Enjoy reading and seeing video clips of NASA's "Deep Impact" project. "Deep Impact" was a project designed to examine comets with impact instruments.
"Follow Echo the Bat through Arizona and learn about remote sensing and use false-color satellite images to help you find Echo."
From the Glenn Research Center at NASA, read about the law of conservation of energy. Included are formulas and many links to key terms.
Excellent NASA sponsored site on the principles of rockets. The site relates Newton's 3 laws to the flight of a rocket. Site also has links to activities related to rockets in addition to links about practical rocketry.
These activities introduce students to the International Space Station and how rockets were vital to its construction. The provided lessons correlate to all subject areas.
An image of a typical quasar and a star. An explanation written by a professional astronomer is included. There are also many embedded links within the text to related topics.
This NASA educator's guide provides teachers with an outline for teaching students about rocketry. There are many hands-on activities where students can learn about and build rockets.
The homepage of the Ames Research Center is located in Silicon Valley and is geared towards creating new knowledge and new technologies that span the spectrum of NASA interests. The resource also contains or has links to information on education, and further links for kids and teachers.
On the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, NASA celebrates with this extensive site which includes images, video, audio,and virtual moon visits about and from Apollo 11's voyage to the moon.
This site provides biographical information on all NASA astronauts and many Russian Cosmonauts.
Read journals from different astronauts and discover how they viewed their work and experiences. Discover different training and space missions that these astronauts have been a part of in NASA.
A great interactive look at what it takes to become an astronaut. This timeline displays the process that the class of 2004 went through to become astronauts.
Learn why scientists have been observing glaciers since before global warming came into the forefront. Learn about the different types of glaciers and the ways to monitor them. Some of the information may be dated. (April 14, 1999)
This simple lesson plan outlines how to build refracting telescopes and calculate their magnification. Use the follow up lab questions to check for student understanding and view links to other NASA lesson plans.
This interactive website showcases the different career opportunities at NASA. Watch video clips, follow links, and even learn how to get a job at NASA in the future.
A two-part video which takes students on a climate adventure. Will the heroes find their way home? Will they save the plankton? [9:37]
An illustrated article highlighting the science behind carbon and fossil fuels. Diagrams and graphs help with understanding.
Watch this NASA video and learn how Newton's laws apply to the climb and descent of airplanes. Discover how the flight path of a plane is determine by the speed, weight, angle and altitude of the aircraft. [13:13]