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NASA

Nasa: This New Ocean

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA contains the text of the book "This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury" by Loyd S. Swenson Jr., James M. Grimwood, and Charles C. Alexander.
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NASA

Nasa: Discovery Mission: Messenger

For Students 9th - 10th
The MESSENGER (MErcury: Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) mission is a scientific investigation of the planet Mercury. This site provides information about its mission objectives and management.
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Johns Hopkins University

Nasa: Messenger

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive website has lots of resources to help you understand Messenger, Nasa's space probe to Mercury. Everything from the purpose of the mission to the structure of Mercury can be found here.
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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Spectrum of the Hydrogen Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
In this experiment, you will use a meterstick spectroscope to observe the emission spectrums of hydrogen, sodium, neon, helium, and mercury. Requires Java plug-in.
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Johns Hopkins University

Applied Physics Laboratory: Messenger Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Home page for NASA's Discovery Program Messenger to the planet Mercury. Site provides details of the planned mission, its experiments and the science and management teams. Linked Quicktime animation files are very large and detailed....
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Other

The Space Race

For Students 9th - 10th
Although the space race was originally a competition between two Cold War foes,it ultimately resulted in many benefits for the people of the Earth. Find information on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo, and Soviet space programs,...
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NASA

Nasa: John Glenn the Hero

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides a detailed description of events following the successful 3 Earth orbit mission of the Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft.
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NASA

Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Mariner 10 Images

For Students 9th - 10th
Images of Mercury taken by Mariner 10. Thumbnail images load quickly and link to larger files. Text link provides detailed background information about the mission and its objectives.
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Curated OER

Nasa: Welcome to the Planets Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA offers a photo gallery of Mercury images. Each image includes a detailed caption describing what is being seen, and this caption is also available in streaming audio.
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Curated OER

Nasa: Welcome to the Planets Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA offers a photo gallery of Mercury images. Each image includes a detailed caption describing what is being seen, and this caption is also available in streaming audio.
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Curated OER

Nasa: Welcome to the Planets Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA offers a photo gallery of Mercury images. Each image includes a detailed caption describing what is being seen, and this caption is also available in streaming audio.
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Curated OER

Nasa: Welcome to the Planets Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA offers a photo gallery of Mercury images. Each image includes a detailed caption describing what is being seen, and this caption is also available in streaming audio.
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Curated OER

Mercury Image#pia00437, Nasa/jpl/caltech

For Students 9th - 10th
New analysis of data returned by the Mariner 10 mission. Includes several photo images. Examines the possibility of volcanism in the history of Mercury and comparisons to Hawaiian and Lunar volcanic events.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
A photo of the planet Mercury showing its rugged, scarred surface which looks similar to that of the Earth's moon.
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Unesco: Slovenia: Heritage of Mercury. Almaden and Idrija

For Students 9th - 10th
The property includes the mining sites of Almaden (Spain), where mercury (quicksilver) has been extracted since antiquity, and Idrija (Slovenia), where mercury was first found in AD1490. The Spanish property includes buildings relating...
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Science Kids: Science Images: The Element Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
A close up photo showing a blob of mercury sitting safely inside a glass container. At room temperature this metal is in liquid form, the liquid metal moving around like something out of the movie Terminator 2 Judgment Day. Mercury can...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Quest: Water Pollution Investigation

For Students 9th - 10th
Water pollution is the contamination of water resources by harmful wastes or toxins. This type of pollution can be dangerous to animals and plant populations in and around lakes, rivers, polluted groundwater areas or oceans, and can pose...
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Curated OER

Mercury Highlands

For Students 9th - 10th
New analysis of data returned by the Mariner 10 mission. Includes several photo images. Examines the possibility of volcanism in the history of Mercury and comparisons to Hawaiian and Lunar volcanic events.
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Curated OER

Carondelet High School: Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustration of a mercury atom.
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Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
A single mosaic image made from 18 pictures as Mariner 10 approached Mercury.
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Image of Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
Images of Mercury taken by Mariner 10. Thumbnail images load quickly and link to larger files. Text link provides detailed background information about the mission and its objectives.
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Curated OER

Image of Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
Images of Mercury taken by Mariner 10. Thumbnail images load quickly and link to larger files. Text link provides detailed background information about the mission and its objectives.
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Curated OER

Image of Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
Images of Mercury taken by Mariner 10. Thumbnail images load quickly and link to larger files. Text link provides detailed background information about the mission and its objectives.
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Curated OER

Image of Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
Images of Mercury taken by Mariner 10. Thumbnail images load quickly and link to larger files. Text link provides detailed background information about the mission and its objectives.

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