Provide your students with learning opportunities of a lifetime. Challenge them to design a mission to Mars or use aerial and satellite images to determine how Earth changes over time. NSIP offers these opportunities and much more. Additionally, Grades K-2 are invited to participate in the NSIP Pilot Competition. NSIP is a national program of five competitions that links students directly with NASA's diverse and exciting mission of research, exploration and discovery.
Students submit entries that sharpen their inquiry, problem-solving and creative writing skills.
This program provides connections to national standards, state frameworks and local school curricula. NSIP is more than a competition, providing an inquiry-based approach to science, math, technology and geography education. New this year is the Flight Opportunity competition for high school students. Winners' experiments will be flown on board a NASA Space Shuttle or sounding rocket. Educator Resource Guides for all the competitions are available on the web site.