NASA: Education

A national distribution center for NASA's audiovisual educational materials. For a minimal fee, NASA CORE will provide educators unable to visit one of the NASA Educator Resource Centers with materials through its mail order service.

The COTF at Wheeling Jesuit University develops and conducts research on technology-based learning materials that challenge students to solve problems by using datasets and other information resources provided by the four strategic enterprises of NASA: Aero-Space Technology, Human Exploration and Development of Space, Earth Science Enterprise, and Space Science.

a NASA-supported program of the Special Studies Office (SSO) of the Space Telescope Science Institute features Electronic Picture Books

Educational portal with educator resources, scientist resources, answers to FAQ, curriculum support, and research topics about the NASA Origins Program.

The NASA Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program. During their eight-week SHARP PLUS research experiences, apprentices work with industry-or university-based mathematics, science, and engineering (MSE) professionals and engage in "hands-on" research.

Dedicated to bringing NASA people and science to classrooms through the internet. Space Team Online, Aerospace Team Online, Solar System Online, and Deep Space Online. NASA Quest is the ultimate resource for educators and kids interested in meeting and learning about NASA people and space science.

News, research, lesson plans and educational activities from NASA.

The goal of this training module from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory is to provide an aid for identifying and understanding the general concepts associated with space flight in general and deep space missions in particular.

NASA has created a comprehensive Education Program containing a portfolio of activities directed toward education at all levels, undertaken by the NASA Office of Human Resources and Education, the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, the NASA Enterprises, and the NASA Field Centers.

Listed in this area are the current NASA educational products available on Spacelink. Throughout the year NASA produces new items and revises existing products. The publication number shown with the product indicates its version.

An abundance of standards-based science education materials allows teachers, students, and the public to study the sun and solar system origins as a NASA mission unfolds.

Provides free weekly K-12 educational articles and lesson plans on current NASA projects. Printable and downloadable, these supplemental curriculum resources meet national education standards.

NASA's Earth Science Enterprise is an initiative to advance Earth science.

Education and Public Outreach Activities at the HEASARC/NASA

Interactive project designed to encourage young women to pursue careers in math, science and technology by providing as role models outstanding women working in diverse fields at NASA

This is a very exhaustive on-line tutorial approach to learning about the role of space science and technology in monitoring the Earth's surface and atmosphere. It is sponsored by the Applied Information Science Branch at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and will serve as a primer for the new user as well as a teaching tool for the educational community.

This list of astronomical resources created by the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. It is intended as a resource for users who have a general interest in astronomical topics.

Hosted by NASA's Quest Project, STO is a location on the Internet that allows Internet users to interact with members of NASA, and publish their work online. Live activities include Web chats with members of NASA.

a forum for explaining the science the satellite RXTE does, as well as striving to introduce concepts of X-ray astronomy to the public and to provide teachers with data and lesson plans that can be used in the classroom. This NASA site also includes descriptions of discoveries RXTE has made. Ages: Upper High School to adult.

Sponsored by NASA and administered by the Texas Space Grant Consortium, this program provides a unique academic experience for undergraduate students to successfully propose, design, fabricate, fly and evaluate a reduced-gravity experiment of their choice over the course of six months. The overall experience includes scientific research, hands-on experimental design, test operations and educational/public outreach activities.

Monthly calendar of webcasts for school educators and kids interested in meeting and learning about NASA people and space science.

Students and teachers are invited to join NASA personnel in studying brain and nerves in space.

A multidisciplinary resource for lesson plans, study guides, and laboratory activities for middle school to college level. Math, Chemistry, Physics, and Astronomy are all taught through the single unifying theme of the exciting world of high-energy astrophysics! The Teacher's Corner also includes information on NASA programs and opportunities.

An International Solar Terrestrial Physics outreach educational site for the general public to learn more about the sun-earth connection, the earth's magnetosphere, and solar features and interactions with earth.

This Directory is a convenient way to find NASA space science products for use in classrooms, science museums, planetariums, and other settings.Search by grade level.