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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Milestones in the Space Program

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students brainstorm names of astronauts from NASA space missions. They are explained that the Cold War was not actually a war but pervasive tension that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union for several decades...
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Upcoming Space Shuttle Launches

For Students 9th - 10th
Updated information on details of the next scheduled shuttle launch, including mission objectives and crew biographies. A link is also included to mission reports of past Space Shuttle flights.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Kennedy Space Center Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
The official homepage of the Kennedy Space Center.
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Graphic
Maps of Mexico

Virtual Picture Travel Map of Florida

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Click on Florida and take a virtual tour of Daytona, Orlando, Cocoa Beach, West Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Key West, Naples, Fort Myers Beach, Fort Myers, St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Tampa. Visit places of interest such as the...
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Graphic
Maps of Mexico

Virtual Picture Travel Map of Florida

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Click on Florida and take a virtual tour of Daytona, Orlando, Cocoa Beach, West Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Key West, Naples, Fort Myers Beach, Fort Myers, St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Tampa. Visit places of interest such as the...
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Website
Other

Kennedy Space Center: Camp Kennedy Space Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the opportunities offered at the Kennedy Space Center summer camp, Find out what goes on behind the scenes of the work of astronauts at America's busiest launch and landing facility.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

National Park Service: America's Space Program Exploring a New Frontier

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site includes a lesson plan for teachers to use when teaching about America's space program. Also included is the history of the space program, maps, readings, images of the space program, and benefits that resulted from space...
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Article
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Johnson's Task, Unify Space Program

For Students 3rd - 8th
Russia was ahead in the "space race" in 1961. In this article, the Library of Congress discusses how President Kennedy assigned Lyndon Johnson the task of uniting the different parts of the U.S. space program into NASA.