Space Nutrition

GUIDE TO SPACE NUTRITON

The Basics  WHO: High school students and their teachers (9th 12th grade)  WHAT: A competition to design and formulate a nutrition bar for use in space flight  HOW: It’s all online with professional guidance, and the opportunity to work with Mattson food scientists in Foster City, CA, and attend the Innovation Summit at NASA.  WHY: Contribute to aerospace nutrition and win awards including the production of your nutrition bar!

The Competition  STEP ONE (8/1/09 – 11/19/09) 1. Register individually 2. Create/join a team

 STEP TWO – Learn how to make a nutrition bar. Look under the ‘Resources’ tab for further information provided by Mattson Inc. 1. Nutrition Bar Primer – This is a basic outline of the science behind nutrition bars, also lists requirements for the nutrition bar you will be submitting 2. Sample Formula Template – Instructions on how to use the formula templates 3. Sample Bar Formulas – Sample formulas of the four main bars referred to in the Nutrition Bar Primer 4. Nutrition Calculation Template – Instructions on how to use the Calculation Template 5. Sample Bar Nutrition Calculations - Useful in understanding how the calculations should be preformed 6. Ingredient Suggestions – This is a list of possible ingredients to use in the nutrition bar

The Competition Continued . . .  STEP THREE (11/20/09) Team nutrition bar submissions due (Nutrition bar recipe and 1 page advertisement submitted electronically. Nutrition bar sample mailed to address provided in ‘Rules’ section)

TEAMS WHO GAINED HIGHEST SCORES OUT OF 45 POINTS WILL BE SELECTED AS FINALISTS AND NOTIFIED BY JANUARY 8, 2010. PLEASE SEE JUDGING EVALUATION FORM UNDER ‘RESROUCES’ TAB FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON JUDGING MATRIX.

Finalists Program

 Finalist Acknowledgement Form Due 1/31/2010  Mattson Inc. Nutrition Bar Submission

(February 2010) 1. At least one team member and supervisor will travel to Mattson Inc. for two day program in laboratory and to produce and package a final bar to be submitted for judging panel. Please look under ‘Resources’ tab for further information about the Mattson schedule.

 Online and other Information 1. Create a video (information on team’s concept) and logo, Team profile

information (overview of team and their project for team to reach out to public and gain votes for final awards), Blog Posts (at least three posts of the teams’ journey with the competition (3/26/2010) 2. Donations received through 2/19/2010 will be applied for Conrad Foundation $1000 Matching Grant 3. Attend and Present at the Innovation Summit at NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California for a 15 minute presentation and 5 minutes Q & A (4/8/10-4/12/10) PETE CONRAD SCHOLARS ARE SELECTED BASED ON HIGHEST SCORES OUT OF 60 JUDGING POINTS AND 5 PUPBLIC VOTING POINTS (65 TOTAL). THEY WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE SUMMIT. PLEASE SEE JUDGING EVALUATION FORM UNDER ‘RESROUCES’ TAB FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Selecting Pete Conrad Scholars & Other Info  Selecting Pete Conrad Scholars Scholars will be selected by a combination of the nutrition bar judging based upon the same 5 criteria listed in round one, a marketing presentation, and video

 Receive 10,000 Nutrition Bars, Recognition Medallions, Promotional Media Opportunities, Portal Consideration, Sigma Xi Associate Membership FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND FAQ, CONTACT US ON OUR FORUMS