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NASA

Nasa: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

For Students 9th - 10th
This is NASA's home page, with daily updates and links to the countless NASA sites. The multimedia gallery is of particular interest, containing a wealth of photos, videos, audio clips, and more.
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NASA

Nasa Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
The official homepage of NASA, the United States' primary space exploration organization.
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Nasa: Solar System Exploration: Planets: Venus

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive look at the planet Venus, with many useful facts, figures, photos, and related links. Provides an account of how Venus got it's name and a timeline of significant dates.
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NASA

Nasa: Uranus: Overview: The Sideways Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed look at the planet Uranus, with many useful facts, figures, photos, and related links.
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Nasa: Earth's Moon: Overview: Our Natural Satellite

For Students 9th - 10th
Prepared by NASA, this site provides a detailed look at the Earth's moon. The menu tabs are divided into overview, photo gallery, and facts and figures.
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Nasa: Mercury: Overview: The Swiftest Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive look at the planet Mercury, with many useful facts, figures, photos, and related links. Provides an account of how Mercury got it's name and a timeline of significant dates.
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Nasa: Earth: Overview: Our Home Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a comprehensive look at the planet Earth including photos, how Earth got its name, and facts and figures about its size, seasons, moon, atmosphere, rotation, and lithosphere.
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NASA

The Story of Echo the Bat

For Students Pre-K - 1st
"Follow Echo the Bat through Arizona and learn about remote sensing and use false-color satellite images to help you find Echo."
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Nasa: Space Place: Why Are Planets Round?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out how gravity affects objects in space.
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NASA

Nasa: Gas Properties Definitions

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about basic gas properties including motion, viscosity, and compressibility. Includes links to activities for all ages.
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NASA

Glenn Research Center: Newton's Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA presents a concise explanation of Newton's three laws of motion. Click on the highlighted vocabulary to find more detailed and illustrated descriptions. Included is a link to a movie that shows how the laws of motion described the...
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NASA

Nasa: Solar System Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Enter our solar system to interact with the planets, moons, asteroids, meteors, and more. Investigate with NASA scientists and explore missions related to space exploration. Read facts, compare statistics, look through resources, and...
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Nasa: Mars Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about the exploration that has taken place on the red planet.
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The Adventures of Echo the Bat

For Students 3rd - 8th
Remote sensing, false-color satellite images, and the electromagnetic spectrum are all covered in this fun site about Echo the bat. These topics are addressed in both a story book and text book fashion and are supported by a full set of...
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Nasa: Climate Change: How Do We Know?

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides extensive evidence of the many ways scientists have observed and recorded climate change on a rapid, global scale. Lists different events observed, such as receding ice sheets and evidence in rocks, and presents graphs, images,...
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Nasa: Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
Though we live on the surface of the Earth, we actually live at the bottom of an ocean of air. Dynamic layers of air interact with the Earth's surface and the Sun's energy to produce the phenomenon of weather. The atmosphere is...
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NASA

Nasa: Solar Energy for Space Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity book includes lessons and objectives for students to explore solar energy for space exploration. Students will play an active part in decision making for space exploration.
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Nasa: Exploring Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of energy and its role in Earth's climate system with these interactive quizzes.
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NASA

Nasa: Neptune: Overview: The Windiest Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
Prepared by NASA, this site provides a detailed look at the planet Neptune. The menu tabs are divided into overview, moons, rings, photo gallery, and facts and figures. Just click to access specific information on any of these topics.
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NASA

Nasa: Sun: Overview: Our Star

For Students 9th - 10th
A graphical representation of facts, figures, and information about our solar system's only star, the sun.
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Nasa: Eyes on the Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive experience allows users to assume different positions and vantage points in space while moving through the Solar System. Also, explore the 2011 Juno spacecraft mission to Jupiter with real-time positioning in space.
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NASA

Nasa: Eyes on the Solar System

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Are you ready to ride the Curiosity to the surface of Gale crater? This 3-D environment created with NASA mission data allows students to experience space and time. With this website students can also hop on an asteroid, fly a Voyager...
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NASA

Nasa: Imagine Mars

For Students 9th - 10th
The Imagine Mars Project encourages students to design a community on Mars in the future. Links allow you to get teacher resources, information about Mars, and examples of other student projects.
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Nasa: Why Is Carbon Important?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the relationship between atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and temperature, and how these relate to climate change. Graph and map data are used as evidence to support the scientific claims they develop through...