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What's an "Extra"? Every month, NASA compiles a list of educational resources related to a NASA topic. Visit each month to find new educational materials, classroom activities, games, pictures, NASA TV broadcasts and Web sites.

Image to right: NASA's Voyager 1 recorded this image of Earth and the moon. Credit: NASA

The topic for October 2007 is "Earth's Moon."

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon. His steps fulfilled the promise of President John F. Kennedy that the United States should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth. The event was the highlight of an extended U.S. program to study and map the moon. The scientific return from these missions was immensely important and included high-resolution imaging of the lunar surface; lunar samples; topographic, seismic and gravity data; and information on the lunar environment.

In the next decade, America will send a new generation of explorers to the moon aboard NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle. Orion is part of the Constellation Program to send human explorers back to the moon and onward to Mars and other destinations in the solar system.

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Earth's Moon Online Resources
Browse NASA Web pages for information that educators might find useful. Educational content may include scientific information, interactive features, games, classroom challenges, competitions, virtual tours and images.
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Earth's Moon Teaching Materials
Materials in this section include NASA Education products that support the “Earth’s Moon” theme. NASA educator guides, lithographs, posters, classroom activities, models and other products may be downloaded and printed for use in the classroom. The products are sorted by grade level, type of material and categories.
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Monthly Topics on NASA Educational Television
The NASA Television Education File segment broadcasts NASA-produced programs specifically designed for students and teachers. Tune in the week of Oct. 15-21, 2007, to NASA-TV as it features educational videos about the moon, Mars and beyond.
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NASA Educational Multimedia Materials
The Central Operation of Resources for Educators, or CORE, is the worldwide distribution center for NASA-produced multimedia materials. Programs related to each month's topic listed on the NASA Educational TV schedule are available for purchase.

Image to right: NASA develops multimedia resources for educators.

CORE offers Education Modules that are bundled by topic and may include DVDs, CD-ROMs, videotapes, educator guides, posters, lithographs, books, lesson plans, bookmarks, fact sheets, slide sets and activity kits.

Search words for CORE materials: moon

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