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Other

Galactics: Satellite Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed glossary of terms related to satellites.
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Article
DOGO Media

Dogo News: Quest to Find a Solution to Clean Space Junk

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the problem of litter in space. Includes video.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Image Science Center: Ask the Space Scientist

For Students 9th - 10th
A NASA scientist, Dr. Sten Odenwald, answers many students' questions. Topics include planets, galaxies, black holes, the origin of the universe, and common misconceptions about space.
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Website
Government of Canada

Canadian Space Agency: International Space Station

For Students 9th - 10th
The Canadian Space Agency presents Canada?s partnership in the International Space Station that is orbiting the globe. Canada's contribution is explained and facts about the mission are explained with graphs and pictures. This site...
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Website
Government of Canada

Canada Space Agency: Satellites

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides educational information on Canada's satellites.
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Website
Government of Canada

Canadian Space Agency: Cloud Sat Looking at Clouds in 3 D

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the mission of ClourSat, a satellite that will gather data as part of a comprehensive study of clouds to help develop a better understanding of the effect of clouds on climate . It will examine their structure, frequency and...
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NASA

Nasa Star Child: Space Stations

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site provides a description of what a space station is and what it is used for. There are also brief descriptions of Mir and Skylab.
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Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: Dark Matter (Level 1)

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site provides a description of "dark matter" and how scientist study it.
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Website
NOAA

Noaa: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the homepage and online publication of National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which provides weather and environmental-related news from around the world.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Galileo Project Information

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the homepage of all of the archived information about and from the Galileo Mission. Included is data from the flybys of Venus, Earth, Moon, and Asteroids Gaspra and Ida, as well as the current data from Jupiter and its moons. See...
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Other

The Space Race

For Students 9th - 10th
Although the space race was originally a competition between two Cold War foes,it ultimately resulted in many benefits for the people of the Earth. Find information on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo, and Soviet space programs,...
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PBS

Pbs: El Nino

For Students 9th - 10th
You can link to the anatomy of El Nino, chasing El Nino, and El Nino's reach. There is a resource page and a search page.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Launching a Satellite

For Students 6th - 8th
Do you think you could fire an "unpowered" object into orbit? By controlling the angle and speed at which the satellite is launch, students will try to launch a satellite into space with this computer model. Activity includes questions...
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Handout
Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 kids.com: Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Space can be explored in many different ways. Read about space exploration and click on the topics on the right margin to find out how man finds out about his universe.
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eBook
NASA

Nasa: Kepler and His Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides biographical details about the lives of Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. Discusses Kepler's successes at developing laws of planeatry motion. States the three laws and discusses each one individually....
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Handout
Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Exploration: Satellites

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about satellites .. early history, manned and unmanned, different kinds of orbits, and more. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
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Handout
Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Beyond Earth's Orbit

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the different satellites that are probing the solar system on the website. Also included is a video that explores Astrobiology.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Missions: Jupiter: Pioneer 11

For Students 9th - 10th
Following closely after Pioneer 10, this was the second mission to visit Jupiter. This website provides background information about the mission and links to more detailed data.
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Rice University

Galileo Project: Longitude at Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Galileo Project of the Rice University provides an in-depth look at the historic problems figuring out longitude. Links are provided throughout this article along with pictures, making this a great site to check out.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Annotating Change in Satellite Images

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This chapter walks you through a technique for documenting change detected in before-and-after sets of satellite images. The technique can be used for any set of images that show the same area at the same scale at different times.
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Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Apollo 11 Walking on the Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive website about the space race.
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Other

Galactics: Types and Uses of Satellites

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes nine types of satellites and how they are used.
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Website
The Tech Interactive

Tech Museum: The Satellite Site!

For Students 9th - 10th
An engaging look at satellites! What they are, what they do, and how they orbit. One interactive activity is building three different types of satellites.
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Other

Astromador: Astronomia Para Amadores

For Students 9th - 10th
This resources focuses exclusively on astronomy. It's packed with historical facts about space exploration, famous people who pioneered the study of stars and planets. It features chronological list of space exploration, current news,...