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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 151.07 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. May 30, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-151.07
Students from around the world will participate in the Odyssey of the Mind
25th World Finals at the University of Maryland, College Park, Md.,
May 29 - June 1.
NASA's Office of Earth Science provided a grant to develop one of the long-
term challenges for this year's competition. The challenge, "Strategy
Sphere," requires teams to design two devices that will propel balls
through a circular hoop. Teams will also create a device to retrieve the
balls after they are launched. All aspects of the problem solution will be
integrated into a theme about how a change in the Earth's surface, affects
the atmosphere.
NASA expects to inspire nearly two million students, parents, teachers, and
coaches around the world through its sponsorship of Odyssey of the Mind
problems by encouraging interest and learning about Earth system science.
"Odyssey of the Mind is a natural partnership with NASA's Office of Earth
Science, whose goal is to understand and protect our home planet," said
Dr. Michael King, Earth Observing System Senior Project Scientist at NASA's
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. "Exploration of scientific
principles and creative solutions through sound engineering is valuable
training and exciting to students the world over. NASA's interest in
developing a deeper understanding and awareness of Earth's complex
processes and man's impact on his or her environment is enabled by teaching
the world's students to think 'outside the box' and solve complex problems
about the environment," he added.
NASA supported Odyssey's preliminary competitions by posting Earth science
information on a special Web site. Web links were provided to assist
students in developing solutions to problems facing the Earth.
The Odyssey of the Mind program was founded in 1978. It is an international
educational program promoting team effort and creative problem solving for
students from kindergarten through college. Thousands of teams from the U.S.
and other countries participate in the program. Teams participating in the
finals advanced from local, state, regional and country competitions.
NASA's Earth Science Enterprise is dedicated to understanding the Earth as
an integrated system and applying Earth System Science to improve
prediction of climate, weather, and natural hazards using the unique
vantage point of space.
For images and information about Odyssey of the Mind on the Internet, visit:
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2004/0527odyssey.html
To access the Odyssey of the Mind official Web site on the Internet, visit:
http://www.odysseyofthemind.com
For information about NASA's Odyssey of the Mind Strategy Sphere challenge,
on the Internet, visit:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/odysseyofthemind
For information about NASA, Education, Earth Science and
other agency programs on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
[ANS thanks Jaques van Oene, via sci.space.news for the above information]
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