This PowerPoint is a resource for museum educators that highlights the major mission information and science background for the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) Mission, a Small Explorer Earth-orbiting spacecraft that is designed to map the distant boundary between the solar wind from our Sun and the interstellar medium. This PowerPoint supports a full-length planetarium show about the IBEX mission ... Full description.

This poster series highlights six astronomical images observed with NASA?s Great Observatories (Hubble, Chandra and Spitzer) and found within the "From Earth to the Universe" (FETTU) exhibition. Each poster contains additional information on the historical context of the astronomical objects (constellation, view with the unaided eye), as well as basic facts about the specific object, the category ... Full description.

This kinesthetic science activity reintroduces participants to three states of matter (solid, liquid, gas), and introduces them to a fourth state of matter, plasma, and its connection to the Sun. It also demonstrates how the addition of energy can transform matter from one state to another. The activity reviews common examples of matter in each state, like liquid water and water ice, oxygen and carbon ... Full description.

This exhibit uses text and images to portray human views of the universe, and how they have evolved over time. In recognition of the International Year of Astronomy, the exhibit includes six two-sided panels that feature key astronomical discoveries from the past 400 years. The exhibit also highlights the technological advancements that made these discoveries possible. For example, in turning his ... Full description.

This building-wide science enrichment program consists of a series of posters and accompanying questions designed to pique student interest in science concepts and their application to the world in which we live. Accompanying each poster are question sheets of increasing difficulty levels that students answer and submit at a designated location (collection box, office, etc.). Random prize drawings ... Full description.

This teacher resource on astrobiology and life in extreme environments contains classroom activities, presentation-ready slideshows with scripts and many other resources. It shows how NASA research on microbial life on Earth helps identify possible signs of life on Martian meteorites. 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.

This interactive, student-centered CD-ROM focuses on the Asian monsoon season. Students are guided through an investigative journey studying weather and climate patterns and their effects on the local and world environments. The CD-ROM contains complete teacher, student and resource guides for high school audiences and a Data Visualizer with 4,000 data graphs. A presentation of how the Asian monsoon ... Full description.

This 5-part video series includes an overview of the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program through which K-12 students from all over the world take environmental measurements at their schools and share their data via the Internet. NASA scientists use GLOBE data in their research and provide feedback to the students. GLOBE observations and measurements are in the ... Full description.

This CD includes The materials provided in each of the four presentations on this CD are intended to assist scientists and educators when presenting to K-12 audiences on the Sun-Earth connection. Each version of the presentation represents information collected from NASA scientists, seminars, web sites, and publications. Ultimately, it is designed to spark an interest to learn more about the Sun-Earth ... Full description.