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| | 1902 Glider Poster
This poster describes the steps the Wright brothers took that led to the development of the 1902 glider.
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| | 3-2-1 Pop! -- Grades K-12
This lesson plan includes an activity in which students build film canister rockets powered by antacid tablets to demonstrate how liftoff is an application of Newton's Laws of Motion. | |
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| | 757 Glider Kit -- Grades 5-12
Use these problem solving challenges and build a paper model of a 757 glider.
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| | A Key to Discovery Poster
Use this NASA educational poster to teach about research on the international space station. | |
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| | Abrasion Tester -- Grades 5-12
In this activity, students use a homemade rock tumbler to measure the abrasion of fabrics and other suit materials exposed to simulated Martian sediment. | |
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| | Absorption and Radiation -- Grades 5-9
This activity demonstrates the effect of various colors, reflective surfaces and different materials on radiant heat absorption and heat radiation. | |
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| | Altitude Tracking -- Grades 5-12
In this science and geometry activity, students build a tracking device that will measure the altitude a rocket achieves during flight.
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| | Amateur Radio on the ISS Lithograph
This is about students communicating with astronauts on the international space station.
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| | Antacid Tablet Race -- Grades K-12
This lesson plan includes an activity in which students compare the reaction rates of effervescent antacid tablets under different conditions. | |
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| | Apollo 17 View of Earth Lithograph
This picture of the Earth was taken by the crew of Apollo 17.
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| | Apollo Landing Sites -- Grades 4-12
In this activity, students learn about the locations and geology of the six Apollo landing sites. | |
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| | Asteroids Lithograph
A picture of Eros and information about asteroids can be found on this lithograph.
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| | Astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin Arrive on the Moon -- Grades 5-12
Watch film footage of the first moon landing accompanied by photographs and audio clips from Apollo 11. | |
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| | Astronauts Work Aboard the Command Module -- Grades 5-12
Watch footage of some of the tasks astronauts performed on the Apollo 11 command module during their three-day trip to the moon. | |
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| | Balloon Staging -- Grades 5-12
This activity demonstrates multistage rockets using balloons; then it has students engineer their own designs for multistage rockets. | |
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| | Barbara Morgan, Educator Astronaut Poster -- Grades K-12
The first Educator Astronaut shares words of inspiration on this full-color poster. | |
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| | Bending Under Pressure -- Grades 5-12
In this activity, students will observe how an external joint in a spacesuit arm segment increases the bendability of the segment. | |
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| | Bottle Rocket -- Grades 5-12
Construct and launch a simple bottle rocket made from a two-liter soda bottle. | |
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| | Bottle Rocket Launcher -- Grades 5-12
Construct a rocket launcher to use with two-liter bottle rockets. | |
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| | Brief History of Rockets
This brief history outlines how today's rockets are natural outgrowths of thousands of years of experimentation and research on rockets and rocket propulsion. | |
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| | Build It With Spacewalks Poster
Use the activities on the back of this poster to teach the technology behind space suits. | |
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| | Catch the Wind: Oceans, Atmosphere And Climate -- Grades 9-12
Learn how the interaction between the oceans and the atmosphere affect the Earth's weather. | |
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| | Clay Lava Flows -- Grades 4-12
In this activity, students will use clay to simulate surface lava flows. | |
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| | Comet Lithograph
Pictures and information about comets can be found on this lithograph.
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| | Consider a Career in Aerospace Poster
Encourage young women to pursue careers in mathematics, science, engineering and technology with this poster.
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| | CORE Brochure
This describes NASA educational multimedia materials available through CORE and how to obtain a catalog.
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| | Dawn Mission Events Calendar -- Grades K-12
The six-year Dawn Mission Events Calendar highlights major events that will take place during the mission to the asteroid belt. | |
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| | Diameter of the Moon -- Grades 4-12
Students calculate the diameter of the moon using proportions. | |
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| | Different Gravity -- Grades 5-12
In this activity, students can simulate microgravity using household items. | |
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| | Differentiation -- Grades 4-12
In this activity, students will use common household objects to discover how minerals separate from each other in a magma ocean. | |
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| | Distance to the Moon -- Grades 4-12
Students calculate the distance between scale models of Earth and the moon. | |
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| | Earth and Space Science Explorers Poster -- Grades K-12
NASA Earth and space science explorers include people of all ages who use NASA science and technology to explore from planet Earth to the far reaches of the universe. | |
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| | Earth Lithograph
Pictures and information about Earth can be found on this lithograph.
