Location:
United States

Description:
NSIP is NASA's national competition for students in grades 3-12, designed to link students directly with NASA's diverse and exciting missions of research, exploration, and discovery. Annual competitions foster student literacy in science, mathematics, engineering, technology and geography. Teachers use NSIP to support curricular goals, spark student interest, encourage creative thinking across disciplines, and involve students in science process skills. Program information and entry forms are provided in the annual NSIP Program Announcement, available in print and via the Internet prior to the new school year. Supplemental information is provided in Educator Resource Guides available for each of the competition categories: Design a Mission to Mars; Watching Earth Change; Earth Systems in My Neighborhood; Aeronautics and Space Science Journalism; and Flight Opportunities

Entries are judged at NASA Centers, students may receive judges' comments about their entry. All qualified entrants receive NASA certificates of participation. Prizes include NASA presentations at schools; trips to the National Symposium, Student Flight Week, and Space Camp; and student experiments launched on a NASA Sounding Rocket or the Space Shuttle. Beginning in 2000, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) will award the $4,000 Thacher Scholarship to a first-place, high-school Center Winner in the Watching Earth Change competition.

URL:
http://www.nsip.net

Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
TERC
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
WT Chen & Company, Inc.

Cost:
Free

Contact:
Obtain complete information at the NSIP WWW site or by calling 1-800-848-8429.

Education Level:
Kindergarten-Grade 4
Grades 5-8
Grades 9-12

Subject:
Earth System Science
Global Environmental Change
Remote Sensing

Program type:
Contest
Student Enrichment
Scholarship

Date Added to teachearth.com:
5/1/00