NASA
Nasa: Mission Science: Space Weather 101
Find out about space weather, including coronal mass ejections and solar flares, which are caused by all kinds of different types of solar activity.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Design Your Own Space Probe
A science activity for tween students using science and engineering skills to design a space probe to explore the solar system with. Complete lesson plan is provided to guide classroom work.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Quest to Find a Solution to Clean Space Junk
Read about the problem of litter in space. Includes video.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Physicist
Physicist as a career is a very broad spectrum. This site from Science Buddies relates the general requirements and education needed to be a physicist and lists the many sub-fields in which physicists can specialize. Included is a video...
Government of Canada
Canadian Space Agency: International Space Station
The Canadian Space Agency presents Canada?s partnership in the International Space Station that is orbiting the globe. Canada's contribution is explained and facts about the mission are explained with graphs and pictures. This site...
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Top 5 Amazing Space Discoveries
Read about some of the most important space discoveries in recent times.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Earth & Space Science
This course is composed of eight sessions, each with a one-hour video program addressing a topic area in Earth and Space Science that emphasizes the science content that is likely to be part of any elementary school science curriculum.
Other
Digital Library for Earth System Education
This site from Digital Library for Earth System Education provides materials for students and teachers on a huge array of topics. Search site by topic, grade level, and desired output (such as lesson plan, case study, assessment or...
Government of Canada
Canadian Space Agency: Canadian Astronauts Brent Thirsk
Dr. Thirsk is scheduled to be a member of Expedition 20 in 2009 to the International Space Station. He will live and work on the ISS for up to six months; an extended stay this is a Canadian first. His duties will include robotic...
Other
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Project Mohole
Project Mohole was "the earth sciences' answer to the space program," a project to gain information about the Earth by drilling a hole through the Earth's crust to the Mohorovicic Discontinuity (Moho). This website gives a history of the...
Space Telescope Science Institute
Overview of the Hubble Space Telescope
This site gives an overview of the Hubble Space Telescope program. It also gives details about the previous and current science instruments used in the program, and information about the mission operations and observations.
PBS
Inspired by Science Fiction
As far back as Ancient Greece, people have dreamed about living in space. This resource describes how space station science fiction of the past led to the development of today's space stations.
NASA
Fire! Nasa Demonstrates New Technology for Monitoring Fires From Space
This article highlights NASA's new technology for monitoring fires from space, MODIS. Learn how MODIS, or Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, helps firefighters prioritize which fires to conquer first.
Science Struck
Science Struck: 62 Famous Quotes by Neil De Grasse Tyson
Find inspiration to learn everything you can about science and space in these quotes from celebrity scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Cool Jobs: Wet and Wild Weather
How's the weather? Forecasts rely on scientists and engineers who collect and interpret data gathered on the ground, in the sky and way up in space.
Other
Ncesse: Student Spaceflight Experiments Program
A competition for students in Grades 5 and up, in which they design an experiment that would fly in space under conditions of microgravity. Winners in local competitions are chosen to submit their designs for inclusion in a...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Saturn's Rings May Be Eroding
From ABC News in Science, Dan Whitcomb's article uses research from the Cassini spacecraft to suggest the possibility of the erosion of Saturn's rings, meaning that they will cease to exist in 100 million years.
Government of Canada
Canadian Space Agency: Bjarni Tryggvason
This site provides an excellent overview of the life and achievements of the astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason.
Government of Canada
Canadian Space Agency: Canadian Astronauts David Williams
A comprehensive professional biography of astronaut David Williams. He is a retired mission specialist and took part in three of four spacewalks; the highest number of spacewalks performed in a single mission. He spent 17 hours and 47...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Star Power Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about the energy in stars. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Other Celestial Bodies Study Guide
Review celestial bodies using this study guide.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Planet Orbits in the Solar System Study Guide
Review planets orbiting in the solar system using this study guide.
NASA
Nasa: Spitzer Science Center: Code of Faraway Worlds
Under the heading, "Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds" this site explores the uses of spectrum (and spectrograph, spectra) in planetary study. In addition to an image, a description of spectrum and its uses in space science is provided.
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