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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Space Place: Recipe for an Eco Sphere

For Students 3rd - 7th
Finf out about NASA-created self-contained living worlds inside closed glass containers.
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Article
Other

Kaboom: Creative Expression

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Creative expression helps children articulate their feelings and thoughts. Encouraging creative expression is easy in both indoor and outdoor play spaces. This article discusses how art, music, and dance can encourage creative expression.
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Website
Other

Mars Society: Oregon Chapter: Controlled Ecological Mouse Support System

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore a model environment which emulates the basic workings of a bio-regenerative system. The purpose of this project is to demonstrate advanced life support systems essential for future Mars self-sustaining environments.
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Graphic
NASA

Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day: White Dwarf Cocoon

For Students 9th - 10th
A white dwarf star begins its life by "casting off a cocoon (nebula)that enclosed its former self." There are many links within the text to related topics.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Inductance and Maxwell's Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial students will look at the energy stored in the magnetic field of an inductor. Self-inductance and mutual inductance will be distinguished and circuits with capacitors and inductors, or LC circuits will be...
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: What Do You Know? Astronomy

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take this ten-question self-scoring quiz to test your knowledge of astronomy facts: age of the universe, why stars and planets are spheres, where other life might exist in the outer space, the Milky Way, and more.
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Activity
NASA

Nasa: Tres Pequenos Satelites Que Viajan a Cuestas

For Students 9th - 10th
A challenging and creative hangman activity where students read a short article about satellites and then proceed to play "Nanosat Flingman." A great learning activity for for reading comprehension, vocabulary, and pronunciation....