Education Scholarships

Full-time undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate students

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Pursuing certification and licensure in a Science- or Mathematics-related teaching discipline at one of the following certification grade levels listed below. Early Childhood Education (Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 3) Middle Childhood Education (Grades 4-9) Adolescent to Young Adult Education (AYA) (Grades 7-12) Multi-Age Education (Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12)

Students must be citizens of the United States

Students in the College of Education at an OSGC participating college or university listed below Cedarville University Central State University Cleveland State University Kent State University Marietta College Miami University Ohio Northern University The Ohio State University Ohio University The University of Akron University of Cincinnati University of Dayton The University of Toledo Wright State University Youngstown State University

Science- or Mathematics-related teaching discipline

All scholarship recipients are required to plan and conduct an educational project or activity under the guidance and approval of a campus advisor/mentor incorporating NASA educational materials into a K-12 lesson, series of lessons, or activity highlighting the significant collections of available NASA educational materials. Examples of some suggested topics that have been presented in the past are listed below. Awardees are also required to attend a one-day pre-service teacher workshop presented by a NASA Aerospace Education Services Project Specialist held in the Fall at the Ohio Aerospace Institute as part of the program

Scholarships may be renewable for the following year if the student's academic performance is acceptable, good progress has been made on the education research project with plans for the following year, and upon approval of the Campus Advisor/Mentor.

Required

Required

Please state below a personal objective statement discussing your educational and career goals. As part of thescholarship requirement, your statement should also briefly discuss your plans for an educational project oractivity incorporating technical material into a K-12 lesson, series of lessons, or activity highlighting thesignificant collections of available NASA educational materials. See your College of Education or Ohio SpaceGrant Campus Representative for more guidance on project/activity requirements.

http://www.osgc.org/pdf/2016-2017-EducRec.pdf

All scholarship recipients are required to plan and conduct an educational project or activity under the guidance and approval of a campus advisor/mentor incorporating NASA educational materials into a K-12 lesson, series of lessons, or activity highlighting the significant collections of available NASA educational materials. Examples of some suggested topics that have been presented in the past are listed below. Awardees are also required to attend a one-day pre-service teacher workshop presented by a NASA Aerospace Education Services Project Specialist held in the Fall at the Ohio Aerospace Institute as part of the program.Suggested topics for education projects: Robotics and Unmanned Space Exploration Space Food and Nutrition Principles of Rocketry Principles of Flight Comparing and Contrasting the Planets The Effects of the Human Body in Space Students Investigate Human Physiology in Space to Increase their Understanding of the Human Cardiovascular System How Big Is Our Solar System? An Exploration of Proportion and Scale for Algebra I Inquiry-based and Discovery Learning in Mathematics Ecology on Mars Creating a Self-Sustaining Ecosystem Newtons 3 Laws of Motion Using Proportions and Ratios to Create a Model of Solar System Exploring the Orion Spacecraft Modeling Orbits in the Solar System Newton Car Applications of Ellipses Geometry and Rockets Discovering Properties of Stars: Color, Luminosity, and Temperature