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International Technology Education Association

Pixel This!

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Did the image I drew match the image you saw? By simulating a satellite and a ground station, teams of two transmit data in the form of pixels in order to recreate an image. They use four different levels of brightness, creating slightly...
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Institute for Geophysics

Understanding Maps of Earth

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Here is your go-to student resource on primary geography concepts, including facts about the surface of the earth and its hemispheres, latitude and longitude, globes, types of maps, and identifying continents and oceans.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: International Space Station

For Students 9th - 10th
This in depth overview of the International Space Station discusses how it was built and who helped in the construction.
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Orpheus Books

Q Files: Technology: Space Transport

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of space exploration is told from the first successful rocket built in 1926 to space probes and the International Space Station.
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NASA

Nasa Space Place: Thermosphere

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief explanation of the thermosphere home to the International Space Station.
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NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biographies

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides biographical information on all NASA astronauts and many Russian Cosmonauts.