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Virginia Space Flight Academy: Summer Residence Camps

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch campers count down for take-off and the ultimate rocket launch during this summer space camp experience. Read about programs offered including spaceships, aerodynamics, microgravity, robotics, rocket assembly and launching,...
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U.s. Space and Rocket Center: Space Camp

For Students 9th - 10th
Join the fun at the Alabama space camp everyone is talking about. Watch behind-the-scenes clips, learn about the program offerings, and register for a week of space adventures. Link to the different levels of camps including Space Camp...
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: All About Space: Mercury

For Students 3rd - 8th
The planet Mercury is profiled with information about its size, mass, atmosphere, length of day, and the like. Features include interactive activities and learning exercises.
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Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center: Space Camps

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out several astronaut space programs designed for future astronauts or just curious, young scientists of all ages. See camp video, check calendar schedules, and read about the simulators at the camp site.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: Exploring the Planets: Early Discovery

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of the exhibition gives the history of the discovery and study of space starting with the Greeks and Romans through to the early 1900's.
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University of Birmingham Astrophysics and Space Research Group

For Students 9th - 10th
Homepage of the Unviersity of Birmingham School of Physics and Astronomy's Astrophysics and Space Research Group. This page has links to further information on astrophysical research, sofware development, space instrumentation, and more.
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Northwestern University

Block Museum of Art: Imaging and Imagining Space

For Students 9th - 10th
A collaboration on the topic of "rendering space" between an art theorist and an atronomer yield very interesting visual results that are presented in an exhibit at the Block Museum of Northwestern University.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: A Guide to Astronomy Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
A portal to resources on the sun, the Earth's neighboring planets, and the weather in space. Find out why Saturn is the "jewel of the Solar System" and explore what happens when Venus and Mercury make their rare transits across the sun.
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NASA

Nasa: Imagine the Universe: X Ray, Gamma Ray Astronomy

For Students 9th - 10th
Frequently asked questions are answered about gamma rays.
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NASA

Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day: A Milestone Quasar

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of a typical quasar and a star. An explanation written by a professional astronomer is included. There are also many embedded links within the text to related topics.
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NASA

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Quasar Galaxy Collision

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of a quasar. The large redshifts imply that quasars lie near the edge of the observable universe and must emit tremendous amounts of energy. There are also many embedded links to related topics.
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NASA

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Supernova 1987 A

For Students 9th - 10th
Details of the brightest supernova of modern times - supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud. There are many links for additional information.
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California Institute of Technology

Nasa: Infrared Astronomy

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, multi-page tutorial on infrared radiation and its importance to astronomical studies.
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NASA

Nasa: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

For Students 9th - 10th
This is NASA's home page, with daily updates and links to the countless NASA sites. The multimedia gallery is of particular interest, containing a wealth of photos, videos, audio clips, and more.
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NASA

Nasa: The Space Place: Gallery of People and Technology

For Students Pre-K - 1st
NASA has provided a whole page full of images for you to download and print. These pictures are labeled and can be enlarged.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Astronomy: In Pictures: Beyond Planet Earth

For Students 3rd - 5th
What would it be like to travel across the solar system and explore space? Take a look at some of the places that humans might go to someday, and the questions that scientists are asking.
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Kennedy Space Center: Camp Kennedy Space Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the opportunities offered at the Kennedy Space Center summer camp, Find out what goes on behind the scenes of the work of astronauts at America's busiest launch and landing facility.
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Kidport

Kidport: Space Science

For Students 3rd - 5th
This complete resource will help students to improve their understand of space exploration. Includes images of the universe, galaxies, stars and planets.
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A&E Television

History.com: The Space Race: Interactive Universe

For Students 9th - 10th
A virtual journey through space offers photos and facts about Earth and its neighboring planets, comets, other celestial bodies of the Solar System, and the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies.
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Kid Power: Astronomy for Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
Young children can find facts about the Solar System, the Sun, meteorites, stars, galaxies, planets, our moon, comets, asteroids, and space exploration. Pages offer clear photos and bullet-point information, which is easy to read and...
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: All About Space: Venus

For Students 3rd - 8th
All About Space profiles the planet Venus with information about its size, mass, atmosphere, length of day, and the like. Features include interactive activities and learning exercises.
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Astrobiology and Space Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from several guest speakers about issues of astrobiology and space exploration at Stanford University. The lectures cover topics like Martian meteorites, planetary system, life in space, and satellites....
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U.s. Space and Rocket Center: About Space Camp

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the history of the original space camp at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Find out the lasting impact of space camp on alumni who attended this camp as children.
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Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students

For Students 9th - 10th
A space camp designed specifically for students with with visual impairments. Read about this week long camp adventure which takes place at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

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