Welcome to the High School Aerospace Scholars Curriculum!

Scholars should access the Lessons link from the Scholars home page. There are 10 assignments, one due every two weeks, and a final project due at the end of the program. Lessons are graded by Texas teachers, using the rubrics at the end of each lesson.

    Each lesson is composed of four sections:

     Liftoff - Reading material, multimedia links and tutorials.

     Mission - Assignments - reviewed by science teachers according to the performance criteria (not graded) in the Mission.

     Extended Mission - Optional links and information (good sources for final projects).

     Quick Quiz - One per assignment, graded.

There are five lessons in the Shuttle to Station section and five lessons in the Earth to Mars section. These are due every two weeks- due dates listed at bottom of page.  Scholars who do not complete their on-line activities will not be invited to attend the summer workshop.

You have a final project that is due May 28, 2008, which you will submit via the Comm Link. The project will be posted on the website and graded by your reviewer.

Each assignment has a research and/or engineering design challenge and a math problem. These should be submitted as a text file in the Comm Link. Edit-copy, and edit-paste your assignment into the text box. Label your math problem. Assignments that require you to submit a drawing should be attached as a .jpg file no larger than 300k.

Please do the following for each assignment:

1. Read the section called Liftoff. It is composed of several chapters.

2. Complete the Quick Quiz. There are eight questions in each Quiz that come from the chapters. You will receive your grade immediately. These are kept in your file. You may take the quiz more than once, but will get different questions each time. Be sure that you are logged in, as it will not submit if you are not and you will have to take the quiz again to get credit when you submit.

3. Lastly, read and submit your assignment called "Mission" via the Comm Link. Review the Performance Criteria before you complete your Mission. Your teacher reviewer will send you comments within two weeks after the due date (if you submit your activity on time).  Reviewers will not review any activities submitted after June 1, 2008.

All scholars will be invited to the chat sessions in January on the Shuttle and Station, and a chat in March on the Moon and Mars hosted by a NASA engineer or scientist. See the Important Dates link. After your week and team selection in April, you will have a team chat session to get to know your team and mentor and prepare for your on-site project. The chats are all accessed through the Comm Link.

If you need help with the Homework, you may email your Reviewer for help.

For other questions please post them to the Bulletin Board (via the Comm Link) and our staff will post an answer. Students are allowed to answer and post to each other's bulletins. Strict guidelines have been posted at the Bulletin Board that you need to read and respond to before you start to use the Board.

The chat and bulletin board links are found at the Comm Link. You will need your user name and password to access the Comm Link.