Lesson Plan
Curated OER

National Park Service: America's Space Program Exploring a New Frontier

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site includes a lesson for teachers to use when teaching about America's space program. Also included is the history of the space program, maps, readings, images of the space program, and benefits that resulted from space research.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Journey to Pluto, the Farthest World Ever Explored

For Students 9th - 10th
Alan Stern explains how NASA's New Horizons mission will to allow us to see Pluto for the first time.
Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Lunar Exploration Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Available in both HTML and Shockwave formats, this site is a visual timeline of US, Soviet, and Japanese Lunar exploration. Each point of the timeline links to text information about that spacecraft and mission.
Graphic
Curated OER

Dutch Van Kirk at the Us National Air and Space Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Published on 8/04/05, the BBC interviewed three of the men involved in the mission to drop the atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. We get their viewpoints and an understanding of what their duties were on that day.