Pupils play a board game in order to review the details from a travel essay. In this board game lesson, students listen the a story about a trip, ask questions regarding it, and review the story by playing the board game on the provided...

In these manifest destiny worksheets, students read the definition for manifest destiny and its appearance in America in the 1840s. Students learn about the Homestead Act and study a painting of a depiction of manifest destiny.

In this English activity, learners read "Indian Breaks Hot-Air Balloon Record," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

In this English worksheet, students read "Indian Breaks Hot-Air Balloon Record," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Learn all about the spacecraft Orion, which took its first flight to space in December 2014. A trip to Mars is planned next. Learn how its design compares to that of the Apollo, what new technology it has, and what has been done to...

Join Dr. Charles Simonyi on his space mission to the International Space Station in 2009. The first private explorer to complete a second mission to space shares highlights of the spaceflight, including videos, photos, and interviews...

Blast off! Take students on a journey aboard the space shuttle to learn about living and working in space. Meet astronauts who think healthy living is a must. See if students have what it takes to be a space cadet.

Online exhibition relates the original Star Wars film trilogy to the "hero's journey" presented in Joseph Campbell's "Hero With a Thousand Faces" and "The Power of Myth." Originally accompanied an exhibit at the Museum, but now stands...

It's been 110 years since Georges Melies sent a spaceship slamming into the eye of the man on the moon. So how far have visual effects come since then? Working closely with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Don Levy takes...

Alan Stern explains how NASA's New Horizons mission will to allow us to see Pluto for the first time.

Two astrophysicists present images of stellar phenomena in this resource and explain why stars are so important to the existence of life on Earth.

Journey to the wildest regions of space, and wrestle with cosmic giants, galaxies. Explore the Hubble Deep Fields from a statistical point of view.

Browse through over 200 albums of more than 13,000 photographs taken of all of the Apollo space journeys. This project provides a visual history of the space race.

Take a journey through the solar system with this interactive guide. Includes planetary history, "travel information," "tourist highlights," and video clips. Games and quizzes include a Solar System jigsaw that prompts the student to...

Explore the usefulness of space probes by comparing an unmanned probe's accuracy with human observation. Design a planet surface with varied features, and then create probes to discover features of the planet's surface.

Discuss facts about Mars and investigate scientists' efforts to create fuel from materials found in space. Perform a simplified method of aqueous electrolysis to split water into its two chemical elements using electric current from a...

Learning module examines how writers and artists have portrayed the city of Chicago as well as the response to the city's changing population and character during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Primary sources and questions for...

This journey will help you solve big questions about the universe. You will be able to see beyond human capabilities and will learn what scientists are discovering.

Investigate how to measure the total flat space that something takes up by engaging in the activities provided. Includes links to explore related sites pertaining to area.

A virtual journey through space offers photos and facts about Earth and its neighboring planets, comets, other celestial bodies of the Solar System, and the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about improvements made to the Hubble telescope. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Vietnamese life and culture captured in a museum-mounted exhibition (2003-04) that takes journeys through time, space, the seasons, and rites of life as themes. Learn about the history, culture, traditions, and everyday life of Vietnam.

Investigate the invention of the Pathfinder rover's landing apparatus by designing, constructing and testing an original model of a bouncing lander. Compete to see which landers work best to keep the cargo from breaking.

Explore the technological advancement of 3-D imaging critical to the 1997 Pathfinder mission. Make a pair of 3-D glasses and use them to view Mars images on the Internet.