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Unit Plan
NASA

Nasa: Nearside of the Moon: Apollo Landing Sites

For Students 9th - 10th
This photo of the moon shows the landing sites for Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Saturn Arrival

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource outlines Cassini's arrival at Saturn. Describes in specific detail it's approach, arrival and orbit.
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NASA

Nasa: Celebrating Voyager 1 & 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This press release contains information about the Voyager and its history. The page gives facts about the past twenty years with the Voyager and all of its accomplishments.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: 5 Terrifying Moments During the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Mission

For Students 9th - 10th
The astronaut crew had to troubleshoot a series of problems throughout the historic 1969 flight. This historic exchange on July 20, 1969 marked the end of a perilous journey to the lunar surface, but a multitude of threats still faced...
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Other

Space Information Center: Nasa's Comet Probe Stardust

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains a small amount of information on NASA's comet probe, Stardust.
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Activity
NASA

Nasa: Probing Earth Through the Clouds

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the National Aeornautics and Space Administration provides a fun activity for the subject. "Clouds often hide large areas of the Earth's surface. We can use radar to make detailed maps of Earth right through clouds or...
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Graphic
NASA

Nasa: Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

For Students 9th - 10th
Image of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) as seen at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in April, 2012. The aircraft was assigned to shuttle Discovery.
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NASA

Nasa Star Child: Space Travel (Level 1)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the history of space travel. Audio content is included as well as vocabulary words linked to a glossary of terms.
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NASA

Nasa Star Child: Astronauts (Level 2)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a description on what you need to do to become an astronaut. Learn about astronaut training and assignments. Vocabulary words linked to a glossary of terms. Printable version available.
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NASA

Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Photo Gallery: Europa

For Students 9th - 10th
This NASA page is a collection of thumbnail images of Europa taken by the Voyager and Galileo missions. Thumbnails link to low and high resolution image files and complete caption files. Images are excellent examples of various surface...
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Johns Hopkins University

Nasa: Messenger

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive website has lots of resources to help you understand Messenger, Nasa's space probe to Mercury. Everything from the purpose of the mission to the structure of Mercury can be found here.
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Website
NASA

Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Photo Gallery: Galileo

For Students 9th - 10th
A well-indexed collection of NASA images taken by the Galileo spacecraft. Images include the spacecraft itself prior to launch and all of the solar system objects this incredible mission has visited.
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Graphic
NASA

Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Photo Gallery: Ganymede

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA offers acollection of the best images of Ganymede taken by Voyager and Galileo spacecraft. Includes links to all Voyager and Galileo images and information about the missions. Full captions for each image provides lots of...
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Primary
NASA

Nasa: Apollo Lunar Surface Journal

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal is a record of the lunar surface operations conducted by the six pairs of astronauts who landed on the Moon from 1969 through 1972. The Journal is intended as a resource for anyone wanting to know what...
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Website
NASA

Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Apollo 11 30th Anniversary

For Students 9th - 10th
A look back at the first lunar landing by Apollo 11 in July of 1969. Site has links to audio clips and images from the mission and other Apollo web sites.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Edible Rovers High School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students act as Mars exploratory rover engineers, designing, building and displaying their edible rovers to a design review. To begin, they evaluate rover equipment and material options to determine which parts might fit in their given...
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Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Nasa Plans Mission to Jupiter Moon Europa

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Article reports on a planned mission by NASA to send a robot to one of Jupiter's moons to hunt for life.
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Handout
Other

Space Today Online: Nasa's Discovery Missions

For Students 9th - 10th
Survey of unmanned Discovery spacecraft missions such as the Mars Pathfinder rover and other past, present, and planned missions. Illustrated.
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Other

German Aerospace Center: Human Spaceflight Missions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the German Aerospace Center, contains detailed information on missions to Mir from March '92 to March '97 displayed in the links below.
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Website
Other

Nasa: Jupiter's Ring System

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is the main NASA archive of information on Jupiter's rings. It includes access to images, animation, and text relating to the discoveries made by the Voyager and Galileo missions.
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Other

We Choose the Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
Feel like you were right there when Apollo 11 was launched as you listen to the actual Mission Control audio from that date. The mission is further brought to life by photos and video of the event as well as a virtual animation. Go...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: Apollo Program

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site focused on all of the Apollo missions. Includes details on launches and moon landings, with charts, statistics, and images. Especially interesting is the list of "Top Ten Apollo Results," which explains the major...
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Space Shuttle Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
Basics of space shuttle operations are explained, including details of launch vehicle and orbiter configuration. Information on each shuttle Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour is included. Has video and...
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Handout
Other

Solar and Astrophysics Lab: Trace Analysis Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed overview of the TRACE (Transition Region and Coronal Explorer) satellite mission, data received, details about the instrumentation, and how to interpret the data.