NASA
Nasa: Solar Energy for Space Exploration
This activity book includes lessons and objectives for students to explore solar energy for space exploration. Students will play an active part in decision making for space exploration.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Space Exploration Time Line
This site provides a time line of the history of space exploration.
NASA
Nasa: Human Space Flight
This site provides a wealth of information regarding space exploration. Content includes spaceflight history, real-time data, shuttle information, a gallery of photos, and more information from the NASA archives.
NASA
Nasa: Exploring Space Through Algebra
These lesson plans allow students to learn about space exploration while refining their math skills. Each activity provides instructions for both the educator and student.
NASA
Nasa: Space Place: Kids
This collection of resources for children includes games and articles about space exploration. Topics also include the sun and weather.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Space
In this unit, students first are introduced to the historical motivation for space exploration. They learn about the International Space Station and are introduced to new and futuristic ideas that space engineers are currently working on...
Other
Charles in Space: Charles Simonyi Returns to Space
Join Dr. Charles Simonyi on his space mission to the International Space Station in 2009. The first private explorer to complete a second mission to space shares highlights of the spaceflight, including videos, photos, and interviews...
NASA
Nasa: Explorer: America's First Spacecraft
Featuring various multimedia resources, NASA provides a comprehensive overview of America's first space satellite, Explorer 1, that launched the United States into space exploration.
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Astronomy and Space: Research Overview
Explore some of our most fundamental questions about space exploration with this research overview collected by scientists at the National Science Foundation. Additionally, experience deep space first-hand with telescope interactives.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Challenging the Space Frontier
This Scholastic website offers information about space exploration. Use this site to learn about specific missions like the Friendship, Apollo 11, and STS 7. Also Dr. Mae Jemison is featured and interviewed.
Other
British National Space Centre: Space Exploration
A resource on space exploration offering information on unmanned and manned missions as well as on each planet of the solar system and what we have learned about them in recent history.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Space Exploration
Students are prompted to respond to the question, do you think money spent on space exploration is justified?
NASA
Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Chronology of Lunar and Planetary Exploration
A detailed chronology of all Russian and American attempts at lunar and planetary exploration. Contains links to each individual spacecraft.
NASA
Nasa: Orion: Nasa's New Spacecraft on the Journey to Mars
Learn all about the spacecraft Orion, which took its first flight to space in December 2014. A trip to Mars is planned next. Learn how its design compares to that of the Apollo, what new technology it has, and what has been done to...
New York Times
New York Times: Space
The New York Times maintains this archive of articles relating to space and space exploration.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Astronomy for Kids: Space Exploration Timeline
Kids learn about the timeline of the history of space exploration including early astronomy, astronauts, spacecraft, planets, and the Moon.
Seeker
Seeker: Discovery Space
Discover Space addresses broad range of topics related to space and space exploration. Subscribe to Discovery's space blogs, view a collection of videos, read interviews, and keep up with the latest space-related news and events.
NASA
Nasa: Students K 4
NASA-sponsored coverage and research on a range of topics related to space exploration -- flying weather stations, comets, first steps on the Moon, and other space-related topics -- are presented in age-appropriate activities, lesson...
NASA
Nasa: Space Shuttle Glider
Assemble a basic scale model of the space shuttle as a hands-on activity. The activity features math-related concepts such as finding the scale of the paper model and the glide ratio of its flight.
Other
Association of Space Explorers
The homepage of a non-profit organization composed of astronauts and cosmonauts dedicated the continuation of space exploration and research
Space Telescope Science Institute
Space Telescope Science Institute: Amazing Space
Amazing Space promotes the "science and majestic beauty of the universe for use in the classroom." Here you can find learning activities, lesson plans, teaching guides, and helpful tips for students eager to learn about space and space...
European Space Agency
European Space Agency: Esa Kids
Multilingual site with articles, news. images, games, and activities about the universe, life in space, the Earth, space exploration, and related topics.
NASA
Nasa: The Space Place: Professor Starr's Dream Trip
Discover how NASA's New Millennium Program makes scientist's dreams about space exploration come true. Turn the pages with your mouse!
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: Would You Step Out Into Space?
Imagines what it is like to travel to space and what you can see through the window of a spacecraft. Book includes audio narration in 14 additional languages with text in English.