NASA Instructional Materials
This listing contains pdf versions of NASA education guides (with links to the sources) discussed during the NASA LIFT OFF Summer 2010 Teacher Academy.
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Astrobiology Science Learning Activities for Afterschool (pdf)
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Astrobiology_Educator_Guide.html
Destination: Mars (pdf 4.8 MB)
ares.jsc.nasa.gov/education/activities/destmars/destmars.htm
Earth Math (pdf 4.6 MB)
www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Earth_Math.html
The Electromagnetic Spectrum from Space-based Astronomy Educator Guide (pdf)
www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Space.Based.Astronomy.html
Exploring Meteorite Mysteries: A Teacher's Guide with Activities for Earth and Space Sciences (pdf 6.1 MB)
ares.jsc.nasa.gov/education/activities/expmetmys/expmetmys.htm
Exploring the Moon: A Teacher's Guide with Activities for Earth and Space Sciences (pdf 6.4 MB)
www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/EP-306.html
Getting Dirty on Mars:
www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Getting_Dirty_on_Mars.html
Teaching Tips (pdf 2 MB)
Student Lab (pdf 6 MB)
Student Lab Cards (pdf)
Human Physiology in Space (html version):
www.nsbri.org/HumanPhysSpace/
Hurricane Katrina: A Problem-Based Learning Module:
essea.strategies.org/module.php?module_id=16
Teacher Guide
Student Guide
Life on Earth—and elsewhere? (pdf 2.6 MB)
nai.arc.nasa.gov/library/downloads/ERG.pdf
Lunar Math (pdf 3.1 MB)
www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Lunar_Math.html
Magnetic Math (pdf 6.8 MB)
www1.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Magnetic_Math.html
Mars Activities (pdf 4.6 MB)
marsrover.nasa.gov/classroom/pdfs/MSIP-MarsActivities.pdf
Mars Exploration: Is the Water on Mars? (pdf 4.1 MB)
www.nasa.gov/pdf/58223main_Is.There.Water.on.Mars.pdf
Meteorology: An Educator's Resource for Inquiry-Based Learning for Grades 5-9 (pdf 5.7 MB)
www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/science/met-guide.html
Origins :
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/origins/
Origins: Earth is Born (pdf)
Origins: How Life Began (pdf)
Origins: Where are the Aliens (pdf)
Origins: Back to the Beginning (pdf)
Planet Quest The Search for Another Earth (pdf)
planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/resources/pq_activity_guide.pdf
Probing Below the Surface of Mars (pdf)
quilt.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/Probing_Below_Mars.pdf
ROCKETS Educator's Guide with Activities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (pdf 14.9 MB)
www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Rockets.html
Solar Math (pdf 2.3 MB)
www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Solar_Math.html
Waste Limitation Management and Recycling Design Challenge (Educator Guide)
www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/WLMR_Guide.html
What Are We Made Of? The Sun, the Earth, and You (pdf)
discovery.nasa.gov/lib/PDF/Mission_Activites/Genesis.pdf
What is Your Cosmic Connection to the Elements? (pdf 1 MB)
www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/What_Is_Your_Cosmic_Connection.html