Cities tend to be hotter than the rural areas that surround them. This Urban Heat Island Effect is the result of concrete, asphalt, and a lack of trees. The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program invites you to collect temperature data near you to help scientists better understand this phenomenon. Observation Dates: Now through Dec. 31

Calling all artists in grades K-12! NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, invites you to take part in its 2025 Student Art Contest. This year’s theme is “Our Wonder Changes the World” and encourages students to explore themes focused on flight, planet Earth, and our journey from the Moon to Mars. Entry Deadline: Dec. 31

The Power to Explore Student Challenge invites K-12 students to dream up a new space mission powered by a Radioisotope Power System (RPS) to any moon in our solar system. Entry Deadline: Jan. 31

Join NASA's Universe of Learning for an exciting opportunity to use real astronomical data and tools to create your own beautiful images. Capture your own real-time telescope image using the MicroObservatory robotic telescope network. Or work with archival data files taken with multi-wavelength NASA missions from NASA (Webb, Hubble, Chandra, GALEX, and WISE). Entry Deadline: Feb. 28