Community Events & Outreach

Women in STEM Role Model

Attention North Dakota students! March is Women's History month, and we invite you to get involved. Did you know that female students are underrepresented in the majority of STEM fields? It's time to bring visibility to our fields: let us know who your female STEM role model is! Participate in the ND Space Grant's "Women in STEM Role Model" series for a chance to be featured on our social media pages.

Educators and caregivers, this is also a great activity to do with your students! Use our editable PDF or print out our worksheet, then submit the worksheet (or a picture of it) to ndspacegrant@gmail.com any time now through March!

STEM Pals

The North Dakota Space Grant Consortium STEM Pal program allows students to submit a letter to a STEM Ambassador. The goal of STEM Pals is to encourage communication and cultivate curiosity in the fields of STEM. "Letters" can be in the form of a paper letter, an email, a voice memo, or a hand-drawn picture. Students can ask a STEM Ambassador any questions they may have about Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, or college life as a STEM student. Please fill out this form to begin correspondence.

Star Parties

Star Parties are organized as a partnership through the University of North Dakota Space Studies Department, the Northern Skies Astronomical Society, and NDSGC. They are open to all members of the public and are great family events! Feel free to bring your own binoculars or telescope, or use the ones on-site.

Star parties are held select Friday nights throughout the summer and fall and are located either on campus at UND in Grand Forks (in the parking lot outside Clifford Hall on the southeast corner of 42nd Street and University Avenue), or at the UND Observatory in Emerado, ND (located at 1652 23rd Street Northeast).

The on-campus star parties will begin with a space-related presentation and observing will follow. Be sure to join in on the special events to check out some meteor showers as well! If there’s one thing we have plenty of in North Dakota, it’s dark skies! For additional information, please contact Caitlin Nolby.

STEM Community Events

One of the goals of the Consortium is to foster innovation in K-12 students through hands-on activities in STEM. The NDSGC hosts and participates in many community outreach events. This has included partnerships with or involvement in the following:

To keep up with local and statewide educational events for K-12 students and their families, as well as national NASA opportunities, see the NDSGC Facebook page. If you are interested in having the NDSGC visit your classroom or participate in your community event, please contact Caitlin Nolby.

NASA Space Place Educator Resource Center Partner Program

Starting in June 2013, the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium has participated in the NASA Space Place Educator Resource Center Partner Program. This means that the NDSGC is part of a unique group that helps to communicate the excitement at NASA to a most important audience of educators. This is being done by displaying a set of educational materials on the University of North Dakota campus in the Education building so that pre-service teachers will be exposed to the resources available to them for use in the classroom.