online applied mathematics competition for high school students designed to motivate students to study and pursue careers in applied math, economics, and finance. The contest is sponsored by The Moody's Foundation and organized by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Registration deadline: February 24, 2012.

Register here

New Grade 5-12 STEM Education Program Opportunity for School District andSchool Communities

Announcing the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Fourth Flight Opportunity - SSEP Mission 2 to the International Space Station (ISS)

The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, in partnership with NanoRacks invites communities across the U.S. to participate in SSEP Mission 2 to ISS.

Each participating community will be provided all launch services to fly a real microgravity research mini-laboratory on ISS from September 28 to November 12, 2012, and a kit for assembly of their mini-lab. An 8-week experiment design competition in the community, held Spring 2012, will allow grade 5-12 student teams to design real microgravity experiments vying for their community’s reserved mini-lab slot on ISS.

SSEP immerses a community of students in real scientific research of their own design (grade level appropriate), using a highly captivating spaceflight opportunity on ISS - America’s newest National Laboratory – which will garner the community significant media attention.

SSEP is a true STEM education program. It addresses a wide range of biological and physical science disciplines (thus appropriate for all teachers of science), including: seed germination, crystal growth, physiology of microorganisms and life cycles (e.g. bacteria), cell biology and growth, food studies, and studies of micro-aquatic life. Students design experiments to the technology and engineering constraints imposed by a real research mini-lab and flight operations to and from Earth orbit.

More information is available here.

USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C.

Don’t miss the largest celebration of science in the US!

April 28 & 29, 2012, 10:00am-6:00pm (4:00 pm on Sunday), Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C.

What is the universe made of? Why did dinosaurs go extinct? What do magic tricks and hip-hop have to with math? What will be the next medical breakthrough? What do fossils and rocks tell us about the Earth’s secrets? What does baseball have to do with physics? Find out at the 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo! Explore science & engineering with 2,000 free, hands-on activities and over 100 stage shows and author presentations. The two-day Expo is perfect for teens, children and their families, and anyone with a curious mind who is looking for a weekend of fun and discovery. Meet Science Celebrities, award-winning Science Authors and Nobel Prize winners from the past and present. New this year: A Career Pavilion for high-school students, a Book Fair featuring over 30 science authors, and a science carnival for children! The Expo is the pinnacle event of the 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival to be held in the greater Washington D.C. area in April 2012. The Festival is a collaboration of over 500 of the nation’s leading science and engineering organizations. For more information on all Festival events and how you can get involved, visit www.usasciencefestival.org

You're Invited to Attend Free GLOBE Teacher Workshops!

NASA Langley Research Center, in partnership with the Virginia Air & Space Center, will be offering a series of GLOBE Teacher Training Workshops supporting the Student Climate Research Campaign. Free one-day workshops will be held on Saturdays - January 14, February 18, and March 10 - at the Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton, VA. Teachers will receive approximately 5.5 hours of professional development per workshop.

The GLOBE program involves students in conducting local scientific research investigations on the environment. Students take measurements, analyze data, and participate in research in collaboration with scientists. This workshop series will focus on student investigations of climate.

Please see the attached flyer for additional details.

To Register for the Workshops, go here

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the GLOBE Partnership at NASA Langley at 757-951-1642 or e-mail at larc-globe-partner@lists.nasa.gov .

Virginia Tech and BGSU Kids' Tech University programs still accepting registrations!

Enrollment is still open for the both the Virginia Tech and the Bowling Green State University Kids' Tech University program.

For the Virginia Tech program see here.

For the Bowling Green State program see here.

Also, check us out on facebook at http://facebook.com/kidstechuniversity

Kids' Tech University- WAVY TV appearance!

Hi everyone,

On Saturday, Dec. 10, at 10:30 am, WAVY-TV 10/ WVBT-TV FOX43 will air a program called, KidTalk, with Kerri Furey. Dr. Kristy Collins, Program Manager for Kids' Tech University, will be a guest expert on the program. The show will feature a local high school and discuss Technology safety (with an emphases on texting/facebook and tweeting).

The station posts the show online about a week after it airs. We will be linking the show on the blog when its available online. For anyone in Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth or Virginia Beach area...you can check it out on Saturday at 10:30 pm!

BGSU KTU program enrollment opens TODAY at 6 pm!

Bowling Green State University Kids' Tech University program enrollment begins TODAY, Dec. 5th at 6 pm! Please check out their website here. See below for the list of scientists leading the Interactive Morning Session:

January 21, 2012 | “Patterns are Everywhere! How and Why?” - Answered by Dr. Reinhard Laubenbacher

February 11, 2012 | "Seeing is believing: how being able to 'watch' individual protein molecules can tell us how protein enzymes work" - Answered by Dr. Peter Lu

March 31, 2012 | “Why are tomatoes red? What the tomato genome sequence tells us about the color of tomato fruit.” - Answered by Dr. David Francis

April 28, 2012 | "What can fossils tell us about our planet’s past, present, and future?" - Answered by Dr. Peg Yacobucci

Click here for the program flyer