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| | EarthKAM Bookmark
View this bookmark for information about EarthKAM - students controlling a camera on the international space station.
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| | Earth's Moon Lithograph
Pictures and information about Earth's moon can be found on this lithograph.
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| | Engineering Design Challenge Flier -- Grades K-12
Design, analyze, build and evaluate a plant growth chamber. Then plant basil seeds that have been exposed to the environment of space. | |
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| | Exploring the Moon Educator Guide -- Grades 4-12
These activities explore features of the moon and discoveries from the days of the Apollo missions.
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| | Extra-Credit Problems in Space Science -- Grades 7-9
This educator guide contains a collection of mathematics and reading activities that explore the sun-Earth system. | |
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| | For Educators on NASA.gov Flier
The five sections of the For Educators area of the NASA.gov Web site include resources and news for the education community. | |
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| | Four Easy Ways to Obtain NASA Educational Materials Flier
Learn how to obtain NASA curriculum support materials in four convenient ways. | |
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| | Galilean Moons of Jupiter Lithograph
Pictures and information about Jupiter's moons can be found on this lithograph.
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| | Getting the Right Fit -- Grades 5-12
In this activity, students experience the complex measurement process used in sizing a spacesuit arm to fit different wearers. | |
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| | Investigating the Climate System - Energy
Explore Earth temperatures and what affects them in this module for 9-12.
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| | Impact Craters -- Grades 4-12
In this activity, students will simulate meteorites crashing into the surface of the moon to determine the factors affecting the appearance of impact craters and ejecta. | |
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| | Impact Resistance Tester -- Grades 5-12
In this activity, students will simulate the impact of a micrometeoroid and test the resistant of materials to that impact. | |
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| | Importance of Mathematics in Space Exploration: Calculating a Rendezvous -- Grades 9-12
A big difference exists between waiting to meet a bus and meeting a spacecraft in orbit around Earth. See how mathematics is used in rendezvous during spaceflight. | |
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| | Interconnection of Earth's Systems -- Grades 9-12
Learn how a car engine and Earth science events are each part of systems. | |
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| | International Space Station: The First Step In Exploration Poster -- Grades K-12
This poster features basic facts about the International Space Station and activities related to robotic and engineering design. | |
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| | International Toys in Space Video Resource Guide
Use activities about toys in space to enhance hands-on science and mathematics lessons. | |
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| | Is There Water on Mars? Educator Guide
Investigations in this guide explore the question of whether there is water on Mars.
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| | Jupiter Lithograph
Pictures taken by NASA spacecraft and information about Jupiter can be found on this lithograph.
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| | Keeping the Pressure On -- Grades 5-12
In this activity, students can demonstrate one method for creating a workable pressure inside a spacesuit. | |
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| | Keeping Your Cool -- Grades 5-12
In these activities, students construct a cooling system for a spacesuit. | |
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| | Kepler Mission Star Field Lithograph -- Grades All
This lithograph features an image of the star field that the Kepler spacecraft will observe during its four-year mission. The back provides information about the star field. | |
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| | Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud Lithograph
Pictures and information about the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud can be found on this lithograph.
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| | Launch a Career in Engineering Bookmark
Use the resources on this bookmark to access career information about engineering.
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| | Launch Vehicle Family Album
This "family photo album" of NASA launch vehicles contains samples of historic rockets, modern rockets and concept designs. | |
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| | Lava Layering -- Grades 4-12
In this activity, students learn about the stratigraphy, or rock layering, of lava flows produced by multiple eruptions. | |
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| | Learning to Fly: The Wright Brothers' Adventure
This educator guide has information about Wilbur and Orville Wright and activities for building gliders.
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| | Life Support Systems -- Grades 4-12
In this activity, students design and build models of life support systems for a settlement on the moon. | |
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| | Living With a Star Educator Guide
This is a quick reference to resources for sun-Earth educational materials.
