Hands-on Activity
NASA Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres (asteroids)
Posted October 26th, 2010 by adminThere are a lot of great resources for educators on asteroids and small solar system bodies on the Dawn site.
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Explore! Jupiter's Family Secrets
Posted July 21st, 2010 by adminExplore! Jupiter's Family Secrets will acquaint you with Jupiter and NASA's upcoming Juno mission! read more »
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Explore: To the Moon and Beyond with NASA's LRO Mission
Posted July 20th, 2010 by adminA set of activities available on-line on the LPI Explore! site for ages 8-13 designed for library and informal education settings.
First-Step: Return to the Moon
Moon Tune
Moon Pie read more »
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How High Is It?: An Educator's Guide with Activities Focused on Scale Models of Distance
Posted July 20th, 2010 by adminThe guide is designed to be used as single activities or combined to form mini-units. read more »
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Rockets Educator Guide (2008)
Posted July 20th, 2010 by admin- K-2 (Elementary)
- 3-5 (Elementary)
- 5-8 (Middle School)
- 9-12 (High School)
- Families
- Rockets
- Astronomy as a Career
- Mathematics
- Physics/Physical Science
- Science Literacy
- Space Exploration
- Technology and Engineering
- Interdisciplinary Approaches
- Hands-on Activity
- Lesson Plans
- Afterschool and youth groups
- Longer-term project
Updated Rockets Educator Guide (2008).
History of rockets, how rockets work, applying Newton's Laws. read more »
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Summer of Innovation Resources/Activities
Posted June 10th, 2010 by adminFor the NASA Summer of Innovation, NASA Aerospace Education Specialists have developed six 30-hour thematic units of NASA content. read more »
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Stardust NExT Education
Posted March 3rd, 2010 by admin- Comet on a Stick activity - Grade level 3-5
- Children's Activities
- What is a Comet?
- Comet Sisters Story & Activity Extension
- Extreme Navigation - Grade level 5-8 read more »
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Astrobiology in Your Classroom: Life on Earth... and elsewhere?
Posted January 5th, 2010 by adminThe hands-on activities in this Educator Guide lay the conceptual groundwork for understanding questions fundamental to the field of astrobiology. read more »
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Star Wheel
Posted January 4th, 2010 by adminMost people enjoy getting out under a clear night sky to gaze up at the beautiful tapestry of stars and planets overhead. But what if you can't tell Polaris from Pollux, or Saturn from Sagittarius? read more »
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Platisphere (paper plate planisphere)
Posted January 4th, 2010 by adminA planisphere (pronounced "plane is feer") is a device that represents the sphere of stars on a plane surface. read more »
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