Watch a series of recorded Teacher Workshop videos to help prepare you as a teacher to facilitate EXCITE. Find them HERE!

After you sign up, we’ll contact you from [email protected] about meeting with us (in-person or virtual). We’d like to meet with you to talk about the project and answer any of your questions.

Decide for your class(es) what schedule of EXCITE you’d like for them to do out of the 3 options, how/if you want to grade your students on the project, and make any other decisions noted in the teacher workshop. This project is designed to be flexible, so we want you to mold it to best fit your classroom!

Click here to view schedule options.

The only strict requirements are that each of your teams design a CubeSat, 3D print their selected CubeSat, and submit at least one Final Deliverable. Everything else can be changed as you see fit.

One month before you start EXCITE, fill out the Equipment Request Form so that we can send you your free 3D printing equipment. Less than a month’s notice is fine. Regardless though, please make sure you’ll have time to do the program before submitting this form. If/When you do submit this, you’ll be making the following agreement:

1. By requesting this equipment, I agree that my students will definitely start EXCITE, and we intend to finish it, barring unforeseen circumstances (also knowing that I can change a lot about the project to make it easier/shorter). Regardless, I (or my students) will submit the final document each of my team(s) makes, and I’ll submit the teacher post-survey to UAH to help EXCITE stay funded.
2. If I don’t submit final documents/teacher post-survey, I understand that the EXCITE online resources will still be available to me, but I may be unable to receive equipment in the future.

Use the Schedule with Notes document to help guide what your teams do for each lesson. This document will be one of your major resources. It lists what videos and assignments each of your groups has for each lesson. It also lists what the groups should be able to show you proving they completed the assignments. Videos can be found at the following Canvas pages:

EXCITE 1 – (9-Lesson Science-Geared) 

EXCITE 2 – (9-Lesson Math-Geared)

EXCITE 3 – (15 – Lesson) 

Each team should submit a copy of their Final Deliverable. The linked form has instructions on what exactly to submit. Each Final Deliverable’s execution video lists required content that must be included in the deliverable.

Here is the list of acceptable Final Deliverables:

• Formal Presentation
• Poster Session
• Online Outreach (if it covers all the criterion)
• Video Report

Final Deliverable Submissions

All pictures of the balloon launch, students having fun, students working on the project, etc. are appreciated. We need these pictures to show to MDA, who funds EXCITE. These pictures help us stay funded so that we can send you free equipment, continue improving the project, and provide help when you need it. Please submit any extra pictures you have HERE.

You have to submit a few numbers that we need for our reporting. At the front of this form is also a feedback survey. We need your feedback in order to know what issues to fix. You as a teacher have the closest look at what the project looks like in a classroom, so we really value your suggestions/criticism. CLICK HERE to submit the Final Numbers and Feedback form.