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| | Lunar Biosphere -- Grades 4-12
In this activity, students build a lunar biosphere that is a balanced, self-enclosed living system able to run efficiently over a long period of time. | |
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| | Lunar Land Use -- Grades 4-12
In this activity, students design a settlement on the moon that is suitable, feasible and beneficial. | |
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| | Lunar Landing Sites -- Grades 4-12
In this activity, students design a spacecraft for travel to and from the moon. Then they choose a suitable lunar landing site. | |
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| | Lunar Module in Space -- Grades 5-12
View the launch of Apollo 11 and watch as the command and lunar modules dock shortly after leaving Earth orbit for the moon. | |
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| | Lunar Plant Growth Chamber Educator Guide -- Grades 9-12
In this unit, high school students participate in the engineering design process, in which they will build and evaluate a lunar plant growth chamber of their own design. | |
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| | Lunar Roving Vehicle -- Grades 4-12
In this activity, students construct a model of a lunar roving vehicle. | |
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| | Lunar Surface -- Grades 4-12
In this activity, students make a model of the moon's surface and consider the geologic processes and rocks of each area. | |
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| | Mars Lithograph
Pictures and information about Mars can be found on this lithograph.
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| | Mars -- The Red Planet Poster -- Grades K-12
The journey to Mars begins in the classroom. | |
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| | Mercury Lithograph
Pictures and information about Mercury can be found on this lithograph.
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| | Meteors and Meteorites Lithograph
Pictures and information about meteors and meteorites can be found on this lithograph.
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| | Microgravity Educator Guide
These activities enable students to experiment with the forces and processes of microgravity.
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| | Micrometeoroids and Space Debris -- Grades 5-12
In these activities, students simulate the effects of high-speed micrometeoroid impacts. | |
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| | Moon Anomalies -- Grades 4-12
In this activity, students will prepare written and oral presentations to debate one of four inconsistencies of the moon. | |
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| | Moons of Saturn Lithograph
Pictures and information about moons of Saturn can be found on this lithograph.
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| | Moons of the Solar System Lithograph
Pictures and information about the major moons of the solar system can be found on this lithograph.
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| | NASA Space Grant Contacts Directory
This publication has contacts for the NASA Space Grant College and Fellowship Program.
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| | NASA Explorer Schools Brochure
Learn how your school can become a NASA Explorer School. | |
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| | NASA Student Opportunities Podcast Brochure -- Grades 9-Postsecondary
Learn how to access NASA's free podcast for high school and college students. Each episode features interviews with students who have participated in NASA projects. | |
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| | Neptune Lithograph
Pictures of Neptune and information about the planet can be found on this lithograph.
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| | Newton Car -- Grades 5-12
This lesson plan includes an activity in which students experiment with a slingshot-like device that propels a mass in one direction, causing a car to move in the opposite direction. | |
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| | O2 -- How Much? -- Grades 5-9
In this activity, students will measure the quantity of oxygen a person needs during varying levels of activity. | |
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| | Optics: Light, Color and Their Uses Educator Guide
This guide has activities using lenses, prisms, hidden messages, periscopes and kaleidoscopes.
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| | Our Solar System Lithograph
Pictures and information about our solar system can be found on this lithograph.
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| | Our Solar System Lithograph Set
Pictures and information about our solar system can be found on these lithographs.
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| | Our Star -- The Sun Lithograph
Pictures and information about Earth's sun can be found on this lithograph.
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| | Planetary Geology Educator Guide
Study geologic processes using the activities in this guide from NASA.
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| | Pluto and Charon Lithograph
Pictures of Pluto, its moon Charon and information about them can be found on this lithograph.
