Category: K-12 Education

Bringing Crewed Mission Planning to a New Digital Frontier
Jun 12, 2020
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Kristyn Damadeo
in Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Higher Education, K-12 Education, NASA, NASA Langley, ODU, Research, Rocketry, STEM, STEM Education
Bringing Crewed Mission Planning to a New Digital Frontier
VSGC Summer Programs: A New Digital Frontier
Jun 8, 2020
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Kristyn Damadeo
in Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Community College, Earth Science, Engineering, Higher Education, Internships, K-12 Education, NASA, NASA Langley, ODU, Research, Rocketry, Satellites, STEM, STEM Education, STEM Internships, Virginia Tech, Wallops
The Virginia Space Grant Consortium is now offering an online alternative to our summer programs.
2020 Pathways Flight Academies
Nov 19, 2019
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Kristyn Damadeo
in K-12 Education, Pilots
Are you a high school student interested in becoming a commercial airline pilot? Five, twelve-day residential academies will be offered during the summer of 2020 for selected students who have shown an interest in and passion for Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) and have career aspirations to become a commercial pilot.
VSGC Summer Programs
Aug 2, 2019
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Kristyn Damadeo
in Aerospace, Earth Science, K-12 Education, NASA Langley, STEM, STEM Education, Wallops
Summers at the Virginia Space Grant Consortium are busy. Our high school programs, which offer an online component, are very popular and run throughout the summer. The videos above show a glimpse of the week-long summer academies for three of our high school programs; VASTS, VESSS and Virginia Space Coast Scholars.
BLAST at Virginia Tech
Jun 21, 2019
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Kristyn Damadeo
in K-12 Education, STEM, STEM Education, Virginia Tech
At the Virginia Tech session of BLAST (Building Leaders for Advancing Science and Technology), eighth and ninth graders learned about groundwater hydrology, volcanic hazards, physics, civil and environmental engineering, biomechanics and coding.
VSGC Programs
May 7, 2019
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Kristyn Damadeo
in Aerospace, Airports, Community College, Drones, Engineering, Graduate, Higher Education, Internships, K-12 Education, NASA, Research, Scholarships, STEM, STEM Education, STEM Internships, Technology
Did you know that VSGC offers programs and scholarships for students and faculty from middle school all the way to graduate school? We also offer opportunities for educators. Download an interactive pdf here to learn more.
VSGC Innovative Projects 2019
Apr 5, 2019
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Kristyn Damadeo
in Engineering, K-12 Education, STEM, STEM Education, Technology, Virginia Tech
VSGC supports a number of Innovative Projects every year for both K-12 and Higher Education projects. This year, 12 awards were made totaling over $80,000.
Faculty Professional Development Workshop
Mar 25, 2019
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Kristyn Damadeo
in Community College, Engineering, K-12 Education, NASA, STEM, STEM Education, Technology, Wallops
Nineteen Virginia community college faculty completed the STEM Takes Flight Professional Development workshop at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility.
Technology Exploration Saturdays
Mar 20, 2019
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Kristyn Damadeo
in Engineering, K-12 Education, NASA, NASA Langley, STEM, STEM Education, Technology
The final Technology Exploration Saturday was held at NASA Langley this weekend. Peninsula middle school students and parents competed to design and build penny haulers and robotic arms.
VESSS Wins Programs That Work Award
Jan 10, 2019
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Kristyn Damadeo
in Earth Science, K-12 Education, STEM, STEM Education
VESSS (Virginia Earth System Science Scholars) recently won a Programs That Work Award from the Virginia Mathematics and Science Coalition (VMSC).