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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Aeronautical/astronautical Events of January March 1961

For Students 9th - 10th
This NASA site offers a timeline of significant events in the space race during this brief frame of time, with some discussion of the prestige involved.
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Website
NASA

Nasa History in Brief

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the history of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the programs it started.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Planes in Space

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The equation of a plane on an x, y, z coordinate graph
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Handout
National Academy of Engineering

Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century: Spacecraft

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about spacecraft in the 20th century. Some topics investigated are Apollo, after Sputnik, and exploring galaxies. The resource consists of historical information, a timeline, and a personal essay by a key innovator.
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Unit Plan
NASA

Nasa: Final Shuttle Mission to the Hubble Telescope

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover here the space Servicing Mission 4, or the mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. Meet the team and learn all about the servicing project.
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Activity
NASA

Nasa: Multimedia

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA shows off images of space here as well as their interactive features: Find a blog, podcasts, interactive features and more. Download your favorite image onto your phone.
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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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Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: One in Five Suns Has Habitable World

For Students 3rd - 8th
Using the Kepler telescope, NASA scientists have estimated that one in five of suns in space host an Earth-like planet in what is called the habitable zone.
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Website
CNN

Cnn: Hubble Upgrade

For Students 9th - 10th
A 1997 CNN report on the results of a repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Video interviews with experts provide information on what the telescope has revealed about several celestial objects (Nebula and Black Holes).
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Should Man Explore Space?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson will bring young scholars through a series of activities so that they will be able to make an informed decision as to whether man should explore space.
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Interactive
NASA

Nasa: Space Place: Dsn Uplink Downlink: A Dsn Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use big antennas to send information to and receive information from NASA's robotic explorers in the solar system and beyond.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Missions: Venus: Mariner 5

For Students 9th - 10th
Designed as a backup craft for Mars exploration, Mariner 5 was refurbished for a flyby mission to Venus in 1967. This site provides basic information about the spacecraft and its mission.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Give Me Some Space

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to identify equipment and/or instruments used to explore the universe.
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Interactive
Science Museum, London

Science Museum: Rugged Rovers

For Students 9th - 10th
Design and test your own all-terrain space rover with this app.
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Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Planetary Paparazzo

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the information from the NASA spacecraft Messenger as it orbits Mercury and transmits photographs of the planet's surface to Earth.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Space Place: Recipe for an Eco Sphere

For Students 3rd - 7th
Finf out about NASA-created self-contained living worlds inside closed glass containers.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Educator Features and Articles

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
K-12 educational articles, lesson plans, and other teaching materials on current NASA projects that meet national education standards. NASA generates awareness of students' interest in space, science, mathematics, geography, and...
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Educator Features and Articles

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
K-12 educational articles, lesson plans, and other teaching materials on current NASA projects that meet national education standards. NASA generates awareness of students' interest in space, science, mathematics, geography, and...
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Earth and Space Science Explorers Poster

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This poster of NASA Earth and Space Science Explorers is great for classrooms.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Earth and Space Science Explorers Poster

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This poster of NASA Earth and Space Science Explorers is great for classrooms.
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PPT
BBC

Bbc News: Animated Guide: The Rosetta Mission

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief animated guide to the Rosetta mission allows you to see how it is going to get to the comet, and then what it will do once it arrives there.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography: Michael Collins

For Students 9th - 10th
Official NASA biography of astronaut, Michael Collins, who served on the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 space missions.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography: Edward H. White, Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Official NASA biography of astronaut, Edward H. White II, killed in the Apollo spacecraft flash fire during a launch pad test in 1967.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Place: What Is an Exoplanet?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Defines exoplanets and explains how astronomers go about looking for them.

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