Teach Briefs
NASA holding
space settlement
design contest
Design a space settlement!
Space settlements are permanent
communities in orbit, as opposed to
a place to work for a few months
and go home. Designing a space
settlement involves physics, mathematics, space science, environmental science and many other
disciplines.
The NASA Space Settlement
Design Contest is for K-12 students
throughout in the world. Individuals
or teams may enter. Grade levels
are judged separately, except for
the grand prize.
Submissions must be received by
March 15, 2014.
For more information about the
NASA Space Settlement Design
Contest, visit http://settlement.arc.
nasa.gov/Contest/.
If you have any questions about
the contest, please email Al Globus
at [email protected].
Lunar workshops
open to educators
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance
Orbiter, or LRO, mission is sponsoring a pair of workshops for educators of students in grades 6-9. These
workshops will focus on lunar science, exploration and how our understanding of the Moon is evolving
with the new data from current and
recent lunar missions.
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has allowed scientists to measure the coldest known place in the
solar system, map the surface of
the Moon in unprecedented detail
and accuracy, find evidence of recent lunar geologic activity, characterize the radiation environment
around the Moon and its potential
effects on future lunar explorers and
much, much more!
Workshop participants will learn
about these and other recent discoveries, reinforce their understa