For Kids
Links
The Space Place
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/spacepl.htm
The Space Place is a NASA site for children and adults with fun activities and amazing facts related to the exploration of space--past, current, and future.
Cub Scout Achievements & Electives at The Space Place
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/cubscouts/
NASA provides a new feature on the Space Place website that offers resources and alternative ways to earn merits ( all approved by the Boy Scouts of America!)
NASA for Kids
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html
NASA resources and links recommended for kids.
Astro-Venture
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/projects/astrobiology/astroventure/avhome.html
Interactive, multimedia Web environment where students in grades 5-8 role-play NASA occupations, as they search for and build a planet with the necessary characteristics for human habitation.
S'COOL :STUDENTS' CLOUD OBSERVATIONS ON-LINE
http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/SCOOL.html
NASA Langley Research Center located in Hampton, Virginia , is home to the site of the Students' Cloud Observations On-Line. Learn how you and your school can participate.
Infrared Astronomy
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/ir_tutorial/
Maintained for grades 6 to 12 by NASA's Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC), this site introduces students to Infrared Astronomy and the detection and study of infrared radiation emitted from objects in the Universe.
Cool Cosmos
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/
Offers lessons and activities for infrared light. Also, includes has online tutorials, games and graphic galleries that related to this topic.
The NASA SCIence Files
http://scifiles.larc.nasa.gov/kids/inside_treehouse.html
A television and web-based project that provides students in grades 3,4,5 with the opportunity to apply the methods of science while solving real world problems.
PlaneMath
A place to learn cool things about math and aeronautics! Contains activities and lessons for grades 4-8.
Space Mysteries
In solving each Mystery, users are required to access and analyze actual data from NASA missions, including video "interviews" with real NASA scientists.
Athena
Earth and space science resources for K-12 from NASA.
Galaxy Hunter
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/ghunter/home.html
Journey to the deepest regions of space and wrestle with the cosmic giants called galaxies. In "Galaxy Hunter," students can go online and use actual data from the Hubble Space Telescope to study galaxies in deep space. [Requires JVM]