Past Precollege Outreach Events

• Model Airplane Contest
  Coordinated by retired member, George Xenakis, this continuing event allows the young and young-at-heart to participate in an model airplane building contest that tests accuracy, time aloft, distance, and aesthetic design. Contests are held quarterly at Moffett’s Hangar One. For more information regarding practice times and contest dates, contact George Xenakis at (408) 448-5162. For pictures of original designs and more current information check out the Free Flight website at http://www.boardsailor.com/freeflight/ModelFlyingHangar1.html.
  
   
  Pennyplane and contestant
  

"Workshop for Teachers"

 in conjunction with

 Science & Technology Conference 2000

When?  Saturday, March 4. 2000

Where?  IBM Almaden Research Center

Who? This Conference is most appropriate for upper elementary, middle school, and high school levels, but all teachers are welcome to attend.

What?  A listing of topics, workshops, tours, and demos can be found at:  http://www.bayscenes.com/np/exp2100

• 1999 AIAA/NASA Teacher Workshops

Recent Workshop at Loral

1999 Essay Contest

Held each year to commemorate Apollo 11’s first manned landing on the moon, this year’s contest addresses the theme: "As a Settler on the Moon in the Year 2029, What Will the Moon Be Like?” (students are encouraged to address type of settlements, job opportunities, recreation, etc.)

Read the winning essays from last year and see a photograph of the winning 7th and 8th graders by clicking:

Essays of 10th Annual Essay Contest Banquet Volunteers are needed each year to judge essays on originality and realism of ideas presented, soundness of logic used to develop ideas, and quality of composition and clarity of expression. Winners are honored at an Annual Awards Banquet held in July where U.S. Savings Bonds, calculators, and AIAA seals flown in space are among the prizes. Next year’s contest is scheduled to begin in March of 1999.

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• 1999 Galileo Memorial Scholarship

Established as a collaborative effort between NASA Ames Research Center and AIAA San Francisco, this annual Scholarship Program is held as a memorial to the NASA men who perished on the Ames Galileo I aircraft on April 12, 1973. Open to high school seniors who intend to pursue a career in engineering, mathematics, or physical or natural sciences, one $2,750 scholarship and four $500 scholarships are awarded each year.

Read about the recipients this year by clicking:

1999 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

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