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80NSSC22M0006 Federal Contract Award

Agency code 8000

THE NORTHWEST EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE PATHWAYS (FORMERLY PIPELINE) BRINGS AUTHENTIC, HANDS-ON OPPORTUNITIES TO UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES IN WA, OR, ID, AND MT. WE DO THIS BY OFFERING NASA-FOCUSED OUTREACH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, STEM ACADEMIES, AND NATIONAL CHALLENGES. WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE SUCCESS AND SCALABILITY OF THIS EFFORT IN YEARS 1-6 OF SUPPORT, AND WE SEEK FURTHER SUPPORT TO STRENGTHEN AND BROADEN OUR EFFORTS. SIGNIFICANT OUTCOMES WILL BE A MEASURABLE INCREASE IN STUDENT ASPIRATION TOWARDS STEM CAREERS AND AN INCREASE IN TEACHERS CONFIDENCE IN TEACHING STEM. NESSP UTILIZES BEST PRACTICES FORMULATED AROUND THE PROFESSIONAL TEACHING AND LEARNING CYCLE. OUTREACH PROGRAMS ENGAGE STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS AND GAIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES' TRUST. NEXT, WE OFFER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT FURTHERS THE SKILL SET OF EDUCATORS, GIVING THEM THE CONFIDENCE AND SUPPORT TO EXPAND ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND RUN EXTENDED STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES IN STEM ACADEMIES AND MENTORSHIP OF TEAMS IN THE NATIONAL CHALLENGES. THE SPECIFIC YEARLY OBJECTIVES ARE TO REACH: . 30,000 PARTICIPANTS IN OUTREACH PROGRAMS WITH APPROXIMATELY 50% IN RURAL AREAS AND WITH 30% PARTICIPATION BY UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES . 1,500 STUDENTS IN STEM ACADEMIES, WITH AT LEAST 50% OF THE TEAMS COMING FROM RURAL AREAS AND WITH 40% UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES . 600 TEAMS (5,000 PARTICIPANTS) ACROSS 25 HUBS PARTICIPATING IN YEARLY STUDENT CHALLENGES, WITH AT LEAST 50% OF THE TEAMS COMING FROM RURAL AREAS AND WITH 40% UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY PARTICIPATION . 1,000 TEACHERS IN SHORT-TERM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND 800 IN LONG-TERM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR EXTENDED PROJECTS, WITH 40% IN RURAL AREAS AND 10% UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY PARTICIPATION BROAD PARTNERSHIP WITHIN THE NESSP TEAM AND SCIENCE ACTIVATION MEMBERS FACILITATES THE EXTENSIVE REACH OF THE PROGRAM. PARTICIPATION IN THE SCIENCE ACTIVATION COMMUNITY ALSO ENABLES NESSP TO PROVIDE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS PARTICIPATING IN NESSP ACTIVITIES. BY ENABLING A LARGE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN NASA-RELATED STEM ACTIVITIES, WE CAN HAVE A MEASURABLE EFFECT ON STUDENTS FUTURE ASPIRATIONS TOWARDS STEM CAREERS. IN DOING SO, NESSP WILL BROADEN THE PARTICIPATION IN STEM IN UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES. NESSP PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PART OF THE NASA COMMUNITY AND WILL GAIN A GREATER APPRECIATION OF NASA SPACE EXPLORATION AND SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE SCIENCE PRIORITIES.