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  • First page of Newton Car lesson

    Newton Car

    09.22.09 - Students investigate the relationship between mass, acceleration and force as described in Newton's second law of motion.

  • Mission controllers looking at a video screen during a space shuttle landing

    NASA -- Careers

    09.15.09 - NASA is more than astronauts.

  • space view of Station fire in Southern California, aug. 30, 2009

    Fire Image Offers Lesson in Space-Based Observations

    09.04.09 - What can an instrument in space tell us about the fires tearing through southern California?

  • Front cover of Taking the Measure of the Universe Poster

    Taking the Measure of the Universe Poster

    09.09.09 - This poster and series of activities make the use of measurement and computation in mathematics visible to students.

  • Cartoon image of a book lashed to the back of a rocket and words Blast Back to School in lower right corner

    Blast Back to School

    08.11.09 - Add a little space to your classroom this year with NASA educational resources.

  • Cover of Image Scale Math

    Image Scale Math

    08.25.09 - Students determine the scale factor in a picture to calculate the size of places and other planets.

  • variety of chocolate for use in edible rock meteorite activity

    Teachers, Whip Up a Mouth-Watering Meteorite Activity

    08.17.09 - A recent meteorite discovery on Mars and an edible classroom activity provide a scrumptious way to kick off the new school year with a meteorite lesson.

  • Artwork showing a developing moon and the word Selene

    Introducing a New Moon

    08.04.09 - "Selene," a NASA-funded game, guides students to see the moon in a new way.

  • First page of the Water Rocket Construction Activity

    Water Rocket Construction

    07.28.09 - Construct and launch a simple bottle rocket made from a two-liter soda bottle.

  • First page of Problem 9, Space Weather Crossword

    Space Math Problem 9, Space Weather Crossword

    07.21.09 - Students use order of operations to solve a puzzle.

  • 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.

  • First page of The Electromagnetic Spectrum Unit

    The Electromagnetic Spectrum Unit

    06.30.09 - Investigate the visible light spectrum using five activities.

  • First page of Constructing a Spectroscope

    Constructing a Spectroscope

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

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

    DIY Podcast: Sports Demo

    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.

  • First page of The Atmospheric Filter Unit

    The Atmospheric Filter Unit

    04.28.09 - Demonstrate how the components of Earth's atmosphere absorb or distort incoming electromagnetic radiation.

  • Puzzle pieces showing different modules for Exploring the Environment

    Exploring the Environment  →

    04.14.09 - Try an integrated approach to environmental science.

  • Cloud formation model

    Clouds Educator Guide

    04.07.09 - Students work as weather interns in the "State Climatology Office" to investigate cloud formation, cloud classification, and the role of clouds in heating and cooling.