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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Alma Thomas

For Students 9th - 10th
A description and interpretation of a painting called Starry Night with Astronauts by American artist Alma Thomas, the last in her Space Series. The series was an artistic response to the Apollo space program missions.
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Other

Astronomy.com

For Students 6th - 8th
Astronomy.com offers daily astronomy news, a photo gallery, hobby news, The Sky Online, telescope information, NASA mission guides and much more.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: John Glenn

For Students 9th - 10th
An open-source encyclopedic site containing the biography of astronaut John Glenn discusses his many accomplishments and contributions to the space program.
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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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My Hero Project

My Hero: Sally Ride

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the first American woman to go up in space with this brief article on Sally Ride.
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Curated OER

Nasa's the Space Place: New Horizons Mission

For Students 9th - 10th
A photo of the New Horizons mission to visit Pluto, Charon, and the Kupier Belt.
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Curated OER

Visual Satellite Observer: Mir Space Station's 15 Years in Space Ends

For Students 9th - 10th
Details of Mir's re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere after 15 years in space. Includes information on Mir's mission, configuration, and history.
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Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (Near) Discovery Mission

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the homepage of the spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker, the first to conduct a long-term, close-up study of an asteroid. The site contains information on the asteroid 453 Eros, including mass, structure, geology, composition, and gravity.
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Columbia's Final Mission

For Students 9th - 10th
The New York Times website provides extensive coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Here you can read an archive of news articles related to the disaster, and check out photo galleries and interactive features.
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Dutch Van Kirk at the Us National Air and Space Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Published on 8/04/05, the BBC interviewed three of the men involved in the mission to drop the atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. We get their viewpoints and an understanding of what their duties were on that day.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: A Small Step to the Moon, a Giant Leap to Mars

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the article or listen to the story of remembrances of the Apollo program, especially Apollo 11. Explains some of the challenges of sending astronauts to Mars.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:journey to Mars: Why Go to Mars?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the technological advancement of 3-D imaging critical to the 1997 Pathfinder mission. Make a pair of 3-D glasses and use them to view Mars images on the Internet.
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CNN

Cnn: Nasa Announces Missions to Seek Planets, Study Gamma Rays

For Students 9th - 10th
A news article about NASA's plans to learn more about gamma rays and discover more planets launched in 1999.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: John Herschel Glenn Jr Biography

For Students 1st - 8th
Interesting biographical information, fun facts, and famous quotes about John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth.
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Other

Vostok Pictures

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictures of various Vostok capsules, rockets, and suits.
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Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: What's Out There? [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an article about Voyager I and II including when and why they came about and what information they have provided.
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NASA

Hsf Outreach: How to Become an Astronaut 101

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA Human Space Flight Outreach page where Lt. Col. Cady Coleman talks about what it's like to be an astronaut and how a passion for high school chemistry led her to become a scientists and shuttle crew member. Her role on the STS-93...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: How Does Light Affect Root Growth?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson for students from 3rd-12th grades will learn to build an experiment chamber to test the effects of light on Brassica rapa roots, and compare their results with outcomes from plant experiments conducted aboard the...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Voskhod

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the Voskhod spacecraft along with a listing of the Voskhod flights that occurred and ones that were cancelled.
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NASA

Nasa: Planetary Photojournal: Jupiter

For Students 9th - 10th
Looking for images of Jupiter or its moons? This is the place to start. Pictures are available from both Voyager missions, Galileo Orbiter and the Hubble Space Telescope. Choose from images of the planet, the ring, any of the Galilean...
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NASA

Nasa: Welcome to the Planets the Voyagers 1 & 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This web page contains information and images on the pretesting, space simulation, and launch of Voyager I and Voyager II.
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Robots 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the world where robotics engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center design, build and test robots used for missions in space. This site also provides an integrated math and science lesson. [5 mins, 35 secs]
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Robots 3

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the world where robotics engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center design, build and test robots used for missions in space. This site also provides an integrated math and science lesson. [5 mins, 35 secs]
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Curated OER

Robots 5

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the world where robotics engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center design, build and test robots used for missions in space. This site also provides an integrated math and science lesson. [5 mins, 35 secs]

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