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From K-12 to college, the menu below contains helpful links to a variety of space science resources. For teachers looking for even more curriculm, be sure to check out our Teacher' Resources page.

SPACE EDUCATORS' HANDBOOK

After each listing is a letter designating content usefulness. The designation (P1) is for grades K-3; (P2) grades 4-6; (I) grades 7-8; (H) grades 9-12; (U+) university academia, research, industrial and commercial interests; (T) Teacher resources are included. In some cases, more than one designation is assigned to a topic. When the listing could be used by all groups, the designation (All) follows the topic.

A  

Amelia Earhart Activity Booklet

 (P1)(P2)(I)
Amelia Earhart Learning Packet

(T-Teacher)

Amusement Park Physics

(P2)(I)(T)

General Aviation (comic) Learning Packet for Students and Teachers

 (P2)(I)(H)(T)

Advanced Control Technology of Integrated Vehicles (Aircraft) Guide

(T - Teacher and Student (P1)(P2)(I)

The Apollo Program Pictures in color with narratives

(All)

Astronaut Fact Book (updated in July 2003)

(All)

B  

Story of Echo, the Bat

Activities: Ages 6-9/Grades K-4

Adventure Map

Color Mixing Table

Digital Picture

Imagers

Teachers' Guide: Remote Sensing

How Satellite Images are Created

Satellite Pictures

Teachers' Guide: Understanding Light

Wavestown

Biology: The Immune System Cartoon Movie

(P1)(P2)(I)

 

C  

Career, Preparing for in Aerospace

Coloring Book and Activities

(P1)(P2)(I)

Challenger Tragedy Launch Video of Explosion

(All)

Chemistry of Ice Cream

(H)(U+)

Study of Cell Growth in a Microgravity Environment

(T - Educators' Brief with Student Activities) (H)   

D  

Docking with the International Space Station)

(T - Educators' Brief and Student Activities)

(P2)(I)

General James H. Doolittle Comic and Learning Packet  

(P2)(I)(H)(T) 

E  

Earth and Space Science

 (T - 352 page teachers' guide with student activities)

(P2)(I)(H);

Earth Glossary of Terms

(T - Teacher Guide with Student Activities)

(I)(H)

First American EVA by Ed White video

 (All)
First Soviet EVA video

(All)

 

F  

First Man in Space: Yuri Gagarin Video

(All)

Flight, Centennial of - Teachers' Toolkit

(T)

Space Food and Nutrition

(T - Teachers' Guide with Student Activities

(P1)(P2)(I)

G  

Dr. Robert H. Goddard Learning Packet (comic)

(I)(H)(T)

   

H-K  

History of NASA:

Memorandem from President, April 20, 1961

(H)(U+)

Legislative Origins of NASA

(H)(U+)
Walking to Olympus, An EVA Chronology

(I)(H)(U+)
Fourty Years of Human Spaceflight Symposium: Looking Back: Looking Forward

(I)(H)(U+)

General Daniel "Chappie" James (comic) Learning Packet for Students and Educators

(P2)(I)(H)(T) 

L       

M  

Is There Water on Mars?

(H)

Major General William "Billy" Mitchell (comic) Learning Packet for Students and Teachers (P2)(I)(H)(T)

Who Added the Micro to Gravity

(I) and teachers guide
Microgravity Drop Tower Demonstrations

(H) and teachers guide

N  

The Northern Lights - Dancing in the Night Sky  

(T - Teacher Guide with Classroom Activities)(P2)(I)

O

Ocean Planet Classroom Activities

(T - Teacher and Student Activities) 

P       

Q       

R  

Captain Edward "Eddie" V. Rickenbacker (comic) Learning Packet for Student and Teachers

(P2)(I)(H)(T)

Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker Activity Booklet(comic) for Students

(P1)(P2)(I)(H)

Robots and Humans (P2)(I)(H)

Rocket Principles for Kids: Three-Two-One-Liftoff!

(P1)(T)

   

S  

Space Education for the Very Young (P1)(T)

Sun, How Science Study

(T - Educators' and Students Guide with Acitivities)(P2)(I)

Space Shuttle Activity Comic For Kids

(P1)(P2)(I)

Space Shuttle Learning Packet for Teachers

(T)

International Space Station : A Key to Discovery (Educational Resource for teachers and students)

(All)(T)

Resources on how the Sun relates to Earth

(P1)(P2)(I)(H)

T       

U       

V  

Volcanoes on Jupiter's Moon, Io

(I)(H)   

W-Z  

Learning to Fly: The Wright Brothers' Adventure

 (P2)(I)(T)
The Wright Way: Innovation Through Engineering

(All)(T)
Wilbur and Orville Wright Activity Booklet

(P1)(P2)(I)(T)
The accompanying learning packet to the above booklet for instructors

(T)
Wright Brothers Mathematics

(P2)(I)(T)
About the Wright Brothers' Postage Stamp

(All)
The Edible Wright Flyer: made of Graham crackers and pretzels

(P1)(P2)(T)
Build a Glider Model of the Wright Flyer

(I)(H)
Wright Brothers' Plane Poster of this 1902 airplane  

(P1)(P2)(I)(H)(T)

X-1 Paper Glider Kit

(T - Teachers' Guide and Student Activity)(P2)(I)(H)
X-1 Paper Glider Kit

(T - Teachers' Guide and Student Activity)(P2)(I)(H)
X-38, Crew Return Vehicle Educational Brief

(P2)(I)
X Gliders

 (T - Teachers' and Students Educational Brief)(P1)(P2)

Zero-G bursting of balloon one

[8 second video]
Zero-G bursting of balloon two

(All) [12 second video]
Zero-G bursting of balloon three

[14 second video]
Zero-G effects on the body

[32 second video]

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