TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Life in Space: The International Space Station
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Beyond the Milky Way
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...
NASA
Sci Jinks: Meet Goes R
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.
Science Struck
Science Struck: The Concept of Negative Energy in Physics Simplified
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: First Grade Science: Telescopes
[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.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How to Build a Dark Matter Detector
Jenna Saffin describes how a dark matter detector works.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Universe May Disappear From View
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.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Chemistry in Space
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.
NASA
Nasa: Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
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
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Space Age Living: Building the Iss
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.
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota: Animal Astronauts
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.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Nasa Timeline
This interesting NASA timeline provides the dates and facts about the important events and people involved in space exploration in the United States.