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Overview


NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Informal Education team is responsible for using NASA's unique assets to support all types of learning by collaborating with non-profit educational organizations and business partners.

The projects listed below identify which projects are available for the Informal community. Click "Find out more" for further details and contact information.





Aerospace Education Services Project

[Educators Grades K-Higher Education]
[Available: Nationally]
AESP is a comprehensive project designed to reach out to the formal and informal education communities in all fifty states and the U.S. territories.


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Astro Camp

[Students Grades K-8]
[Available: LA and MS]
Astro Camp is an exciting, week-long mission for children. Each year, it has activities centered around a new space exploration theme.


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Education Outreach Project at Johnson Space Center

[Educators & Students Grades K-Higher Education]
[Available: TX]
Volunteers participate in various outreach opportunities, including lecturing or performing hands-on activities in the classroom, career shadowing, tutoring, mentoring and judging science fairs. Students must live within a 50-mile radius of JSC.


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Exploring Project

[Students Grades 9-12]
[Available: OH]
Exploring increases student awareness of aeronautics, computer technology, balloon satellites and careers in each field. Exploring involves students in the designing, building and testing of projects.


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Eyes on the Sky Public Lecture Series

[Educators & Students Grades 9-Higher Education]
[Available: MD]
Eyes on the Sky is a public lecture series featuring leading scientists and NASA's cutting edge scientific endeavors to answer some of the most profound questions about our universe.


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FIRST Robotics

[Students Grades 9-12]
[Available: Nationally]
The FIRST Robotics Competition is an exciting, multinational competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way.


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NASA Explorer Schools

[Educators Grades 4-9]
[Available: Nationally]
Schools from across the country are eligible to apply online for an opportunity to partner with NASA in a project designed to bring engaging mathematics, science and technology learning to educators, students and families.


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Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy

[Students Grades K-12]
[Available: DC, FL, GA, MD, MI, NM, NY, NC, OH, SD, TN and VA]
The NASA SEMAA project is comprised of three unique, core components that collectively engage K-12 students, parents and adult family members, and teachers in exciting science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, opportunities.


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Visiting Researcher Exchange and Outreach Project

[Educators & Students Higher Education]
[Available: Nationally]
The Visiting Researcher Exchange and Outreach project is a collaboration between the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Academic Affairs Office and the Universities Space Research Association. The project is designed to stimulate involvement of university, private sector and government agency researchers with NASA.


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Workforce Coalition: Education Task Force

[Educators K-Higher Education]
[Available: Nationally]
The Workforce Coalition task force will use a systems approach to engage community stakeholders in facilitating partnerships to build skills needed for the workforce.


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Contact Information


Ms. Tammy Rowan, Manager

Academic Affairs Office
Marshall Space Flight Center
HS30/Academic Affairs Office
Huntsville, AL 35812
Phone: 256-961-0954
Fax: 256-961-1521


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Related Sites


Workforce Coalition: Education Task Force

Find out more about the task force sub-committee of the workforce coalition that focuses on K-12 education initiatives identified by the workforce coalition.


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Informal Education on NASA.gov

The Informal education site provides a wealth of information and resources for those in the informal education community.


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Fit Explorer

Motivate students to train like astronauts!


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Find out about educational workshops, webcasts, contests, current events, opportunities for pre-college and higher education audiences, educational materials, challenges, and many other NASA-related activities.


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