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NASA TechRise Student Challenge

NASA high altitude science balloonNASA’s TechRise Student Challenge invites U.S. students in grades 6 to 12 to submit ideas for experiments to be launched on high-altitude research balloons. Some 60 winning teams will receive $1,500 to build their experiments plus an assigned berth for their payloads on a NASA balloon flight.

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NASA Hits Big with Asteroid Defense

NASA DART asteroid impactTalk about “high impact” engineering! On September 26, NASA intentionally crashed a small spacecraft into an asteroid, providing the world’s first full-scale demonstration of planetary defense missions to deflect potential near-Earth hazards.

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Back to the Future: Asteroid Mining

UCF and Honeybee Robotics asteroid minerA prototype asteroid explorer developed by University of Central Florida engineers and Honeybee Robotics mines water from the asteroid’s soil for propulsion.

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World Space Week 2022

world space week logoCelebrate the contributions of science and engineering on World Space Week October 4 to 10 with hands-on classroom activities and global events!

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Hidden Weakness

Tiotihuacan pyramidIt towered for centuries over Teotihuacán, the largest city in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. Today, Mexico’s famed Pyramid of the Sun risks slowly sinking and crumbling like a sand castle.

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Engineering a Sandcastle

sustainable green globeTufts University students took to the beach for a fun, hands-on lesson in engineering design, creativity, and materials science.

Photo: Alonso Nichols. Tufts Now

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PreK-12 Engineering Offerings: Interactive Map

ASEE PCEE interactive map teaserFind in-person and online engineering education offerings for kids as young as pre-kindergarten on the new interactive map created by ASEE’s Pre-College Engineering Education Division. 

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Sustainability Education Resources

sustainable green globeFrom climate change to energy to ecosystems, sustainability is among the main multidisciplinary themes stressed by the Next Generation Science Standards. Here are some resources for teachers.

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Free Online Knowles STEM Teacher PD

Knowles Teaching Initiative students doing hands-on STEM learningThe Knowles Teacher Initiative, an immersive professional learning community for P-12 STEM teachers, is offering free, short online courses throughout the school year. Register for the May 9. 19, and 26, 2022 courses.

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