NASA Home Page - The exciting world of NASA is waiting for you on the Web.
NASA - CORE Home - The Central Operation of Resources for Educators (CORE), established in cooperation with Lorain County Joint Vocational School, serves as the worldwide distribution center for NASA-produced multimedia materials.
NASA - Office of Education Home - the Office of Education promotes education as an integral component of every major NASA research and development mission.
Astro-Venture - ( 4 - 8 ) - is an interactive Web site from NASA. Students travel into the future to design a planet that could support human life.
International Space Station
NASA: Human Space Flight: Space Sation - this site provides a wealth of up o the minute information.
Virtual Reality Tour - here you can explore the areas of the space station where the astronauts will live and work.
Nix NASA Image Exchange - search for images, audio clips and video from the NASA education database.
The Animated Virtual Planetarium - the simulations were designed to be used in the classroom, or in the lab by students, as demonstrations of various aspects of planetary motions.
NASA's Origins Program - Born of the extraordinary accomplishments of 20th century physics, astronomy, geology, and biology, the Origins program takes up the challenge of answering questions as old as our species.
Space Mysteries - Space Mysteries is a series of inquiry-driven interactive Web explorations, which take advantage of the student's natural curiosity to build critical thinking and analytical skills.
Welcome to the Universe in Color - Robert Gendler's Astroimaging Gallery
Leonard's Satellite & Space Views - here find Live Satellite Images, Moon Views, Earth Views, Space Views, Space Shuttle, Satellite Images, Satellite Tracking, Hubble Telescope and more.
Your Sky - this site displays a map of the sky for a date and location of your choosing, on which it shows the names of stars and draws the constellations.
Eclipse Home Page - This web site is continually expanding and strives to be the ultimate resource for online information about eclipses.
Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum - The Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum (SECEF) partnership brings together the rich expertise of scientists, educators, and museums to develop innovative products and programs.
Public Request form for NASA materials - Order Form for NASA E/PO Materials.
More NASA Educational Web Sites - NASA's firm committment to education is refelcted in the numerous resources it offers on the World Wide Web. Check out this link to view fifteen more educational programs and opportunities offered by NASA.
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Seeing and Exploring the Universe - the materials on this site were developed in support of the Structure and Evolution of the Universe Education Forum, sponsored by NASA's office of Space Science.
Imagine the Universe! - This site is intended for students age 14 and up, and for anyone interested in learning about our universe.
Universe at Sonoma State University Resource Page - collection of important Web links to help you with the Structure and Evolution of the Universe Education Forum.
Structure and Evolution of the Universe Missions - includes the URL's for the Mission as well as the Education and Public Outreach Program.
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Hubble Space Telescope - The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a joint project between the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA).
Hubble Space Telescope
- this is the space telescope science institutes home page.
Hubble
Space Telescope Pictures - this site offers a fantastic variety
of images that were taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
J - Track Satellite Tracking - easily keeps track of your favorite orbiting objects. You can choose from a fairly large list of satellites.
National Space Science Data Center - Here is a site you can go to to get information about all those man made objects circuling the earth.
Earth and Moon Viewer - You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment or you can also view the Moon from the Earth, Sun, night side or as a map showing day and night.
Explorezone.com - focus is on the exciting fields of Earth, space and weather science.
Air and Space Links to Online Resources - Links to general information, news, events, and other sites offering planetary & Earth observation imagery and information.
NASA'a Visible earth
- a searchable directory of images, visualizations, and animations
of the Earth.
MicroObservatory
Home Page - MicroObservatory is a network of five automated
telescopes that can be controlled over the Internet. The telescopes
were developed at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
and were designed to enable students and teachers nationwide to
investigate the wonders of the deep sky from their classrooms.
Prendi Le Stelle Nella Rete, or "Catch the Stars in a Net" - a great place for young children to get an introduction to gravity, motion, black holes, and exploding stars.
Sky & Telescope Home Page - a great resource for all things astronomical.
Solar System Live - this site shows where the planets are now or any date and time you choose.
StarDate Online - information about stars and planets.
Moonlink - the space education, outreach and public awareness program for NASA's Lunar Prospector Mission.
Bad Astronomy
- put together by Phil Plait. This site does an excellent job
of clearing up misconceptions in Astronomy.
Nine Planets - click on the name of a planet or moon, and be plunged into an engaging introduction to the heavenly bodies accompanied by beautiful NASA photographs and diagrams.
Embrace Space - the latest news about Space Day activities around the world.
Classifying Galaxies - excellent lesson that teaches students in grades five through nine how to classify galaxies using the Hubble system.
Build Your Own Comet - introduction to comets and contains a recipe to create an actual comet.
Welcome to the Planets - contains the best images from NASA's planetary exploration programs.
The Space Place - has a galaxy of "spacey" things to see and do.
Exploring Planets in the Classroom - (Grades 3 - 8), sponsored by the University of Hawaii at Manoa, provides more than 25 hands-on science activities ranging from the solar system to planetary properties.
Overview of the Solar System - this site has a complete overview of the solar system.
Solar System Scale Model Meta Page - Making scale models of the solar system is a useful way to learn about it.
Scale in the Solar System - Activities are designed for upper elementary and/or middle school. Each is designed to aid students in understanding the nature of solar system in terms of the sizes and/or distances of objects in the solar system.
Solar System WebQuest - This unit is designed to be used with a third grade classroom in collaboration between the classroom teacher and the library media teacher.
Astronomy Homework Help - intended for high-school and beginning undergraduate students, this site specializes in astronomy. Topics covered include general astronomy resources, the solar systems, the sun, extra-galactic astronomy, and many, many more.
Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground ( 3 -12 ) - is a fabulous resource for teaching astronomy and critical thinking skills like theorizing, experimenting, and analyzing skills.
StarChild - ( K - 8) - A Learning Center for Young Astronomers.
Space Kids - is an endless galaxy of space fun and facts.
Los Alamos National Laboratory - ( K - 12 ) - find a list to of eight links to resources for teachers including Space Science Outreach, Physics of Sports, Critical Issues Forum, Go Figure, and Science at Home.
SIRTF for Kids - ( 4 - 8 ) - the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, is a current NASA project that will be launched in 2003.
An Atlas of the Universe - ( K - 12 ) - this site has a collection of virtual maps of the universe.