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![Middle school students and camp counselors standing in front of a tree smiling.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-nasa-summer-camp-jill-gambill.jpeg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
NASA Summer Camp Inspires Future Climate Leaders
From July 15-19, 2024, the Coastal Equity and Resilience Hub at the Georgia Institute of Technology collaborated with the University of Georgia (UGA) Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant to host a week-long NASA Sea Level Changemakers Summer Camp. The…
![Two ambassadors work with NASA sunspot data on computers, graphing sunspot number versus time, and an image of the Sun's surface with spots, while completing an activity sheet.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/sunspots-copy-carolyn-y-ng.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Leveraging Teacher Leaders to Share the Joy of NASA Heliophysics
Many teachers are exceptionally skilled at bridging students’ interests with real-world science. Now for the third year, the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has brought together such a group of highly-motivated secondary and higher education teachers as part of…
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Proyecto de la NASA en Puerto Rico capacita a estudiantes en biología marina
Read this story in English here. Tainaliz Marie Rodríguez Lugo respiró hondo, se ajustó la máscara de buceo y se sumergió en el océano, metiendo primero sus pies cubiertos por aletas. Tres semanas antes, Rodríguez Lugo no sabía nadar. Pero…
![A world map with dots showing locations where over 200,000 citizen scientist observations of mosquitos have been submitted using GLOBE Observer, Mosquito Alert, and iNaturalist.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-08-20-at-9-10-50 am-theresa-schwerin.png?w=4096&format=png)
NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative Member Co-Authors Award-Winning Paper in Insects
On August 13, 2024, the publishers of the journal Insects notified authors of three papers selected to receive “Insects 2022 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Insects from January 1 to December 31, 2022. One of…
![Educators and a family do a hands-on activity together at a science center.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/engaging-hispanic-communities-nise-net-042323-72-copy-rae-ostman.png?w=4096&format=png)
Co-creating authentic STEM learning experiences with Latino communities
Led by Arizona State University, the NASA Science Activation Program’s “Engaging Hispanic Communities in Authentic NASA Science” project advances NASA’s vision for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education by co-creating learning experiences with Latino communities in six locations in…
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NASA Project in Puerto Rico Trains Students in Marine Biology
Lee esta historia en español aquí. Tainaliz Marie Rodríguez Lugo took a deep breath, adjusted her snorkel mask, and plunged into the ocean, fins first. Three weeks earlier, Rodríguez Lugo couldn’t swim. Now the college student was gathering data on…
![A barn owl flying at night.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/owl-kelsey-perrett.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Eclipse Soundscapes AudioMoth Donations Will Study Nature at Night
During the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse, approximately 770 AudioMoth recording devices were used to capture sound data as part of the Eclipse Soundscapes Project — a multisensory participatory science (also known as “citizen science”) project that is studying…
![A smiling 8-yo student holds a digital tablet that is displaying the Total Eclipse 2024 Data Story. On the tablet screen, a map shows a red dot at the location selected by the student. Underneath the map, a view of the Sun and Moon shows the Moon almost completely overlapping the Sun, with a sliver of the Sun still visible.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-04-08-total-eclipse-ds-in-action-patricia-udomprasert.jpeg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Solar Eclipse Data Story Helps the Public Visualize the April 2024 Total Eclipse
The NASA Science Activation program’s Cosmic Data Stories team, led by Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, released a new Data Story for the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. A Data Story is an interactive, digital showcase of new science…
![A map of North America with a colorful overlay that represents the amount of NO2 detected in a particular location on the map. The Data Story interface includes radio buttons that allow the user to select any available date, or one of 3 Featured Dates. A time slider allows the user to scrub through available times for a selected date.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-07-27-tempo-ds-screenshot-patricia-udomprasert.png?w=4096&format=png)
New TEMPO Cosmic Data Story Makes Air Quality Data Publicly Available
On May 30th, 2024, NASA and the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian announced the public release of “high-quality, near real-time air quality data” from NASA’s TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution) mission. The NASA Science Activation program’s Cosmic…
![A group of people engaged in a fieldwork activity at a rocky outcrop. One person is using a brush and other tools to scrape the rock surface, while another person is recording the activity with a mobile phone. The setting is outdoors with tall grass and a layered rock formation in the background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/scraping-jessica-swann.png?w=4096&format=png)
Earth Educators Rendezvous with Infiniscope and Tour It
At the Earth Educator’s Rendezvous, held July 15-19, 2024, NASA’s Infiniscope project from Arizona State University hosted a two-day workshop aimed at empowering Earth educators with the tools to design and build virtual tours (VTs). This hands-on session provided participants…