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Now Everyone Can Build a Satellite Like NASA: Online!
06.25.12 - Would you like to build a satellite to peer into a black hole and uncover its secrets, now you can with a new online game from NASA.
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Build a Solar Oven
This activity challenges students to design and build a solar box cooker. Once constructed, test the solar oven by using it to make S'mores.
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Exploring the Dwarf Planet Eris
In this lesson, students learn how scientists determined the new classification of planets and why Eris and Pluto are called dwarf planets.
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Transit of Venus Videos →
On June 5, 2012, Venus will pass directly between the sun and Earth. Learn more about this rare event.
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2012 "Humans in Space" Youth Art Competition →
Entries are due Nov. 15, 2012.
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Structures and Materials: Composites
In this lesson, students examine materials used in the aerospace industry and learn how researchers develop new materials for flying faster.
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Space Math VII
Explore space science with this collection of mathematical problems for students.
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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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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.