Registration Open for Three Upcoming NASA Education Opportunities for Educators
The Educational Materials section of NASA’s Web site offers classroom activities, educator guides, posters and other types of resources that are available for use in the classroom. Materials are listed by type, grade level and subject. The following items are now available for downloading.
International Space Station: National Laboratory Education Concept Development Report
The International Space Station is the largest and most complex space vehicle ever built. Planned for completion in 2010, the space station will provide a home for laboratories equipped with a wide array of resources to develop and test the technologies needed for future generations of space exploration. This report explores the potential of the space station to engage, inspire, and educate students, teachers, and faculty in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Information about current NASA and non-agency programs aimed to increase STEM achievement is included in the report. Diagrams and detailed information about the station are also included. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/ISS_Education_Plan.html
2007 NASA Education Highlights
NASA has a tradition of investing in programs and activities that inspire and engage students, educators, families and communities at large in the excitement and discovery of exploration. Read about the innovative ways NASA is creating new activities that spark the interest and imagination of people from all segments of society. Also learn about the education milestones and accomplishments achieved by NASA Education in 2007.
Additional Video Learning Clips Added
The educational video clips listed below have been added to the Videos section of the NASA Educational Materials site. Click on the link below each list of video clips to access the videos online.
Designed for students in grades 5-12, these video clips from the Universe DVD let the viewer travel billions of years through time. The viewer watches the universe evolve from one primordial mass into the stars and galaxies seen today. These videos are narrated by William Shatner.
Titles in this series:
- Scientists Use Observatories to Learn About the Sun
- The Planets
- A Look Beyond the Planets: Nebulae, Stars, Quasars and Galaxies
- Lifecycle of a Star
- The Evolving Universe
- Is There Life Out There?: NASA’s Search Continues
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/The_Planets.html
Targeting students in grades 5-12, the Liftoff to Learning: Plants in Space video clip series follows a group of students at an elementary school as they participate in an experiment on plant growth with space shuttle astronauts. Identical seed growth pouches are planted with corn and soybean seeds. Some of the seeds are germinated on Earth and others on the space shuttle in Earth orbit. Rather than drawing conclusions on the effects of microgravity on plant growth, viewers are invited to participate in the experiment by growing seeds on Earth as control experiments.
Titles in this series:
- How Plants Grow in Space: The Effects of Gravity and Light
- Tropisms of Plants in Space and on Earth
- Why Scientists Study Plants in Space
- Evaluating Experimental Treatment: Controls of Plants Growing in Space
- Discussion Points About Growing Plants in Space
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/How_Plants_Grow_in_Space.html
The video clips in the NASA’s Destination Tomorrow(TM): Bringing the Future into Focus series are designed for educators, parents, and students in 9-12 and college. These clips build on the premise that much of NASA’s aeronautical research focuses on increasing today’s knowledge to solve tomorrow’s problems.
Titles in this series:
- Helios, NASA’s Unmanned, Remotely Powered Flying Wing
- The Smart Probe, an Early Cancer Detection Tool
- A Retrospective Look at the Gemini Program
- Alleviating Aircraft Noise: The Quiet Aircraft Technology Program
- Spacesuits and How They Work
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/A_Retrospective_Look.html