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| | Pop Can Hero Engine -- Grades 5-12
This lesson plan includes an activity in which students demonstrate Newton's Third Law of Motion and experiment to find the relationship between the variables in their Hero Engines. | |
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| | Practical Rocketry
Modern rockets are more efficient than the rockets of old because of increased understanding of the scientific principles behind rocketry. | |
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| | Project X-35 -- Grades 5-12
Demonstrate rocketry principles through a cooperative problem-solving simulation. | |
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| | Reaping Rocks -- Grades 4-12
In this Earth science lesson, students classify rocks from their neighborhoods to predict the origins of moon rocks. | |
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| | Regolith Formation -- Grades 4-12
In this activity, students compare the process of regolith formation on Earth and on the moon. | |
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| | Rocket Principles
Newton's Laws of Motion form the basic principles of rocketry. | |
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| | Rocket Racer -- Grades 5-12
This lesson plan includes an activity in which students experiment with Newton's Third Law of Motion. They construct a rocket-propelled vehicle and try to increase the distance it travels. | |
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| | Rocket Transportation -- Grades 5-12
This lesson plan includes an activity in which students design and construct balloon rockets to carry a payload up a fishing line. | |
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| | Rockets Educator Guide
Teach the history, scientific principles and mathematics of rockets using these activities and lesson plans.
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| | Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System Poster
This poster describes Cassini's mission to explore the planet Saturn and reveals Saturn's beautiful rings which set it apart from the other planets. | |
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| | Saturn Lithograph
Pictures of Saturn, its rings and information about them can be found on this lithograph.
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| | Space Shuttle Glider -- Grades 5-12
This is a NASA hands-on activity for building a paper model of the space shuttle.
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| | Space Shuttle Endeavour Lifts Off Into Space Lithograph
Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off on April 19, 2001. | |
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| | Strategic Coordination Framework: A Portfolio Approach -- Grades All
The NASA Education Strategic Coordination Framework: A Portfolio Approach outlines the structure, agency-wide strategic planning, implementation and evaluation for all NASA Education programs, projects, products and activities. | |
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| | Suited for Spacewalking Educator Guide -- Grades 5-12
The activities in this guide help students understand the history and technology behind spacesuits. | |
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| | Taking the Measure of the Universe Poster
This poster and activities are designed to make the use of measurement and computation in mathematics visible to students.
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| | Tensile Strength Test Stand -- Grades 5-12
In this activity, students use the mechanical advantage of a pulley setup to exert tensile forces on test samples until they break. | |
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| | The Brain in Space Educator Guide
Target high school students with these activities about NASA's Neurolab research. | |
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| | The Center of Mass of an Object: On Land and in Space -- Grades 9-12
How can gravity make something go up? Does this violate the law of conservation of energy? Watch as astronauts explain the concept of the center of mass in space. | |
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| | The Constant Pull of Gravity: How Does It Work? -- Grades 5-12
Astronaut Jan Davis explains a little about the force of gravity. | |
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| | The Lunar Disk -- Grades 4-12
Use a lunar sample disk, which educators can borrow from NASA, to bring pieces of the moon into the classroom. | |
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| | The Moon -- Gateway to the Solar System Teacher's Guide -- Grades 4-12 | |
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| | The Structure of the Sun and Solar Events -- Grades 5-12
Introduce the parts of the sun and solar events such as solar prominences. | |
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| | The Universe Is Born -- Grades 5-12
Introduce the possible origins of the universe with an animation illustrating millions of years of change. | |
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| | The Wright Way: Innovation Through Engineering Poster
Encourage students to learn about the history of aviation and aerospace. | |
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| | Toys in Space II Video Resource Guide
Use activities about toys in space to enhance hands-on science and mathematics lessons. | |
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| | Uranus Lithograph
Pictures and information about Uranus can be found on this lithograph.
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| | Venus Lithograph
Pictures and information about Venus can be found on this lithograph.
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| | What is Your Cosmic Connection to the Elements? (2005) -- Grades 9-12
A number of different processes and events in the universe contribute to the formation of the elements. This guide has related chemistry, astronomy and physics activities for students. | |
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| | What is Your Cosmic Connection to the Elements? Poster -- Grades 9-12
This poster illustrates the cosmic processes and events that contribute to the formation of the chemical elements. | |
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| | Working in Space -- Grades 5-12
Learn about the tools astronauts use during a spacewalk. | |
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| | X1 Paper Glider Kit -- Grades 5-12
Investigate the basics of flight by constructing this paper model of the first supersonic aircraft.
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