PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Earth System: El Nino
This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center details some of El Nino's far-reaching effects on both marine life and humans. [2:44]
NASA
The Solar Data Analysis Center (Sdac)
The Solar Data Analysis Center at NASA provides all the latest information learned about the sun. Content includes a look at information brought back by several satellites.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology: Microbe Zoo
Explore the "many worlds of hidden microbes" in different areas of the Microbe Zoo: DirtLand, Animal Pavilion, Snack Bar, Space Adventure, and WaterWorld. A fun and informative resource that sheds light on the role of microbes in our...
NASA
Nasa: Rockets Educator Guide: What Comes Next
Learn about NASA's plans for the next 50 years to replace the space shuttle. Discover how the new plan involves two new launch vehicles.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Learn Genetics: Space Doctor
Enter the Extraterrestrial Gene Therapy Lab to test your knowledge of gene therapy when you treat three ailing aliens who have genetic disorders.
Harvard University
Harvard Univ.: Chandra X Ray Observatory Center
The Chandra Observatory uses x-ray telescopes to learn more about the make-up of the universe. To learn more about x-ray telescopes and to see what they reveal, click here for the official Chandra X-ray Observatory website.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Sample Space
Learn and practice the concept of sample spaces. Features include a teacher resource page.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Robots in Space
During this lesson young scholars learn the history of robotics in space exploration. They use their creativity to develop a robot. They learn about different career opportunities by communicating with robot specialists at the Johnson...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Rocket Me Into Space
One of the exciting challenges for engineers is the idea of exploration. This instructional activity looks more closely at Spaceman Rohan, Spacewoman Tess, their daughter Maya, and their challenges with getting to space, setting up...
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: The Astronomy Center
A searchable collection of "curriculum materials, images, classroom demonstration, learning resources, evaluation instrumnets, and articles about approaches to astronomy education". Users can contribute materials by creating a free account.
Other
U.s. Space and Rocket Center: Space Camp
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...
NASA
Nasa Space Place: All About Mercury
Students have an opportunity to learn more about Mercury. Each badge contains a student centered experience to understand another aspect of the planet.
Other
Cyber Space Avalanche Center: Snow and Stability
Learn how the weather effects avalanches. Learn why the spring and and fall are hazardous times. How does the wind effect avalanches?
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Astronaut's Diary [Pdf]
"The Astronaut's Diary" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about astronauts traveling to the space station and the hard work they had to do. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it...
California Institute of Technology
Spitzer Science Center: Historias Desde Espacio: Premiacion a Las Planetas
All the planets are competing to see who is the best planet in the Solar System. Read the story in Spanish to learn the results of the pageant. Excellent source of information presented in a fun manner.
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Together We Can Rule the Galaxy
In this lesson, students will learn about Galileo Galilei and space.
NASA
Nasa: Imagine the Universe: Imagine the Universe!
This helpful site provides everything you want to know about studying the universe. Take a look at the tools and methods scientists use to study the universe, discover some of the objects that make up our universe, learn how scientists...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology: Microbe Zoo
Discover the functions and health effects of various microbes as you explore different environments in the Microbe Zoo: DirtLand, Animal Pavilion, Snack Bar, Space Adventure, and Water World.
NASA
Nasa: Astronaut Journals
Read journals from different astronauts and discover how they viewed their work and experiences. Discover different training and space missions that these astronauts have been a part of in NASA.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: The Women of Nasa
Learn about the women who have played an essential role in the functions of NASA for almost a century.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How to Write a Descriptive Essay
The students will learn to write a descriptive essay about a three-day space camp experience at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. Students will then produce a multimedia slideshow about the experience.
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University: Rumble Blocks
A game where young scholars must create a stable structure for a friendly alien to use to reach its spacecraft. Students manipulate the blocks to learn that wider bases, symmetrical structures, and creating a lower center of mass result...
Other
Tapped In: Homepage
This site from Tapped In is recommended for teachers, technology and professional development coordinators who are interested in dialogue with colleagues around issues of technology and education. The purpose of the site is to use the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Experiencing Ellis Island:immigration Project
Make Ellis Island come alive for U.S. history students by processing younger students in a recreation of the immigration center. Recreate the uncertainty, fear, and confusion many immigrants experienced by arranging a variety of stations...