Education
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- For Kids (45)
Links
Origins: Timeline of the Universe
http://origins.jpl.nasa.gov/library/poster/poster.html
This NASA tutorial follows the 15-billion-year-long history of the Universe.
From A Distance
http://education.ssc.nasa.gov/fad/default.asp
Provides formal and informal educators a resource for easy-to-use technology-based lesson plans. The lesson plans utilize the applications of remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS) and global positioning system (GPS).
The GLOBE Program
http://www.globe.gov/globe_flash.html
A worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based education and science program. GLOBE is a cooperative effort of schools, led in the United States by a Federal interagency program supported by NASA, NSF, EPA and the U.S. State Department, in partnership with colleges and universities, state and local school systems, and non-government organizations.
NASA Field Center Educator Resource Centers
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/k-4/contacts/ERCN_Field_Center_Listing.html
Contacts for educators.
Sub-orbital Space Experiment Module (Sub-SEM)
http://www.wff.nasa.gov/~nasaed/subsem_new/
Developed by NASA Wallops Flight Facility to offer hands-on flight experiences that can be accomplished in a single school year. Student experiments are integrated into a NASA sounding rocket payload.
NASAexplores
http://www.nasaexplores.com/index.php
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.
The Space Infrared Telescope Facility Education and Outreach
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/EPO/
NASA's one-stop page for students, teachers, and anyone else who wants to learn more about infrared astronomy, the electromagnetic spectrum, or simply enjoy various games and activities.
Student experiments to fly aboard future NASA flights
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/14student/
NASA has selected students from six high schools around the country to prepare and fly their experiments on future NASA space flights. Mar 4,2004 NASA news.
NASA Glenn Learning Technologies Project (LTP)
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/
Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics, EngineSim, ModelRocketSim, FoilSim, Distance Learning, educational resources, NASA WVIZ Educational Channel, and Workshops.
Welcome to Jackson and Tull's PCs IN SPACE
http://pcsinspace.hst.nasa.gov/
Freeware interactive educational Earth and space science software.
SHARP
Provides program and application information of NASA's Summer Highschool Apprenticeship Research Program. Each year, approximately 400 students will be selected to participate in NASA SHARP for a minimum of eight weeks during the summer.
J-Track Satellite Tracking
http://science.nasa.gov/Realtime/Jtrack/welcome.html
Shuttle, Mir, and other satellite tracking Java Applet which also shows Day/Night and near current weather conditions--a NASA site [requires JVM].
Solar System Exploration Education and Public Outreach Forum
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/educ/
We're the official NASA destination for educational activities and materials related to solar system exploration.