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A Guide to NASA Education Resources - Short descriptions of NASA Educational Programs. Search for programs by NASA Center, Subject Matter, Type of Program Activities, and/or Grade Level source

Challenger Center - Download free resources, creative activities, and educational programs on the topics of Comets, Earth, Moon, Mars, General Space, Solar System, International Space Station, and Shuttle source

Deep Space 1 - Information about NASAs futuristic Deep Space 1 spacecraft. Includes photos and advanced reading. Links to educational resources source

Galileo Curriculum Module - Activities based on the Jupiter Galileo mission. Module includes puzzles, math activities, questions, answers and difficulty key source

Live From Earth and Mars Education Modules - Eight teacher created educational modules featuring data and concepts from meteorology and space science. Click source for project ideas and information source

Mars Global Surveyor - Real-time mission updates- photos and animations of this NASA exploration of the planet Mars source

Microgravity - Teachers Guide with Activities in Science, Mathematics, and Technology from NASAs Space Team Online. Links to information, activities, glossary and more (Grades 5-12) source

NASA - The home page of NASA with links to Project Home Pages, newsletter, educational resources, NASA for Kids and more source

NASA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Mission updates, information, news and pictures from NASAs center for robotic exploration of the solar system. Links to teacher and student resources source

NASA: Space Link - A comprehensive library of current information related to NASA. Includes links to teacher guides and pictures source

National Science Foundations Space Sites - A resource center for space exploration and information including images from space and live shuttle data. Teacher link provides many additional resources source

SEGway (Science Education Gateway) - Earth and space science curricula developed through partnerships between science museums and K-12 teachers source

Space Shuttle Pattern - A space shuttle pattern to print out, color, and put together. Click source for directions source

The Space Educators Handbook - Sections include links to space calendar, astronomy information, astronaut biographies, space comics, spinoff magazine, and more. Link to directions for obtaining free CD-R or diskette version source

The Space Place - Activities, lessons, and articles developed at JPL to bring space science and technology into the classroom source

Thursdays Classroom - Content area lesson plans and activities at two reading levels based on current news events and research from NASA. Provides links to interesting news articles source

Women of NASA - Resource for learning about gender-bias in math, science and technology. Links to profiles, chats, lesson plans, activities, and experiments on light and water source

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