Education
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Orbital Mechanics Educational Network
Space and astronomy education and projects for all ages.
PCs in Space
A community outreach service in conjunction with NASA, providing free software to engender interest in space and science in elementary school children. Includes detailed descriptions and downloads.
Red Rover Goes to Mars
http://www.redrovergoestomars.org/
Features a project for children to participate in the Rover 2003 mission to Mars. Includes contests, educational materials, and mission updates.
Resources from Space
http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/courses
Offers lecture notes by the University of Wisconsin from space project courses. Subjects include lunar mining and nuclear power in space.
Scale Model Communication Satellites
http://www.rossie.com/satmods.htm
Construct-it-yourself model communication satellites for educational and professional use.
Solar System Ambassador Bess Amaral
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/profiles/Bess_Amaral.htm
Need an astronomy or space program guest speaker? Bess Amaral,a JPL/NASA Solar System Ambassador, provides an informative and interactive experience for all age groups.
Space Biology
A repository for life sciences educators. It provides information and downloadable teaching material.
Space Systems Laboratory, University of Maryland
Consists of understanding how you do work in space; with people, with robots and how the two work together.
Space-Age Living: Building the International Space Station
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/spacestation/
Get the who, what, when, where, and how on the International Space Station from DiscoverySchool.com.
Student Space Exploration & Technology Initiative
http://www.estec.esa.nl/outreach/sseti/homepage.htm
Outreach program of the European Space Agency. Offers participant and project information from a network of student and educational institutions designing small satellites.