NASA: Education: Page 2

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

A mixture of space-related images and programs which will help you visualize the Solar System and NASA space missions using computer graphics.A solar system simulator lets you view any body in the solar system from any other. There are maps and images of the surfaces of planets, and accurately-rendered star backgrounds that include up to one million stars.

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

Is Star Trek really a science show? Could people really DO the fantastic things they do on the Star Trek programs?

Your Personal Offline Search Engine; A NASA/JSC Learning Technologies Project that is particularly useful for the vision-impaired.

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.

Oceans, climate, and satellite altimetry resources for kids, teachers, and the general public.

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

An award-winning series of instructional programs designed to enhance the teaching of math, science and technology concepts in grades 5-8; establishes the "connection" between the mathematics, science, and technology concepts taught in the classroom and NASA research.

Educators across the U.S. are being offered a unique opportunity to explore how technology can be used as a tool to transform learning. NASA's Mobile Aeronautics Education Laboratory (MAEL) eases students and teachers into the "classroom of tomorrow" by bringing a technology-assisted classroom to their hometown.