Investigate the Sun with scientific instruments your students design and build in the classroom using inexpensive, everyday materials. Precision in construction and measurement are emphasized, as well as re-design to improve the quality of data. Activity theme areas include instrumentation, observation, and satellite engineering. The activities are aligned with National Science and Mathematic Education ... Full description.

This 813-page collection of activities and resources for teaching astronomy and space science includes 87 classroom-tested activities drawn from many sources, 29 educator resource guides, and 21 articles on astronomy teaching and background information. Full description.

This 16-week online graduate course for middle school teachers is offered by colleges and universities across the United States as part of the NASA ESSEA Program (Earth System Science Education Alliance). The course implements a student-centered Earth system science-based classroom where participants learn from the student's point of view. Participating teachers: analyze the impact of Earth events ... Full description.

This 16-week online graduate course for elementary teachers is offered by colleges and universities across the United States as part of the NASA ESSEA Program (Earth System Science Education Alliance). The course engages primary school teachers in online collaborative activities emphasizing the use of hands-on activities. The goal is to lay an early foundation of Earth system science (ESS) knowledge ... Full description.

The hands-on activities in this educator resource guide lay the conceptual groundwork for understanding questions fundamental to the field of astrobiology. They enable students to examine the nature of life, what it requires, its limits, and where it might be found. Through these experiences, students learn important ideas related to the search for extraterrestrial life. Full description.

The Calculator Controlled Robots curriculum is designed to engage students in hands-on inquiry based learning. This curriculum addresses science and technology standards, as well as specifically focusing on math content and process standards. There are ten missions and three exploration extensions that provide activities for up to a semester. A space exploration theme is prevalent in the three exploration ... Full description.

This is a fact sheet describing the GAVRT program. This educational program uses a 34-meter antenna for classroom radio astronomy observations via the Internet The GAVRT Project introduces students in grades elementry through high school to the process of science with the goal of improving science literacy among American students. Full description.

This 16-week online graduate course for high school teachers is offered by colleges and universities across the United States as part of the NASA ESSEA Program (Earth System Science Education Alliance). The course is structured as a collaborative, Problem-Based Learning (PBL) experience. It is modeled so that teachers will learn to use science as inquiry from the student perspective and then be able ... Full description.

In this curriculum, students can pariticipate in a student-directed, authentic research project that will allow them to investigate Mars using an image they target using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera onboard the Mars Odyssey spacecraft. Full description.

Marine video programs designed to enhance science education in middle schools. Broad range of ocean science topics, participating teachers can download teaching guides. Archived program packets are downloadable as pdf files. Fees apply for purchase of videos. Full description.