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NASA GSFC
In this hands-on activity, learners will build a solar cooker by lining a box with...
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NASA GSFC
This activity introduces Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and poses questions that...
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NASA LaRC
In this problem-based learning activity, students assume the role of a sailboat captain,...
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Sonoma State...
In this activity, students will learn how technology can help scientists solve a problem...
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Space Telescope...
This online, interactive activity challenges students to use image and text-based clues...
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NASA GSFC
This is a presentation about the Sun. Learners will hear about its cycles, as well as...
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Lunar and Planetary...
In this two-part activity, learners compare how soil forms on Earth and the Moon.
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NASA GSFC
In this activity, students use Newton's Laws of Motion, and the motions of the planets,...
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Johns Hopkins...
This is an activity about the Signal-to-Noise Ratio. Learners will engage with a hands-on...
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Public Broadcasting...
This online, facilitated course is designed for high-school educators wishing to teach...
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Space Telescope...
This interactive, online module provides an introduction to the concept of a black hole.
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NASA LaRC
In this data activity, students interpret raw data on snow cover and explore the climatic...
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NASA GSFC
This is an activity about the relation between day length and temperature. In one team,...
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NASA IPAC/CAL TECH
In this multi-day activity, students use infrared and visible images of animals and sort...
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Institute for Global...
This poster highlights a variety of Earth science careers, featuring short biographies...
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NASA GSFC
This is a booklet containing 31 problem sets that involve a variety of math skills,...
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NASA GSFC
This is a lithograph about NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission, or MMS. Learners...
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TERC
This chapter describes how to set a scale and measure distances and areas on satellite...
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NASA GSFC
This is an activity about the Doppler effect. Learners begin by simulating the noise made...
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NASA GSFC
In this lesson, students explore a discrepant event by designing experiments to test...
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NASA GSFC
This is an activity about magnetic fields. Using iron filings, learners will observe...
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Lunar and Planetary...
This is an activity about the moon. Learners will create their own models of lunar...
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NASA JSC
This lesson is comprised of four parts grouped to enable student appreciation of the...
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University of...
In this two-part investigation, students explore the concept of transits. In the first...
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NASA GSFC
In this lesson, students explore how eclipses happen and why Einstein needed a total...
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Sonoma State...
This educational wallsheet illustrates Newton's First Law of Motion. In this experiment,...
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NASA GSFC
This is an activity about image comparison. Learners will analyze and compare two sets of...
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Adler Planetarium
This is an activity about the states of matter. Learners will participate in a...
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NASA GSFC
In this activity, learners select the scientific instruments for their satellite,...
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University of New...
In this lesson about cosmic rays, students will describe why cosmic rays are dangerous to...
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Johns Hopkins...
This is a lesson about the characteristics of planets, comets, asteroids, and trans-...
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NASA LaRC
In this data analysis activity, students connect the idea of the tilt and orbit of the...
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NASA LaRC
Clouds serve as a theme in a series of linked introductory explorations in math, language...
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Mid-continent...
This is a lesson about the Discovery Program's exploration of the solar system.
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Space Telescope...
This interactive, online activity introduces students to the electromagnetic spectrum....
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Mid-continent...
This is a game about the formation of the solar system. Learners dynamically engage in...
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Lunar and Planetary...
This is an activity about the origin of Jupiter. Learners will explore the idea through...
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Jacobs Technology
This activity introduces students to aspects of the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere,...
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Space Science...
This is a website about asteroids and comets. Learners can play a physics-based asteroid...
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NASA GSFC
This is a booklet containing 37 space science mathematical problems, several of which use...
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Montana State...
This is an activity about spacecraft radio communications. Learners will explore...
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