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NASA

Nasa: Multimedia: Three Dimensional Resources: Station Spacewalk Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A game through which students act as astronauts, conducting work on the International Space Station (ISS). Simulations feature footage from actual NASA missions.
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NASA

Nasa: Multimedia: Three Dimensional Resources: Station Spacewalk Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A game through which students act as astronauts, conducting work on the International Space Station (ISS). Simulations feature footage from actual NASA missions.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Indian Ocean: What Are Mass Amd Weight?

For Students 4th - 6th
Join Maria and Boris the Astronaut in their journey. Learn about mass, weight, and gravity in space.
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NASA

Nasa: Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Apollo 11 Summary

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides a detailed and lengthy summary of the Apollo 11 mission. Comments (quotes) by each astronaut are provided giving personal accounts of the highlights of the mission which resulted in the first landing on the...
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BBC

Bbc: Sharon Backs Space Programme

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC explores the Israel's reaction to the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy and the death of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Candy Corn in Space

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch NASA astronaut Don Pettit create zero gravity candy corn balls on the International Space Station. [2:57]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Gravity and the Human Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Our bodies function necessarily under the presence of gravity; how blood pumps, a sense of balance and bone growth are all due to life in a world where gravity is an inescapable reality. Armed with experiments from neuroscientists David...
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Space.com

Space: Nasa to Celebrate John Glenn's Legacy With Memorial Service Today

For Students 9th - 10th
Famed astronaut, John Glenn, passed away on December 8, 2016. He laid in state in Columbus, Ohio. He is remembered by many, especially those involved with the space program.
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NASA

Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day: Lunar Dust and Duct Tape

For Students 9th - 10th
Dust, a common and usually minor problem on Earth, presented a major challenge for the Apollo astronauts on the Moon. Here's an interesting solution created by the Apollo 17 crew.
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NASA

Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day: Apollo 16: Exploring Plum Crater

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a photograph of Charles M. Duke, Jr. collecting rock samples at the Descartes landing site. Duke stands by Plum Crater while the Lunar Roving Vehicle waits parked in the background. The Lunar Roving Vehicle allowed the astronauts...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Satellites, Shuttles, and Space Stations

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Astronauts and space study.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Satellites, Shuttles, and Space Stations

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Astronauts and space study.
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Smithsonian Institution

Tween Tribune: John Glenn, the 1st American to Orbit Earth, Has Died at 95

For Students 9th - 10th
On December 8, 2016, John Glenn passed away. Glenn was a famous American astronaut.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Walk, Run, Jump!

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this activity, students participate in a series of timed relay races using their skeletal muscles. The compare the movement of skeletal muscle and relate how engineers help astronauts exercise skeletal muscles in space.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Manned Mission to Mars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson will discuss the details for a possible future manned mission to Mars. The human risks are discussed and evaluated to minimize danger to astronauts. A specialized launch schedule is provided and the different professions of...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: By Land, Sea or Air

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan, students learn that navigational techniques change when people travel to different places - land, sea, air and in space. For example, an explorer traveling by land uses different methods of navigation than a sailor...
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NASA

Nasa: What Is a Spacesuit?

For Students 3rd - 8th
This small collection of questions and answers introduces students to spacesuits: what they are, how they help astronauts, and what their important parts are. View two photos, and follow links to FAQs about spacesuit use, construction,...
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Read Works

Read Works: Space Vacation

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about tourists paying for vacation trips to the space station with astronauts. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Ohio State University

Friendship 7: A 40 Year Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit that celebrates the flight of Friendship 7 manned by astronaut, John Glenn.
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CNN

Cnn: Buzz Aldrin Evacuated From South Pole

For Students 9th - 10th
Buzz Aldrin, a former astronaut who walked on the moon, was evacuated from the South Pole after his medical condition deteriorated, according to a release.
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NASA

Nasa: Station Spacewalk Game

For Students 9th - 10th
[Requires Unity Web Player Plug-in] You have the thrilling job of conducting NASA repair work on the International Space Station. However, first, explore the spaceship and learn critical jobs to help power up the space station so that it...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nova: The Origin of the Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment [3:56] adapted from NOVA follows the Apollo 15 astronauts as they collect samples of ancient rock from the Moon's crust, whose discovery helps lead to a radical new theory about the Moon's origin.
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Other

American Society for Engineering Education: E Gfi: Jingle Bell Silencer Challenge

For Teachers K - 1st
Can you muffle the sound of a jingle bell using a variety of Christmas-themed items? Explore your sense of hearing in this simple activity. Includes a video of Gemini astronauts playing Jingle Bells while in space in 1965. [1:22]
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A&E Television

History.com: How Many Times Has the u.s. Landed on the Moon?

For Students 9th - 10th
Among seven Apollo moon landing missions, only one did not land men on the moon. Apollo 11 lunar module on July 20, 1969 to become the first human being to step foot on the moon. "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for...

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