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NASA Be a Martian!

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NASA and Microsoft collaborated to create a Web site where Internet users can have fun while advancing their knowledge of Mars.  read more »

Impact Cratering Lab

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The Impact Cratering Lab exercises introduce a geologic process that has had major consequences for the geology of all solid bodies in the solar system and for the biology of Earth.  read more »

Moon Zoo Citizen Science Project: Crater Survey and Boulder Wars

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Help scientist do real science by helping to identify surface features on the Moon - craters and boulders. A fun way to get involved in real science using real data.

Resource Guide to the Moon for Educators

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Resource Guide to the Moon for Educators
Available from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific  read more »

Making Comets in the Classroom

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National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Comet recipe by Dennis Schatz
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/educ/docs/Comet_Recipe.pdf
http://www.noao.edu/education/crecipe.html

NASA MESSENGER mission learning module for Grades 5-8 - Lesson 8 - Comets: Bringers of Life?
http://btc.montana.edu/messenger/teachers/MEMS_CompPlanetology.php

Deep Impact Mission Education
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/deepimpact/educ/index.cfm

Make a comet representing the ingredients in a real comet. It is an exciting and relatively simple demonstration to do that leaves quite an impression on students. (MESSENGER and NOAO)  read more »

Solar System Exploration

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Teaching with Story and Song

Grades K-7
Teach about comets blending myth, story, song and hands-on activities

Make a Comet and Eat It

Grades 2-10  read more »

Exploring Meteorite Mysteries

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Cover & Title Page
Acknowledgements & Table of Contents
Overview
- About Exploring Meteorite Mysteries
- About the Meteorite Disk
- About the Slide Set
- Science Process Skills  read more »

Exploring the Moon

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About This Book
About the Lunar Sample Disk
About the Slide Set
View the Exploring the Moon Slide Set
Activity Matrices  read more »

Teacher's Guide — The Moon: Gateway to the Solar System

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