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Space Station Do-It-Yourself Podcast Module
With cool NASA video and images, you and your students can build a podcast about the orbiting laboratory.
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Space Math VII
Explore space science with this collection of mathematical problems for students.
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Ocean Motion →
Bring a comprehensive review of the surface circulation of Earth’s ocean into your classroom with this website that features lesson plans and quizzes.
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Asteroids Between Mars and the Sun
In this lesson, students use a plot to determine the number of minor planets on this side of the asteroid belt.
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Creating Color Pictures Using NASA's WISE Images →
These step-by-step instructions explain how to create a color picture using images from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer space telescope.
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The History and Discovery of Asteroids →
In this standards-aligned module, students explore the sequence of events that led to the Dawn mission to Vesta and Ceres in the asteroid belt.
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Transit Tracks →
In this activity, students learn what a transit is and what effects a planet's size and distance from its star have on transit behavior.
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Spacewalk Training
In this Math and Science @ Work advanced statistics activity, students evaluate pressures experienced by astronauts during underwater training.
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Sun-Earth Day Activities for Grades 9-12 →
This collection of lesson plans and easy-to-do activities are just the "hook" needed to bring the science of space weather to the classroom.
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STEM Through the Eyes, Ears and Heart of a Woman
Each Wednesday in March, NASA's Digital Learning Network is hosting a webcast that features a high school senior from NASA's WISH project.
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Electromagnetic Math
These mathematical problems and activities investigate waves and the electromagnetic spectrum.
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1958: Project Mercury Begins
Learn how NASA determined the best shape for the first manned space capsules. This series includes a video clip, audio clip and teachers guide.
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Microgravity Effects on Human Physiology
Math and Science @ Work presents two free-response questions about spaceflight's effects on the body for advanced high school biology students.
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NASA y Tú
Help engage students and encourage STEM studies with this site from NASA and Univision. Videos and activities are available in Spanish and English.
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Do-It-Yourself Podcast: Microgravity
Students can build their own podcasts using NASA video clips, audio clips and images that showcase the unique environment of microgravity.
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Exploring Space Through Algebra: Orion
Students apply mathematics to decompose a cross section of Orion to estimate its area. They then make predictions concerning the vehicle's volume.
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Next Generation Spacecraft
In this real-world application, students use integration to find the volume of the Orion Crew Module -- NASA's newest spacecraft.
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Evidence of Change Near the Arctic Circle →
In this MY NASA DATA lesson, students analyze graphs as evidence and draw a conclusion about polar climate change.
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Math and Science @ Work: Oxygen Generator System
This advanced chemistry activity teaches students about the space station system that uses electrolysis to produce breathable oxygen for the crew.
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X-1 Paper Glider Kit
This NASA educational brief, featuring the X-1, investigates the basics of flight with a paper model of the first supersonic aircraft.