This poster outlines the major mission highlights of 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 poster supports a full length planetarium show about the IBEX mission and the boundary of the Solar System. Each short activity/product helps ... Full description.

This poster outlines the components of our Solar System?s heliosphere, with a compelling heliosphere boundary image on the front and introductory information about the parts of the heliosphere boundary on the back. This poster will be distributed along with activities (some of which are included in this review cycle) to support a full-length planetarium show about the IBEX mission and the boundary ... Full description.

This activity relates an elastic collision to the change in a satellite?s or spacecraft?s speed and direction resulting from a planetary fly-by, often called a ?gravity assist? maneuver. Both hands-on and online interactive methods are used to explore these topics. Full description.

The Supernova Educator?s Guide was developed by the XMM-Newton and GLAST E/PO programs. It features three curriculum enhancement activities and one scientific literacy activity, extensive background information, assessment rubrics, student worksheets, extension and transfer activities, and detailed information about the physical science and mathematics content standards. An electronic version of one ... Full description.

This booklet features 17 problems relating to the moon and its exploration. Images from NASA are analyzed to determine images scales and the physical sizes of various crates and features. The probability of meteor impacts near a lunar colony are calculated, and the horizon distance is determined using simple geometry. Also covered are determining the mass of the moon, a simple model for the lunar ... Full description.

This booklet features 11 problems of increasing difficulty that explore the bizarre properties of black holes. Students learn about the simple relationship between black hole size and mass, time dilation, energy extraction, accretion disks, and what?s inside a black hole by working with a series of math problems that feature simple algebra, scientific notation, exponential functions, and the Pythagorean ... Full description.

Afterschool Universe is an astronomy program designed for middle school children in out-of-school-time settings. The program explores basic astronomy concepts (like invisible light, telescopes) and focuses on the universe outside the solar system (stars, galaxies, black holes). Middle school students are fascinated by these topics, but rarely study them in school. By offering programming on these ... Full description.

This PowerPoint is a comprehensive educational resource for museum educators highlighting 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 will be distributed along with activities ... Full description.

This booklet contains eleven problems and nine ?Extra for Experts? challenges that require the student to determine the scale of an astronomical image involving the lunar surface, mars, planets, starts and galaxies. With a millimeter ruler, students use provided textual information to determine the image scale (e.g. kilometers per millimeter) and then identify the smallest and largest features in ... Full description.

The GLAST launch lithograph is a one-page litho that describes the science of NASA?s Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) mission, as well as providing an activity for students to do on the back. It was produced in April 2008 for distribution at the GLAST launch. Full description.