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NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge: Virtual Educator Workshop #1

Thursday, August 31st, 2023 at 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

NASA Challenges Students to Fly Earth and Space Experiments

NASA is calling on middle and high school students across the country to submit experiment ideas for a high-altitude balloon or rocket-powered lander test flight that, if selected as a winner (60 winning teams!) would fly on a NASA-sponsored flight test next summer! The TechRise Student Challenge, in its third year, gives students across the country hands-on insight into the payload design and flight test process, with the goal of inspiring a deeper understanding of space exploration, Earth observation, coding, electronics, and the value of test data.

NASA encourages students and their instructors to submit experiment ideas even if they have no prior experience with these activities. A wide variety of resources are available to support teams through the submission process, including two upcoming virtual educator workshops (details below) and a virtual field trip for students (Sep. 29). Winning teams, announced in January, will receive technical support and mentorship from Future Engineers, who will help students learn the skills they need to turn their experiment idea into reality. They will also receive $1,500 to build their experiment and a 3D printed flight box in which to build it.
Important Dates:
· Aug. 31st: Virtual Educator Workshop #1 RSVP HERE
· September 14th: Virtual Educator Workshop #2 RSVP HERE
· September 29th: Virtual student field trip RSVP HERE
· October 20th: Experiments submissions due

All TechRise Student Challenge info + submission guidelines can be found here: https://www.futureengineers.org/nasatechrise. The full press kit including FAQ and assets is here.

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Date:
Thursday, August 31st, 2023
Time:
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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Website:
https://www.futureengineers.org/nasatechrise

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NASA

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