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MY NASA DATA Lesson Plan 44: Think GREEN – Utilizing Renewable Solar Energy (Grades 7-12)
Through this lesson plan, students utilize satellite data to determine greatest renewable energy potentials in any given region. This process allows students to develop skills in graphing and reading graphs. http://bit.ly/IsKB2I
New “State of Flux” Gallery Available on NASA’s Global Climate Change Website
In celebration of this year’s Earth Day, NASA’s Webby Award-winning Global Climate Change website has unveiled a new version of its popular image gallery, “State of Flux.” This gallery presents images, mostly from space, of our ever-changing planet, chronicling changes … Continue reading
Comet Quest – iPhone/iPad Game from Space Place
Learn about comets and the Rosetta mission while playing the immersive action game “Comet Quest.” The player controls the spacecraft: first, drop the comet lander carefully onto the nucleus; observe and record gas jets, craters, cracks, and other happenings; dodge … Continue reading
Climate Education in an Age of Media Project Website
The newly launched Climate Education in an Age of Media (CAM) Project website contains information about how media production be students is being brought into climate change education in ways that are engaging, empowering, and can be readily adopted in … Continue reading
New Media from the NASA Kepler Mission
The following are new media resources created for the NASA Kepler Mission: Kepler and the Transit of Venus Poster – This poster features a family portrait of the 2,326 Kepler planet candidates (as of Dec. 5, 2011). The back contains … Continue reading
Big Explosions and Strong Gravity – Girl Scout E/PO Program
Big Explosions and Strong Gravity (BESG) is a highly-successful Girl Scout E/PO program. This one-day event features a series of hands-on activities on spectroscopy, cosmic abundances, supernovae, and black holes. Professional scientists, engineers, and graduate students assist with the activities, … Continue reading
ImageJ Activity Booklet
This PDF guide explains how to use ImageJ image processing software to understand and manipulate astronomical images. The guide begins with instructions on how to download ImageJ, plus some additional astronomy-related plugins, followed by directions on how to install everything … Continue reading
Supernova Remnant SNR 0509 Lithograph and In Search Of…Supernova Remnants Classroom Activity – Grades 11-12
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows what appears to be a delicate bubble of gas floating serenely in space. In actuality, the bubble is the visible remnant of a powerful supernova explosion called SNR 0509. The bubble was formed from … Continue reading
NASA SEDAC Facebook Page
The NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), operated by CIESIN, has many interesting educational products, including the upcoming release of a new climate change mapping tool for K-12 students and educators. Become a “fan” of the NASA SEDAC Facebook … Continue reading
Coma Clusters Activity Using Hubble Space Telescope Data – Grades 9-12
In 2006, the Hubble Space Telescope pointed its gaze at a nearby collection of galaxies called the Coma Cluster. Using the unprecedented images that the HST provided, astronomers gained fascinating insights into the evolution of galaxies in dense galactic neighborhoods. … Continue reading
