NASA Student Involvement Program

Join the NASA team?

The NASA Student Involvement Program (NSIP) is a national program of investigations and design challenges.
NSIP links students directly with NASA's diverse and exciting missions of research, exploration, and discovery.
By participating in these competitions and learning activities, students design space missions, investigate Earth
from space, explore Earth systems in their neighborhood, and learn about the latest developments in aerospace technology.
NSIP is a wonderful opportunity for students to learn science by getting involved in NASA's story of adventure, discovery,
and investigation!

NSIP's six competition areas will engage your students' interests. Bring NASA into your classroom to support
units on space, history, math, language arts, engineering, geography, and the sciences.
Competition and resource guides support national science, mathematics, and technology education standards.

For complete details and to obtain an entry form, competition rules, checklist, judging rubric, and resource guide,
please visit http://education.nasa.gov/nsip. Any questions, email: info@nsip.net or call: 1-800-848-8429.

Key Dates in the NSIP Program
January 15, 2004	Space Flight Opportunities Entry deadline
January 31, 2004	Entry deadline for all other competitions
Mid-April, 2004	Winners announced
May 2004	National Symposium
Summer 2004	Space Camp
June 2004	Student Flight Week

National Competitions	Grades
National Competitions	K-1	2-4	5-8	9-12
My Planet, Earth	whole class	team or whole class
Science & Technology Journalism	whole class	team or whole class	team or individual	team or individual
Aerospace Technology Engineering Challenge			team
Design a Mission to Mars			team or individual	team or individual
Watching Earth Change			team or individual	individual
Space Flight Opportunities				team