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Thermal Protection Systems Educator Guide
11.10.09 - The space shuttle and its replacement, the Ares rocket, must be insulated from extreme temperatures. Students design, build and test a system that will protect their simulated rocket from heat.
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Technology Teacher: Navigating by Good Gyrations →
11.03.09 - Use these demonstrations to show how gyroscopes help guide spacecraft through space.
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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.
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Is There Water on Mars?
10.20.09 - Investigations in this NASA educator guide explore the question of whether there is water on Mars.
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Climate Change: Educational Materials →
10.14.09 - Use these Web sites and classroom activities to bring Earth science into your classroom.
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On the Moon Educator Guide
09.22.09 - NASA and PBS's "Design Squad®" offer student teams six hands-on engineering challenges that can be used during class time or in after-school programs.
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X-15 To the Edge of Space Poster
09.22.09 - During 15 years of flight and 199 missions, the X-15 became the fastest and highest-flying piloted winged airplane of its time. The X-15 set NASA on course for the exploration of space.
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Careers @ NASA: Student Resource Page
09.15.09 - Are your students interested in working for NASA? This resource page provides information about some of the careers NASA has to offer and the many opportunities available for students.
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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?
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Astronaut Training Is Not Always "Sink or Swim."
09.09.09 - Use this resource guide and a NASA Brain Bites video to discuss density, sinking, floating and Archimedes' Principle.