RealWorld-InWorld
The RealWorld-InWorld NASA Engineering Design Challenge invites high
school
students to work cooperatively as engineers and scientists to solve
real-world problems related to the James Webb Space Telescope.
This challenge is already in progress for this year, but we will be running it again next year. If you would like to get your students involved, please visit http://www.nasarealworldinworld.org/ and register.
Our website will have updates on the Spring 2011 InWorld part of this challenge:
http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/realworld.html
Individuals who are not affiliated with the Engineering Challenge are welcome to enter the universe as tourists and attend future events, which they may do by visiting www.niauniverse.org and downloading the application. Registration is free.
Upcoming 2011 guest-speaker events include:
- Wednesday, Feb. 23, 4-5 p.m. ET - Don McCarthy, NIR CAM Science Team
- Thursday, Feb. 24, 2-3 p.m. ET - Ray Lundquist, Systems Engineer
- Tuesday, Mar. 8, 3-4 p.m. ET - Paul Geithner, Observatory Manager
- Wednesday, Mar. 16, 4-5 p.m. ET - Michelle Thaller, Asst. Dir. - Science Communications
- Thursday, Mar. 24, 4-5 p.m. ET - Amber Straughn, Astronomer and NASA Post-doctoral Fellow
News
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasablueshift/5448300973/)
How does RealWorld-InWorld work?
In Phase 1 of this education initiative, students explore and design
solutions to two real-world problems related to the James Webb Space
Telescope. For this phase, participants work in teams of three-to-five
students.
Teams who complete Phase 1 are then paired with participating college
engineering students to begin Phase 2, the InWorld phase of the
challenge.
Working in a virtual world setting, each newly formed InWorld team uses
21st-century tools to refine designs and create 3-D models of the Webb
telescope.
A peek at InWorld
For more information about the challenge, visit
http://www.nasarealworldinworld.org/.
Spread the Word!
Here is our flyer - feel free to distribute the .pdf version of it.
