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Aeronautics
The activities in this
educator guide are divided into three chapters: Air, Flight, and
We Can Fly, You and I. They are designed to be uncomplicated and
fun and have been tested in countless classrooms and workshops.
This Guide is 3 megabytes
in size and will take roughly 9 minutes @ 56Kb to download.
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Amateur Radio in Space
This educator's guide
contains background information on the Space Amateur Radio EXperiment
(SAREX) designed to facilitate communication between astronauts
in orbit with students on the ground. Hands-on activities in this
guide explore concepts related to amateur radio in the areas of
science, mathematics, and technology.
This Guide is 3 megabytes
in size and will take roughly 9 minutes @ 56Kb to download.
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Exploring Meteorite
Mysteries
The study of meteorites
provides a unifying theme that links almost every aspect of Earth
and planetary science with mathematics, physics, chemistry and
even biology. This educator guide provides information and activities
related to meteorites and their origins, whether it be Mars, asteroids,
or the moon.
This Guide is 7 megabytes
in size and will take roughly 21 minutes @ 56Kb to download.
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Exploring the Moon
This teacher's guide
has been designed for use in upper elementary through high school.
Provided in the guide is background information about the moon.
The activities are divided into three units: Pre-Apollo, Learning
from Apollo, and the Future.
This Guide is 8 megabytes
in size and will take roughly 24 minutes @ 56Kb to download.
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Is There Water on
Mars?
Investigations in this
NASA Educator Guide explore the question of whether there is water
on Mars.
This Guide is 4 megabytes
in size and will take roughly 12 minutes @ 56Kb to download.
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Microgravity
This educator guide contains
excellent background information accompanied by classroom activities
that enable students to experiment with the forces and processes
microgravity scientists are investigating today.
This Guide is 5 megabytes
in size and will take roughly 15 minutes @ 56Kb to download.
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NASA Student Glovebox
Create a glovebox to
use in the classroom with this NASA Educator Guide. The guide
contains instructions for assembly, information about the parts
and their functions, as well as a lesson plan for an inquiry-based
activity. Obtain the artwork for this guide at the NASA Educator
Resource Center nearest you.
This Guide is 2 megabytes
in size and will take roughly 6 minutes @ 56Kb to download.
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Our Mission to Planet
Earth
This teacher's guide
includes activities such as setting up a terrarium as an Earth
System model to demonstrate the water cycle, the greenhouse effect,
and the difference between global warming and cooling. Students
can also create their own models of instruments and satellites
and learn about careers in Earth System Science.
This Guide is 1 megabyte
in size and will take roughly 3 minutes @ 56Kb to download.
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Planetary Geology
This educator's guide
features exercises grouped into five units: 1) introduction to
geologic processes, 2) impact cratering activities, 3) planetary
atmosphere, 4) planetary surfaces, and 5) geologic mapping.
This Guide is 7 megabytes
in size and will take roughly 21 minutes @ 56Kb to download.
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Space Food & Nutrition
This NASA educator guide
explains about the contributions of foods to nutrition in space
and how the needs of the human body respond to microgravity.
This Guide is 2 megabytes
in size and will take roughly 6 minutes @ 56Kb to download.
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Suited For Spacewalking
This guide begins with
brief discussions of the space environment, the history of spacewalking,
NASA's current spacesuit, and work that astronauts do during spacewalks.
These are followed by a design brief that challenges students
to design a spacesuit prototype for a Mission to Mars and classroom
activities.
This Guide is 6 megabytes
in size and will take roughly 18 minutes @ 56Kb to download.
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Investigating Plants
in Space
Students will grow AstroPlants
through a life cycle, and in the process will become well aquainted
with germination, orientation, growth, flowering, pollination,
fertilization, embryogenesis and seed development.
This Guide is 2 megabytes
in size and will take roughly 6 minutes @ 56Kb to download.
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757 Glider Kit
Each glider challenge
calls for students to develop abilities to identify and state
a problem, design a solution, implement a solution, and evaluate
the solution.
This Guide is 200 kilobytes
in size and will take roughly 1 minute @ 56Kb to download
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NASA's Great Observatories
Kit
The Hubble Space Telescope,
the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
are three of NASA's four great observatories. Each model, which
consists of several reproducible pages of instructions, requires
scissors, glue, tape, dowel rods and other supplies for construction.
This Guide is 350 kilobytes
in size and will take roughly 1 minute @ 56Kb to download
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Solar System Puzzle
Kit
By assembling the puzzle,
hand-coloring the bodies of the solar system, and viewing the
puzzle's 12 sides, students will reinforce their knowledge of
the many fascinating worlds that make up our solar system.
This Guide is 1 megabyte
in size and will take roughly 3 minutes @ 56Kb to download.
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