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At
this
site,
students
will
learn
about
the
tools
used
for
past,
present
and
future
exploration
and
about
the
Surveyor
spacecraft,
five
of
which
landed
on
the
Moon
between
1966
and
1968.
The
Surveyor
3
television
camera
is
on
display
at
the
National
Air
and
Space
Museum
and
can
be
seen
in
this
virtual
tour.
Also
on
display
are
an
Apollo
13
rock
box
used
to
carry
samples
back
from
the
moon.
This
exhibit
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SeisMac
is
a
free
Mac
OS
X
application
that
turns
MacBook
or
MacBook
Pro
laptops
into
seismographs.
It
uses
the
Sudden
Motion
Sensor
(accelerometer)
that
these
machines
are
equipped
with
to
create
and
display
real-time,
three-axis
acceleration
graphs
(seismograms).
The
resizable,
real-time
scrolling
display
lets
students
see
the
seismic
waves
from
tapping
their
toes
on
the
floor,
lay
the
laptop
on
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This
radio
broadcast
reports
on
the
extent
of
airplane
pollution
and
an
Environmental
Protection
Agency
conclusion
that
pollution
from
commercial
airplanes
is
increasing
dramatically.
The
show
discusses
ways
federal
regulators
are
considering
to
cut
emissions,
such
as
by
improving
air
traffic
management
and
using
double
annular
combustor
(DAC)
engine
design.
This
sound
clip
lasts
5
minutes
and
45
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This
educator's
guide
focuses
on
parts
of
the
Solar
System
that
do
not
get
much
attention:
asteroid,
meteoroids,
and
comets.
By
picking
at
least
one
activity
from
each
section,
students
gain
a
breadth
of
understanding
about
mission
planning
and
execution
couched
in
a
real
world
context
of
an
actual
mission,
Stardust,
which
is
studying
small
bodies
in
the
Solar
System
until
2006.
Topics
include:
comet
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In
this
activity
students
construct
a
scale
model
of
the
Image
for
Magnetopause-to-Auroral
Global
Exploration
(IMAGE)
satellite.
The
construction
of
scale
models
of
spacecraft
has,
historically,
been
an
important
engineering
tool
in
designing
spacecraft.
Today,
powerful
computer
assisted
design
and
modeling
(CAD/
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This
Amazing
Space
lesson
highlights
a
1997
service
mission
to
the
Hubble
Space
Telescope.
The
activity
explains
each
step
of
the
mission,
later
asking
students
to
determine
the
order
of
the
steps,
using
scientific
thinking.
Teacher
tips
outline
concepts,
skills,
time
requirements,
and
followup
activities
and
extensions.
Also
included
is
a
list
of
related
links,
and
suggestions
for
classrooms
without
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In this activity, students will construct a set of sieves (four sizes) and use them to sort a soil sample. The activity will demonstrate that accuracy does not always have to involve expensive, high technology equipment. The sieves can be kept for use in later activities. A materials list and illustrated instructions are provided. Materials used to construct the sieves must be purchased.
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This
teaching
unit
for
energy
and
energy
units
allows
students
to
perform
their
personal
and
household
energy
audit.
Students
can
calculate
and
analyze
their
energy
consumption
patterns
and
ways
they
can
reduce
their
energy
use.
Different
sources
of
energy
including
solar,
wind,
tidal,
hydroelectric,
nuclear,
geothermal,
biomass/
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In this lesson, students discover the instruments and techniques, both ancient and modern, that are used for marine navigation and position-finding. They will identify and explain at least seven different techniques used for marine navigation and position finding, explain the purpose of a marine sextant, and use an astrolabe to solve practical trigonometric problems.
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Students
will
investigate
the
physical
description
and
mapping
of
seamounts
in
a
Gulf
of
Alaska
chain
as
they
discover
how
seamounts
in
the
Axial-Cobb-Eikelberg-Patton
chain
can
be
mapped
to
facilitate
their
exploration
with
a
manned
submersible.
They
will
describe
major
topographic
features
on
the
Patton
Seamount,
interpret
two-dimensional
topographic
data,
and
create
a
three-dimensional
model
of
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