NASA
Nasa: Mission Science: Space Weather 101
Find out about space weather, including coronal mass ejections and solar flares, which are caused by all kinds of different types of solar activity.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Physicist
Physicist as a career is a very broad spectrum. This site from Science Buddies relates the general requirements and education needed to be a physicist and lists the many sub-fields in which physicists can specialize. Included is a video...
Government of Canada
Canadian Space Agency: International Space Station
The Canadian Space Agency presents Canada?s partnership in the International Space Station that is orbiting the globe. Canada's contribution is explained and facts about the mission are explained with graphs and pictures. This site...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Earth & Space Science
This course is composed of eight sessions, each with a one-hour video program addressing a topic area in Earth and Space Science that emphasizes the science content that is likely to be part of any elementary school science curriculum.
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Digital Library for Earth System Education
This site from Digital Library for Earth System Education provides materials for students and teachers on a huge array of topics. Search site by topic, grade level, and desired output (such as lesson plan, case study, assessment or...
Government of Canada
Canadian Space Agency: Canadian Astronauts Brent Thirsk
Dr. Thirsk is scheduled to be a member of Expedition 20 in 2009 to the International Space Station. He will live and work on the ISS for up to six months; an extended stay this is a Canadian first. His duties will include robotic...
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Project Mohole
Project Mohole was "the earth sciences' answer to the space program," a project to gain information about the Earth by drilling a hole through the Earth's crust to the Mohorovicic Discontinuity (Moho). This website gives a history of the...
PBS
Inspired by Science Fiction
As far back as Ancient Greece, people have dreamed about living in space. This resource describes how space station science fiction of the past led to the development of today's space stations.
NASA
Fire! Nasa Demonstrates New Technology for Monitoring Fires From Space
This article highlights NASA's new technology for monitoring fires from space, MODIS. Learn how MODIS, or Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, helps firefighters prioritize which fires to conquer first.
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Ncesse: Student Spaceflight Experiments Program
A competition for students in Grades 5 and up, in which they design an experiment that would fly in space under conditions of microgravity. Winners in local competitions are chosen to submit their designs for inclusion in a...
Government of Canada
Canadian Space Agency: Bjarni Tryggvason
This site provides an excellent overview of the life and achievements of the astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason.
Government of Canada
Canadian Space Agency: Canadian Astronauts David Williams
A comprehensive professional biography of astronaut David Williams. He is a retired mission specialist and took part in three of four spacewalks; the highest number of spacewalks performed in a single mission. He spent 17 hours and 47...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Star Power Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about the energy in stars. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Planet Orbits in the Solar System Study Guide
Review planets orbiting in the solar system using this study guide.
A&E Television
History.com: 8 Ways the Original 'Star Trek' Made History
When "Star Trek" premiered on NBC in the fall of 1966, it promised "To boldly go where no man has gone before." More than half a century later, it has done just that. The original "Star Trek," which lasted for only three seasons, birthed...
Space Telescope Science Institute
Space Telescope Science Institute: Hubble Space Telescope
Find out how astronomers are conducting extensive observations to estimate how many planets in our Milky Way galaxy might be potential abodes for life.
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Lunar and Planetary Institute: Explore! Discover Earth
A variety of hands-on activities, investigations, and explorations designed to engage learners in discovering planet Earth.
California Institute of Technology
Spitzer Science Center: Image of the Tarantula Nebula
The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is a dense, star-forming region captured in this space telescope image. In addition, a detailed textual overview explains various specifics of the picture.
California Institute of Technology
Spitzer Science Center: Gamma Ray Burst
This space telescope image features a full-blown Gamma-Ray Burst first detected by a team of astronomers led by Peter Garnavich. In addition, a detailed textual overview explains various specifics of the picture.
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Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Galaxy Zoo
Explore the universe like you have never seen it. Take part in classifying images of galaxies taken from the Hubble telescope archives. This is a crowdsourced scientific research project.
NASA
Nasa: Astronaut Biography: Sally K. Ride
Sally K. Ride, native Californian, is featured in this biography. Ride is known for being a woman pioneer in the U.S. Space program, but she has been a strong supporter of STEM education for girls and young women as well.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: John Daniel Kraus
For a man whose career involved the entire known universe, John Kraus had a remarkably insular upbringing. He was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in physics, all at the...
NASA
Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Cassini
On its way to Saturn, the Cassini probe passed by Jupiter to pick up a gravity assisted speed boost. This resoure gained more information as it passed by Jupiter on December 30, 2000 and traveled another four years outward to Saturn.
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