High Schools United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH) Statement of Work Johnson Space Center HUNCH School The International Space Station Payload office is partnering with high schools in the United States, to expand the HUNCH program. NASA personnel and high school teams will form a partnership that is designed to provide NASA with design documentation, training hardware and soft-goods as well as to inspire students to pursue coursework and careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Once a school is accepted a Space Act Agreement (SAA) will be set up between NASA and the school district. The SAA will allow NASA to provide documentation and raw materials to the school to fabricate their project. It also allows NASA to receive products from the school. The SAA has a life of three years. After the SAA is signed, the school will then be allowed to select HUNCH projects for the next three years. At the end of three years the school will have to reapply. HUNCH projects are divided into four categories: Build to Print or Pattern, Implementation, Design and Prototyping and Micro-Gravity Research and Development. Build to print or pattern projects are designed for classes that have the skills to perform electronic, welding, fabric, wood, painting, plastic or metal fabrication. Typical classes are industrial technology, family and consumer science, apparel, automotive body repair or most shop classes. Students will be given the documentation, materials and consumables to fabricate the project. Implementation projects include web page maintenance and video editing. Typical classes are Web page design, Video Production or Media class. Students will be given the materials to keep the web page up to date. Students will be given raw footage from the International Space Station along with information about a specific payload or experiment. The students will then create a Five minute video that is informative and inspirational to high school and middle school students. Design and prototyping projects are targeted for engineering design classes. Typical classes are Project Lead the Way engineering design and development or any engineering drafting class. Students will be given a part to design or a part to improve. Students will support a concept review at Johnson Space Center. This can be done in person or video conference. After the concept review the students will fabricate a prototype. Micro-gravity research and development projects are student's experiments that will require testing in a micro-gravity environment. Typical classes are science or drafting classes. Students will research, design and develop and fabricate a micro-gravity experiment. The students will then test their experiment on the Zero-gravity plane. (This will require the students to be at Johnson Space Center for one week.) Then the students will present their experiment and findings at a Science Symposium at Johnson Space Center, this can be done with a video conference. The purpose of the Science Symposium is to evaluate the possibility of the experiment flying on the International Space Station. By immersing students in the exciting world of engineering, technology, and science, they will gain real-world experience aimed at increasing their creativity, problem solving skills, in-depth understanding of engineering, science, and mathematical concepts, as well as collaboration between peers and professional mentors. At the same time, students will master competencies to meet state and national educational standards and improve their likelihood for success in their future workforces. Proposal Requirements Before the entrance into a HUNCH project, schools must submit a written proposal that contains the following sections. School Information 1. Name, address and phone number of school 2. Name and contact information of school principal 3. Name and contact information of teacher or teachers applying to be involved in the HUNCH Program (phone numbers & email) 4. The title of the course or courses proposed to be involved in HUNCH 5. Approximate number of student participants and their grade levels Facilities/Equipment 1. Description of classroom facilities where the HUNCH activity will take place 2. Description of equipment available for the HUNCH activity (example: commercial sewing machines, CNC machines, etc.) 3. Computer equipment, software, and capabilities of students (example: PC with Solid Works and students know some programming) Project Plan 1. What category of project(s) does the school want to perform? 2. How are you going to work this project(s)? Description on how the HUNCH program will be incorporated into your curriculum (example: Students will work on the HUNCH project on a daily schedule in machine shop) and will this be worked during class or as a club after school? 3. Why this project(s) will be successful? Space Act Agreement (SAA) Information 1. School District/University name, acronym and address. 2. School District Superintendent or University President/Dean name, title, address, phone and e-mail. (This is the person that will sign off on the SAA, on the NASA side the head of the International Space Station will also sign off on the SAA) 3. CATE Director, Principal, Dean or Professor name, title, address, phone and e-mail. (This is the person that will be listed as the HUNCH point of contact (POC) on the SAA, on the NASA side the HUNCH Program Manager will be the POC. The POC will coordinate what projects are being worked by each schools/classes.) 4. Type of Partnership: a. University working projects in-house with university students. b. University managing projects at local K-12 schools with university students. Please list the local schools you are expecting to manage. c. K-12 school working projects receiving directing and mentoring directly from NASA. d. K-12 school working projects receiving directing and mentoring from a local University. Please list the University. These proposals will be accepted based on the following criteria: 1) Does NASA have projects that would match the capabilities of the school 2) Does NASA have the resources to support more projects in the area of interest 3) Does the teacher have the capabilities and dedication needed to successfully participate Send proposal/questions to: ISS Payloads Customer Helpline phone number: 281-244-6187 ISS Payloads Customer Helpline email: jsc-iss-payloads-helpline@mail.nasa.gov