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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Life in Space: The International Space Station

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the International Space Station (ISS) with information about its structure, operation and key experiments. The ISS itself is an experiment in international cooperation to explore the potential for humans to...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Beyond the Milky Way

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
When we look at the night sky, we see stars and the nearby planets of our own solar system. Many of those stars are actually distant galaxies and glowing clouds of dust and gases called nebulae. The universe is an immense space with...
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Website
NASA

Sci Jinks: Meet Goes R

For Students 3rd - 8th
A detailed resource identifying the new satellite in the GOES-R series being released in 2016. Find video clips, charts, and comics about it. Know what the satellite will help scientists study from space.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: The Concept of Negative Energy in Physics Simplified

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting and detailed discussion of negative energy, how its existence has been proven, and its possible future application in making interstellar space travel possible.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: First Grade Science: Telescopes

For Students 1st
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how telescopes are constructed and how they are used to help see the night sky.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How to Build a Dark Matter Detector

For Students 9th - 10th
Jenna Saffin describes how a dark matter detector works.
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Website
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Universe May Disappear From View

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article on the universe presents research related to the expanding of the universe and the corresponding distance between planetary objects.
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Website
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Chemistry in Space

For Students 5th - 8th
Anywhere there is matter there is chemistry, therefore chemistry is found all over the universe, not only here on Earth. In fact, scientists have even discovered organic chemistry in other galaxies.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe

For Students 9th - 10th
The WMAP is NASA's mission to make fundamental measurements of cosmology. The stream of information has ended and full analysis of the data will be continuing. Site provides the 7-year results and the top ten findings of the probe. 2010
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Website
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Space Age Living: Building the Iss

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover what the International Space Station is, what it does, who is building it, where it is and the answers to many more ISS questions.
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Website
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Animal Astronauts

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the animals who have been used in space missions, what each of their purposes were, and which vehicles took them to the stars.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Nasa Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This interesting NASA timeline provides the dates and facts about the important events and people involved in space exploration in the United States.