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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Magnetic Reversals and Moving Continents

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a good overview of magnetic reversals. Discusses continental drift, ocean floor magnetism, and sea-floor spreading.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Oersted and Ampere Link Electricity

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA provides a nice blending of the achievements of three scientists, Oersted, Ampere, and Maxwell. This done by NASA-sponsored International Solar-Terrestrial Physics group. Lots of pictures, diagrams, and scientific explanation. Good...
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eBook
NASA

Nasa: Newton's Theory of "Universal Gravitation"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by NASA, discusses the thinking which led Newton to understand universal gravitation.
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eBook
NASA

Nasa: Kepler and His Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides biographical details about the lives of Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. Discusses Kepler's successes at developing laws of planeatry motion. States the three laws and discusses each one individually....
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Website
NASA

Lightning & Atmospheric Electricity Research at the Ghcc

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the homepage for the Global Hydrology and Climate Center's Lightning Team. On this site, you will data from the Lightning Team's experiments; documents, reports, press releases, and an assortment of other information related to...
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Website
NASA

Nasa: James Webb Space Telescope

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA's web site about the James Webb Space Telescope, which will replace the Hubble telescope and is expected to observe the farthest reaches of the universe.
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Activity
NASA

Nasa: Positive Ions History

For Students 9th - 10th
As the title suggests, this page from NASA goes over the history of man's study of positive ions. How did we come to know what we now know about cations?
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography: Franklin R. Chang Diaz (ph.d.)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the biography for the former NASA astronaut and Costa Rican native Franklin R. Chang-Diaz.
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Lesson Plan
NASA

Nasa: Live From Mars

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A lesson plan from NASA that reinforces the concept of stream or river formation, the stages of river formation, and the development of meanders.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Shuttle Missions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has links to information on each Space Shuttle mission with the missions grouped by year. Detailed information on each of the Shuttle is provided.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography: Guion S. Bluford, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
Johnson Space Center provides biographical data on Guion S. Bluford Jr. Information on his education, interest, special honors, and experience is included.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Meteors

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA defines and explains meteors. Content includes a look at meteor showers.
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eBook
NASA

Nasa: The Geiger Counter

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from NASA explaining the construction and use of a Geiger counter. The site has links to many related topics, such as plasma, ions, and electrons.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Jsc Digital Image Collection: Earth From Space

For Students 9th - 10th
Hundreds of amazing images of Earth from space. This site provides images of geographic regions, landscapes, cities, habitats, distinctive features, and much more. These images are easy to access and are of amazing quality.
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Activity
NASA

Nasa : Five Things About Nasa's Mars Curiosity Rover

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the Mars Curiosity Rover, a movable robotic laboratory designed to explore the surface of Mars.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography: Francis R. (Dick) Scobee

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA's official biography of Dick Scobee, the commander of the Challenger spacecraft which exploded after launch.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography: Michael J. Smith

For Students 9th - 10th
The official NASA biography of Michael J. Smith, the pilot on the Challenger which exploded shortly after launch.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography: Ronald E. Mc Nair, ph.d

For Students 9th - 10th
Official NASA biography of Ronald McNair, the mission specialist on the Challenger spacecraft which exploded shortly after launch.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography: Ellison S. Onizuka

For Students 9th - 10th
Official NASA biography of Ellison S. Onizuka, the mission specialist on the Challenger spacecraft which exploded shortly after launch.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography: Gregory B. Jarvis

For Students 9th - 10th
Official NASA biography of Gregory B. Jarvis, the payload specialist for the Challenger. He was on board when the Challenger exploded in 1986.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography: Judith A. Resnik, ph.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
The official NASA biography for Judith A. Resnik who was the mission specialist on board the Challenger spacecraft when it exploded in 1986.
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Interactive
NASA

Nasa: Multimedia: Three Dimensional Resources: Station Spacewalk Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A game through which students act as astronauts, conducting work on the International Space Station (ISS). Simulations feature footage from actual NASA missions.
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Interactive
NASA

Nasa: Multimedia: Three Dimensional Resources: Station Spacewalk Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A game through which students act as astronauts, conducting work on the International Space Station (ISS). Simulations feature footage from actual NASA missions.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Robotics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains information about how to program a robot and how space exploration benefits from robotics technology.