Workshop

When: Saturday, Oct. 27, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m
Where: Columbia Memorial Space Center, Downey, California
Target Audience: Teachers for grades 6-12

In this workshop, teachers will learn how to use a simple, printable card game to teach students about the engineering design process while they design a mission to Mars.

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Competition

When: Proposal Deadline: Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018
Where: Online
Target Audience: Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at U.S. institutions

The NASA Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students, or SUITS, Design Challenge is for student teams to design and create space suit information displays within an augmented reality environment. These display and audio environments are intended to

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Public Event

When: Halloween
Where: Online
Target Audience: General Public

Carve a pumpkin like a NASA engineer, share your space-themed costume and discover spooky locations throughout the solar system and beyond! These online resources will get you spacing out with NASA this Halloween.

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What's Up

When: Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018
Where: Night Sky
Target Audience: General Public

Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night this month! Find out how to spot all six Apollo lunar landing sites, plus bays, seas and impact craters on the Moon. Plus, explore related lessons for educators and activities for students.

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Competition

When: Proposal Deadline: Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018
Where: Online
Target Audience: Undergraduate students

Are you an undergraduate student who would like to gain hands-on, real-world engineering design experience while also contributing to NASA missions? Micro-g NExT offers selected students a chance to design, build and test spacewalk tools and hardware for

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Competition

When: Application Deadline: Nov. 10, 2018
Where: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Target Audience: Southern California middle and high school students

Register your school for this friendly, yet challenging engineering competition open to local middle and high schools.

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Workshop

When: Saturday, Nov. 10, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Von Karman Auditorium, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Target Audience: Teachers for grades K-12

NASA makes actual lunar samples from the historic Apollo missions available to lend to teachers. You must attend this certification workshop to bring the excitement of real lunar rocks and regolith samples to your students.

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Workshop

When: Saturday, Nov. 17, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Where: Columbia Memorial Space Center, Downey, California
Target Audience: Teachers for grades 4-12

Get students using the engineering design process to investigate the principles of flight in this educator workshop from NASA/JPL Education. Plus, take home standards-aligned activities and lessons.

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Mission

When: Monday, Nov. 26, About 12 p.m. PST (3 p.m. EST)
Where: Watch online
Target Audience: General Public

Watch live commentary and news briefings as NASA lands a spacecraft on Mars! The InSight mission is designed to study the deep interior of Mars for the first time, providing a new window into the evolution of rocky planets, including Earth.

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Competition

When: Application Deadline: Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018
Where: Online
Target Audience: Undergraduate and graduate students

This week-long space mission design competition brings students to the Caltech campus in Pasadena, California, to work under the mentorship of experts from industry, NASA and academia to design a mission concept from scratch to final proposal.

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Public Event

When: Monday, Dec. 3 - Sunday, Dec. 9
Where: Online
Target Audience: Students in grades K-12 and teachers

Celebrate Computer Science Week and Hour of Code with these standards-aligned lessons from NASA/JPL Edu that teach students about rockets, rovers and Mars missions!

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Workshop

When: Saturday, Dec. 15, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Where: Columbia Memorial Space Center, Downey, California
Target Audience: Teachers for grades 4-12

In this workshop, educators will learn how to lead students in designing a mission to Mars and determining how to arrive safely.

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Competition

When: Monday, Oct. 1 - Monday, Dec. 31
Where: Online
Target Audience: Students in grades 3-12, teachers and parents

Don't let the science and engineering fair sneak up on you! Now is the perfect time to get started on your project – and we have a video series that will walk you through it all.

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Workshop

When: Saturday, Jan. 12, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Where: Columbia Memorial Space Center, Downey, California
Target Audience: Teachers for grades 4-12

Participants will explore force and motion in the design of small, rubber-band-powered rovers that engage students in the engineering design process.

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What's Up

When: Monday, Jan. 21, Totality at 9:12 p.m. PST
Where: Total eclipse visible in North and South America and western parts of Europe and Africa
Target Audience: General Public

A total lunar eclipse and "supermoon" will grace the skies on Jan. 21, 2019. Find out how to watch and what causes a lunar eclipse and supermoon – plus explore related activities for students and lessons for educators.

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Contest

When: Contest Deadline: Friday, Feb. 8, 2019 at 5 p.m. PST
Where: Online
Target Audience: Grade 5-12 classrooms and students

Get to know three of the solar system's most fascinating moons, choose one you would want to study further and defend your choice in an essay of up to 500 words.

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Workshop

When: Saturday, Feb. 23, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Where: Columbia Memorial Space Center, Downey, California
Target Audience: Teachers for grades K-12

Explore the growing field of astrobiology with these NASA/JPL lessons all about the science of searching for life beyond Earth!

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Public Event

When: Friday, Mar. 8 - Saturday, Mar. 16
Where: Online
Target Audience: K-12 students and educators, parents, museums, science centers and planetariums

Discover exciting ways to celebrate Pi Day with NASA, including free online resources and downloads for teachers, parents and institutions, plus challenges for students that get them using pi like NASA scientists and engineers.

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Workshop

When: Saturday, Mar. 23, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Where: Columbia Memorial Space Center, Downey, California
Target Audience: Teachers for grades 5 -12

In this free workshop, teachers will learn how to get students using NASA Earth-satellite data to create models and examine short- and long-term climate trends.

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Internship

When: Application Deadline: Monday, April 1, 2019 at 5 p.m. PDT
Where: Online
Target Audience: Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Apply now for an out-of-this-world summer internship in science, technology, engineering or mathematics at the leading center for robotic exploration of the solar system.

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Internship

When: Ongoing
Where: Online
Target Audience: Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Internship opportunities at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are available all year long for students in science, technology, engineering and math fields. Apply today!

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Public Event

When: Ongoing
Where: Multiple Locations
Target Audience: General Public

Find a calendar of upcoming astronomy events across the country that bring the science, technology and inspiration of NASA missions to the general public.

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Public Event

When: Ongoing
Where: Sign up online
Target Audience: Educators, Parents and Students

Sign up to receive updates from NASA and STEM organizations about workshops, student and educator opportunities, special events, professional development and other announcements.

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Workshop

When: Ongoing
Where: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Target Audience: Formal and Informal Educators

The NASA/JPL Educator Resource Center provides free math and science teaching materials, training workshops and hands-on demonstrations to both formal and informal educators.

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