Find a
Resource
Select grade level(s) Select resource type(s) Select collection(s) Select standard(s) Skip navigation Digital Library for Earth System Education
Digital Library for Earth System Education
Home
New to DLESE?
Search tips
Educational resources > Find a resource > Resource description
Interplanetary Pool Games
http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/activity/l11.pdf
From DLESE Community Collection (DCC)
Comment on this resource
Through this activity, students will gain an understanding of how scientists use instruments to collect and measure information, and understand how instruments can be adapted to collect information about items in space that cannot always be seen. They will construct a model to collect information (sunlight, in this case) and use it as an example to see how the Neutral Atom Imager aboard the IMAGE satellite collects and measures particles in the plasma surrounding the Earth.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Primary (K-2)
  • Intermediate (3-5)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Classroom activity
Subject:
  • Physics
  • Space science
  • Technology
Technical requirements:
Adobe Acrobat reader
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
NASA images generally are not copyrighted. You may use NASA imagery, video and audio material for educational or informational purposes, including photo collections, textbooks, public exhibits and Internet Web pages. This general permission does not include the NASA insignia logo (the blue meatball insignia), the NASA logotype (the red worm logo) and the NASA seal. These images may not be used by persons who are not NASA employees or on products (including Web pages) that are not NASA sponsored.
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-007-880
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • K-4:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Change, constancy, and measurement
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
      • B - Physical science:
        • Light, heat, electricity, and magnetism
        • Position and motion of objects
      • D - Earth and space science:
        • Objects in the sky
      • E - Science and technology:
        • Abilities of technological design
        • Understanding about sci. / tech.
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Editor: Dr Sten Odenwald
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Image for Magnetopause-to-Auroral Global Exploration

Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, IMAGE Science Center
http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/