Education Resources on the Web, Mostly NASA
Here are links to a few of the space education resources on the web. From this
small sampling, you should be able to quickly find many more resources.
Part 1: Nationwide Resources
- NASA's Education Home Page
- Links to on-line resources to educators, NASA education materials and
services, and education webpages of the regional field centers.
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NASA "CORE", Central Operation of Resources for Educators
- Collection of NASA resources, both online and in print. Includes ordering information.
- Quest: NASA K-12 Internet
Initiative
- Bringing the Internet into the classroom. Audio, video, live interactions,
Q and A, background material, curriculum materials, descriptions of the
day-to-day activities of NASA personnel.
- From Stargazers to Starships
- Astronomy information and activities aimed at high school level.
Part 2: Regional Resources
Part 2A: Lists of Regional Resources
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TeacherLink (non-NASA)
- Resources for teachers collected by Utah State University.
Includes NASA resources.
Part 2B: Individual NASA Field Center Education Web Pages
Each NASA field center has special education responsibility for its own region.
Programs vary from center to center, but can include on-site teacher training
programs and hands-on activities for students.
Here is a list of
education contacts for the NASA field centers.
The NASA field centers also have their own education web pages. These pages
combine on-line resources with information on education programs run by the
centers. Here are links to those sites:
Not Necessarily NASA: Sources in and out of NASA that don't fit the above categories
- National Space Society Educator Resources
- Education resources compiled by the NSS. (Non-NASA) Includes teacher training, scholarships, book recommendations,
websites, sources for NASA videos and stills...
- The Exploratorium (non-NASA)
- Website for San Francisco's hands-on science center.
- The Challenger Center (non-NASA)
- The Challenger Center operates space education centers across the country. Also lists on-line resources.
- The Physical Sciences Resource Center (non-NASA)
- Site of the American Association of Physics Teachers.
- Physics through toys. (non-NASA)
- A physicist at Clemson Universtiy shows how physics principles operate in simple toys.
- NASA and the National Parks (US Government, but non-NASA)
- A collaborative website.
Links to other pages in this website.
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Curator:
Brent Warner
NASA Official: Susan R. Breon
Last Updated: December 15, 2007
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