RESOURCES

Model Rocketry Resources

• NASA's Beginner's Guide to Model Rocketry
  The Beginner's Guide to Rockets will help you learn the basic math and physics that govern the design and flight of rockets. It looks at many different kinds of rockets, from stomp rockets, to bottle rockets, to model rockets, to full scale boosters.
  www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/bgmr.html
  
  
• Rocketry Planet
  Rocketry Planet is a world class hobby portal dedicated to hobby rocketry enthusiasts around the globe. Here you will find the most exhaustive collection of hobby rocketry web site links, the latest industry news, a library of editorial articles, product reviews, project reviews, website reviews, rocketry road trips or technical articles.
  The "hub" of sport rocketry, with links to additional vendors
  www.rocketryplanet.com
  
  
• Rocketry Planet
  The work of NASA is extensive and far-reaching. Our work ranges from the everyday operating of our facilities, to exploring the mind-boggling, outermost limits of the past, present and future of our universe.
  www.rocketryplanet.com
  
  

Resources for Educators

• NAR Teacher Resource Page
  Sport rocketry is aerospace engineering in miniature. This popular hobby and educational tool was founded in 1957 to provide a safe and inexpensive way for young people to learn the principles of rocket flight. Sport rocketry has inspired two generations of America's young people to pursue careers in technology.
  2020vertical.com/nar_edu_cd_dev/
  
  
• Estes Model Rocketry
  Estes model rocketry is one of the most popular educational activities of teachers. What better way to introduce students to the study of aerospace and STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) than to involve them in meaningful, hands-on learning experiences! For over 50 years, Estes model rocketry has proven itself in tens of thousands of classrooms as an exciting teaching aid that captures all student's interest and provides both motivation to learn and valid learning experiences.
  http://www2.estesrockets.com/cgi-bin/wedu001P.pgm?p=educator
  
  
• NASA's Adventures in Rocket Science Educator's Guide
  This guide contains 25 activities designed for 4-H Clubs, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, after-school programs, and other informal education venues. Participants learn about the history and principles of rocketry and NASA's newest rockets -- Ares I and Ares V. While doing these hands-on activities, participants also learn about Hero Engines, parachutes and surface area, altitude tracking, and Newton's Laws Of Motion. Learners can also build four types of rockets and two types of egg drops. www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Adventures_in_Rocket_Science.html
  
  
• Teacher resources from teacher and NAR member Tom Sarradet
  • STEM Model Rocketry Curriculum
  • STEM Student TARC Handbook
  • STEM Lesson #LD02 The Model Rocket
  • STEM Lesson #LD03 Laws of Motion
  • STEM Lesson #LD04 Aerodynamics
  • STEM Lesson #LD05 Rocket Stability
    
    
• NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Education Page
  NASA and the Marshall Space Flight Center strive to help maintain a strong American education system. They pursue this goal by nurturing students' interest in mathematics and science from elementary school through their college years, and by encouraging young people to consider careers in engineering and the aerospace industry.
  www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/education/index.html
  
  

Grants and Scholarships

• New AmSafe Scholarship
  AmSafe® Industries, Inc. unveiled a new scholarship program established in the honor of Brendan M. Kutler, who suddenly and unexpectedly died in his sleep on December 29, 2009, at the age of seventeen, the $5,000 annual, four-year scholarship will be open to all students who participate in the TARC competition during their Junior or Senior years of high school. In announcing the scholarship, which will be awarded annually beginning with the 2012-13 academic year, Mr. Terry Lyons remarked: "We are establishing this scholarship in the honor of Brendan Kutler, who, along with his teammates from Harvard Westlake School in Los Angeles competed in TARC in 2008, reaching the Finals and placing 13th in the nation overall. Rocketry was just one of Brendan's many diverse interests. It is in this spirit and in his honor and memory that we have established this scholarship. In an era where more often than not we hear about what is wrong with our upcoming generation, Brendan was a shining example of what is good in so many of today's young people. Through this scholarship, we hope to identify other young men and women with similar traits, values and aspirations and to help them, through education, to make a positive impact as tomorrow's leaders."
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• National Space Grant and Fellowship Program
  Established by Congress in 1988 and implemented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program (also known as Space Grant) contributes to the nation's science enterprise by funding research, education, and public service projects through a national network of 52 university-based Space Grant consortia. These consortia administer programs in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The consortia's 820 affiliates include 531 academic institutions and 80 businesses. Other partners include state and local government agencies, other federal agencies, and nonprofit organizations. Since its inception, Space Grant has awarded over 12,000 U.S. citizens with tuition assistance in science, engineering, and related fields of study.
  national.spacegrant.org/news/sg.html
  
  
• American Association of Physics Teachers - Grants, Competitions & Awards
  AAPT sponsors several grant opportunities for educators and a scholarship for an aspiring physics teacher.
  aapt.org/Grants
  
  
• Department of Defense Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship
  The Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program is an opportunity for students pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines to receive a full scholarship and be gainfully employed upon degree completion.
  www.asee.org/fellowships/smart/