This bookmark on volcanic aerosols provides a Web address for additional information and resources. Full description.

This module involves making a mobile of galaxies. Pattern and instructions are included. It introduces the different shapes of galaxies and their nomenclature. The Space Place is an educational NASA site for children and adults with activities and facts related to the exploration of space. Some activities are computer-interactive and many are real-world-interactive. Full description.

This lithograph features Hubble Space Telescope images and includes text that describes and explains the images. There is also an accompanying inquiry-based classroom activity entitled ?In Search of the Complex Structures of Planetary Nebulae.? This activity is designed to encourage the development of research skills and independent thinking. Available online as well as hardcopy. Educators can access ... Full description.

This lithograph features Hubble Space Telescope images and includes text that describes and explains the images. There is also an accompanying inquiry-based classroom activity entitled ?In Search of Star Clusters.? This activity is designed to encourage the development of research skills and independent thinking. Available online as well as hardcopy. Educators can access the lithograph PDF files on ... Full description.

This tactile experience aims to enhance or assess the students? knowledge of the characteristics of comets. After engaging in some opportunities to gather background knowledge about comets through readings and online interactives, students will reach into a series of boxes with their hands (without looking) and feel different types of materials. Then students will describe what characteristic of a ... Full description.

Sun-Earth Day distributes 15,000 folders annually to all registered participants. Each year a new folder is developed based on the theme, which in 2011 is Ancient Mysteries-Future Discoveries. The inside of the folder is used for content or an education activity. This year the folder includes a related activity from Space Math; the entire activity and the answer key will appear on the Space Math website. ... Full description.

This activity introduces the electromagnetic spectrum. Users stroll through an imaginary amusement park to find out how the universe looks through different types of observing instruments. Full description.

This playground demonstration (using a merry-go-round) shows angular momentum and why rockets are launched in a certain direction and at a certain time. From a moving merry-go-round, participants attempt to throw small balls into a basket on the ground. It includes an explanation, with animated graphics. Full description.

This graphical interface on CD-ROM allows access to Earth science information, animations, games and activities for K-12. It is organized by spheres: atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and cryosphere; the modules can be run alone, or as a linked system. Each sphere contains a library of hot topics, general topics and images that can be updated over the Internet, as well as who, what, how ... Full description.

The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotrophy Probe (WMAP) hosts a website presenting basic information and concepts about Cosmology and our current best understanding of the Universe. Full description.