Surf these sites: 101 Ways to Embrace Space -- Activities for Space Day, May 4. A Journey into the Unknown -- a collection of web pages which detail the realm outside of our world: outer space. These pages are designed primarily for teaching or as reference resources, but also contain some areas for entertainment. ASU Mars K-12 Education Program -- the longest-established Mars K-12 education project. An organization for space simulation NASSE -- Teachers, space science simulation AstroEd: Astronomy Education Resources -- for k-12 Astronomy with a Stick -- Daytime Astronomy for Elementary and Middle School Students Athena, Earth and Space Science for K-12 -- space, water, earth, oceans and more Athena, Earth and Space Science for K-12 -- weather, earth science, space and astronomy,...for students and teachers Black Holes to Blackboards - Sep/Oct ''98 -- Building Universes in the Classroom-Our national education standards ask all science teachers to teach our students using an inquiry-based approach, allowing them to understand the nature of science by doing it. Each of the programs I describe here satisfies not only those standards but also the curiosity of our students as they travel into the science world as neophyte scientists, struggling with the evidence, moving steadily towards a real understanding of science and the process of discovery. Earth and Moon Viewer -- Earth and Moon Viewer Educational Resources -- from the Universities Space Research Association From Stargazers to Starships -- Home page and index of tutorial/historical exposition of the motion of Earth in space, Newtonian mechanics and spaceflight, on a high school level. Future Astronauts of America Foundation -- An educational website dealing with space science for students in grade level 4-8. Contains newsletter, many images and printable text. History of Space Exploration -- a site that has factual information on space shuttle launches, then this is the place to go. The History of Space Exploration site is a link within the site called "Views of the Solar System" which was created by free lance astronomer Calvin J.Hamilton. This site contains tons of information and is easy to get around. Journey To The Stars -- a great site for elementary kids to learn about the stars Journey through the Galaxy -- An educational web site on astronomical points of interest within our galaxy. Kennedy Space Center Home Page -- provides dozens of links to features such as a space shuttle virtual tour, a tour of the space center itself, audio tracks of astronauts from past shuttle missions, and live video feeds from the space station processing center. Liftoff to Space Exploration -- If you want to learn up-to-date information about space, this is the site for you! Lift Off to Space Exploration is a factual and efficient web site filled with lots of good information. It includes facts about launches, satellites, space stations, and astronaut training. Mars Millennium Project -- The Mars Millennium Project is a national science, arts, and technology initiative. Join thousands of kids in community groups and K-12 classrooms and imagine a community on Mars in the year 2030. NASA Science Headline News -- The latest news on space science research conducted by NASA. Replaces science.nasa.gov site. Odyssey Magazine -- the science magazine for children ages 10-16. Cutting edge earth and space science, Horkheimer''s Star Gazer,archaelogy, astronomy, contests. Great for classroom use. Ottawa Carleton Educational Space Simulation -- The core of the OCESS consists of a group of students from Lisgar Collegiate Institute, a public high school in Ottawa, Canada. Every year, we simulate a seventy-two hour space mission in our student-built habitat, the Hawking. This year our mission destination is Io, a moon of Jupiter. Project Sundial -- A collaborative internet project on designing sundials by school children from UK and India with concepts of sundial, images of sun, poetry on sun, etc. Shuttle Tracking -- Displays live space shuttle data during shuttle missions. Space: The Vast Frontier -- from the Think Quest 96-97 Contest, Space:The Vast Frontier, Star Trek,Star Wars, Outer Space and other cool things Star Gazer -- A weekly TV series on naked-eye astronomy. Stephen Hawking''s Universe -- Stephen Hawking''s Universe: The Web companion piece provides detailed explanations of the most important ideas and developments in human understanding of the universe. The Web pages include original essays by some of today''s leading figures in cosmology, along with original illustrations, program descriptions, explanations of cosmological terms and theories, and brief biographies. Also, the Ask the Experts section encourages the audience to submit questions, some of which will be answered by experts in the field. Stories From Space by Astronaut Mike Mullane -- NASA Shuttle Astronaut, Colonel Mike Mullane provides a unique perspective on space flight, personal motivation and teamwork through corporate and school programs, books, and videos. THE K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook -- Learning resources for teachers, students, and enthusiasts interested in aeronautics including an online textbook, lesson plans, interactive activities, curriculum bridges to other subjects. THE SPACEWATCH PROJECT -- Spacewatch is the name of a group at the University of Arizona''s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory whose goals are the study of statistics of comets and asteroids in order to investigate the collisional evolution of the solar system, the discovery of target asteroids for Clementine and other space missions aimed at exploration, and the protection of the Earth from asteroid impact. TSGC Activities: K-12 Projects -- Texas Space Grant Consortium K-12 sites for kids that includes the Spacecraft Design Archive,SkyView, Space Explorers, Texas Weather, Stars, Everything About the Moon, and Goes 8 Images The Liftoff Academy -- The Space Academy contains explanations of some of the knowledge we use to make the space program a success.A NASA site for kids. The Martian Sun-Times -- gives you daily weather on Mars as well as Earth (for terrestrial readers). Students learn meteorology from this creative role-playing experience in which they play reporters for a Martian newspaper. Through a series of investigations and writing exercises, they compare Martian weather to Earth weather. There is also a lesson plan site specifically for the teacher. The Mysteries of Space and Time -- Welcome to a page about the secrets of distant suns, black holes, and stellar anomalies in space and time. The Natural Year Circular Almanac -- A chart graphically displaying sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, moon phase, tides, high and low temperature, other weather data, stars, and planets in a circular format that highlights patterns and cycles. The web site has questions, answers, free downloads, and you can win free charts. The Official Young Astronaut Program -- A hands-on, multimedia, educational program offering print curriculum, fun activities, live television, an interactive CD, and an online community for kids, parents, and educators. The Space Telescope Science Institute -- Latest Hubble Space Telescope Observations. The Virtual Sun -- Virtual tour of the sun which uses images, diagrams, and movies to illustrate subjects such as solar wind, solar flares, the solar surface and sunspots. Windows to the Universe -- a fun and different Web site about the Earth and Space sciences.
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