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Solar Cell Energy Availability From Around the Country →
04.27.10 - In this lesson, by analyzing differences in incoming solar radiation graphs, students determine areas of the country that are most likely to produce solar energy.
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Trash or Treasure
04.20.10 - Students investigate the important characteristics of a successful ecosystem in this problem-based learning activity.
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Solar Storms and Satellite Orbit Decay
Students use graphing to compare the sunspot cycle with the record of satellites re-entering the atmosphere and determine if there is a correlation.
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NASA Education Spacesuits and Spacewalks Website
Learn about spacesuits and how they have evolved. Meet people who design, build and work with them.
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Pop! Rockets
03.30.10 - Students stomp on a 2-liter bottle and force the air inside through connected plastic pipes to propel a paper rocket.
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Students Prove Visit to Ames Was Not a “Drag”
03.24.10 - Thirteen year old Ajay Ramesh and twelve year old Prithvi Aiyaswamy, two seventh grade boys from Chaboya Middle School, San Jose, Calif., were so excited about their visit to the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., that they could barely sleep the night before their visit.
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Solar Storm Timeline
03.16.10 - Students interpret a timeline table to extract information about a solar storm by adding and subtracting time.
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DIY Podcast: Fitness
02.17.10 - Flex your creative muscle and make your own podcast about staying fit, even in space.
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Exploring Space Through Algebra: Space Shuttle Ascent
02.02.10 - Students create scatter plots to interpret linear and quadratic data relating to a space shuttle flight during the ascent phase.
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Dancing Lights
01.26.10 - An activity for grades 3-5 encourages students to be creative as they explore the beauty, science and mythology of auroras.
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Reaping Rocks
01.26.10 - Students classify rocks from their neighborhoods to predict the origins of moon rocks.
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Solar System Beads →
Students calculate and build a scale-model solar system with beads and a string.
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Five Tips for a Space-Smart 2010
12.30.09 - The NASA/JPL Education Office is ringing in the New Year with some educational tips for students, educators and families.
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Comparison of Snow Cover on Different Continents →
In this lesson, students use scientific data to form maps and a numerical text file of snow cover for each continent on a particular date.
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Field Trip to the Moon: Informal LRO/LCROSS Edition
12.15.09 - 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.
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Collecting Electromagnetic Radiation Unit
12.08.09 - Three activities demonstrate how electromagnetic radiation is collected and detected with mirrors, lenses and infrared detectors. The activity includes a student sheet.
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Holiday Greetings from the International Space Station
Season's greetings are offered by International Space Station Commander Jeff Williams in a special video message.
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Healthy Choices Module
12.01.09 - Students answer the question "How can humans remain healthy while on extended space missions?"
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Getting Dirty on Mars
10.20.09 - In this lab activity, students compare Earth soil to simulated Martian soil. Students collect and examine soil samples, just as NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission collects samples on the Red Planet.
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Pinwheel Activity Demos Jupiter's Great Red Spot
10.15.09 - To celebrate the Galileo mission's 20th anniversary, we've pulled a favorite fun activity from the archives: The Great Red Spot Pinwheel.
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