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  • The first page of the Apollo Landing Sites activity

    Apollo Landing Sites

    07.14.09 - In this activity, students learn about the locations and geology of the six Apollo landing sites.

  • A page from the Space Shuttle Ascent problem

    Exploring Space Through Algebra: Space Shuttle Ascent

    06.09.09 - Students create scatter plots to interpret linear and quadratic data relating to a space shuttle flight during the ascent phase.

  • First page of The Electromagnetic Spectrum Unit

    The Electromagnetic Spectrum Unit

    06.30.09 - Investigate the visible light spectrum using five activities.

  • Cover of Field Trip to the Moon LRO/LCROSS Edition Informal Educator Guide

    Field Trip to the Moon: Informal LRO/LCROSS Edition

    06.23.09 - This edition of the educator guide includes hands-on activities related to two of NASA's precursor missions to humans' return to the moon. Topics include lunar landforms and spacecraft design.

  • First page of Constructing a Spectroscope

    Constructing a Spectroscope

    06.16.09 - These instructions lead students to build a simple spectroscope with adult supervision.

  • Ares Launch and Propulsion cover

    New! Ares: Launch and Propulsion Educator Guide

    10.26.09 - Students learn about NASA's next-generation rockets from lessons, student texts and hands-on science activities about rocketry and the planning behind launching a rocket.

  • Basketball, soccer ball, softball, baseball and golf ball grouped on a white surface

    DIY Podcast: Sports Demo

    05.27.09 - Challenge your students to learn about gravity, microgravity, and force and motion by building podcasts featuring the science of sports in space.

  • Silhouette of a man gazing at the night sky with the words Galileo to the Great Observatories in the foreground

    From Galileo to the Great Observatories

    05.19.09 - This page features activities associated with historic discoveries in astronomy from the time of Galileo to NASA's past, current and future observatories, with emphasis on the Hubble Space Telescope.

  • Astronauts working on Hubble in space

    The Hubble Space Telescope Inspires Wonder

    05.12.09 - The Hubble educational resource site offers activities and resources for three primary themes: Hubble Careers, From Galileo to the Great Observatories, and the Hubble Walk: Spacesuits and Spacewalks.

  • Screenshot of Hubble Deep Field Academy

    Hubble Deep Field Academy  →

    05.05.09 - Examine a Hubble Deep Field image and simulate the process astronomers have gone through to count, classify and identify objects in the image as well as estimate the objects’ distances from Earth.