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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Here is an opportunity to sponsor a team of middle school or high school students to compete in the
 Apollo 50<sup>th</sup> Challenge. Each team will design a lunar module, use a drone to correctly place it on “the moon,” and then program a robot to complete a set of challenges to explore the “lunar surface.” The statewide challenge will be on July 20, 2019
 in Dallas, Oregon, and the deadline to register teams is March 31<sup>st</sup>. Registration is free, no experience is necessary, there will be three opportunities and a stipend for coaches to receive training, and a free or discounted drone and robot are
 available to teams with a demonstrated need. Teams must be affiliated with an organization such as a school, library, museum, after-school program, or club. More details are in the email and PDF brochure linked below. Please share this information with staff
 who may be interested. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Jen Maurer, MLS
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> OR_Sci_Teachers [mailto:or_sci_teachers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>RUMAGE Jamie - ODE<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 25, 2019 5:33 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'or_sci_teachers@listsmart.osl.state.or.us' <br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OR_Sci_Teachers] Apollo 50th Challenge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Fifty years ago, NASA took one giant leap for mankind. - the Apollo Program!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">July 20, 2019 will mark the 50<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the landing of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon in Apollo 11.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The South Metro Salem STEM Partnership, as the designated Challenge host for NASA’s Northwest Earth and Space Sciences Pipeline (NESSP), will hold a statewide challenge on
 July 20, 2019, at LaCreole Middle School in Dallas, OR.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The challenge - called the Apollo Next Giant Leap Student Challenge (ANGLeS Challenge) – includes team engineering design, flying a drone and programming a Lego robot.  The
 team that wins the Oregon Hub Challenges will earn a Grand Prize of a trip to Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">A downloadable
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PDF brochure with more information about the challenge</a> (this info is Oregon-specific) is available<span style="color:#1F497D">.  The main challenge site (national info) is
<a href="https://nwessp.org/apollo50/">https://nwessp.org/apollo50/</a>.  </span>
<b><a href="https://nwessp.org/apollo50/registration/">REGISTRATION IS CURRENTLY OPEN</a></b> and will close March 31, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Coaches interested in leading a team are eligible for travel assistance, free equipment and a stipend for participation. No experience necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">There will be Coach Trainings in
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Bend</a>, <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Fopen%3Fid%3D1LOamYLB-NNywzMg3f-l_Xte9F1Il40gE&data=02%7C01%7CMelissa.Dubois%40oit.edu%7Cf278b3f2dd10490ee35b08d69870ac70%7Cf4db50f235d14e0694e2167755273558%7C0%7C0%7C636864007038366677&sdata=IyXrrRw5eqBOiTLKRQKrYZMWBSl0la71VA0GyNs2tOw%3D&reserved=0">
Klamath Falls</a> and <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Fopen%3Fid%3D1EqrK6uids0VB9DjK_vjh2jxTAGhCcXev&data=02%7C01%7CMelissa.Dubois%40oit.edu%7Cf278b3f2dd10490ee35b08d69870ac70%7Cf4db50f235d14e0694e2167755273558%7C0%7C0%7C636864007038366677&sdata=bm9z%2F%2BSa6T63y8dtZSH9eCV9GFZ9FeEPhx9nXByff0s%3D&reserved=0">
Wilsonville</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hilda Pereyo (<a href="mailto:hpereyo@uw.edu">hpereyo@uw.edu</a>) and Theresa Desaulniers (<a href="mailto:DESAULNIERS_THERESA@salkeiz.k12.or.us">DESAULNIERS_THERESA@salkeiz.k12.or.us</a>)
 are the Oregon leads for the competition and are happy to answer any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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