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Educator Curriculum Resources on Space Science

Adventures of the Agronauts
  Grade 3
Each Mission of Adventures of the Agronauts is designed to help students make connections between concepts of space science and plant biology. Activities enhance student's math, science, language arts, social studies, technology and information systems, and music and art skills.
Center for Educational Resources (CERES) Project
  Grades K – 12
Through funding from NASA, faculty at Montana State University and classroom teachers from across the nation have developed an extensive library of on-line and interactive K-12 science education materials for teaching astronomy.
Cool Cosmos
  Grades K – 12
In answering the wide public interest in space sciences, NASA has, for more than a decade, made Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) an important element in their missions. This “Cool Cosmos” portal is the main gateway of the “Cool Cosmos” E/PO group at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center and the SIRTF Science Center.
LHS GEMS: Great Explorations in Math and Science
  Grades K – 12
GEMS publishes science and math curriculum, offers specialized workshops, and maintains an international support network.
NASA Quest
  Grades K – 12, Formal and Informal Education, General Public
NASA Quest Challenges are FREE Web-based, interactive explorations designed to engage students in authentic scientific and engineering processes. The solutions relate to issues encountered daily by NASA personnel.
NASA's Solar System Exploration Fast Lesson Finder for Formal Educators
  Grades K – 12
Teacher approved activities relating to current NASA missions with a fast and easy to use interface for locating lesson plans in space science. Highly recommended!
NASAExplores – National Standards Lesson Plans in Earth and Space Science
  Grades K – 12
NASAExplores provides a variety of lesson plans for K-12 educators. Especially helpful is the Nationals Standards section that provides lesson plans that can be search by National Standards. Each weekly lesson plan and activity is developed in accordance with Science (NSTA), Mathematics (NCTM), Technology (ISTE), Technology (ITEA) and Geography (NGS).
NASA Space Science Education Resource Directory (Teach Space)
  Grades K - 12, Formal and Informal Education, General Public
The Space Science Education Resource Directory is a convenient way to find NASA space science products for use in classrooms, science museums, planetariums, and other settings.
Amazing Space
  Grades K – 14
Amazing Space is an astronomy and space science education program that uses Hubble Space Telescope's scientific findings to create free, online materials designed for K-14 students and educators.
NASA Education
  Grades K – 16
Curriculum resources for both formal (K-16) and informal educators.
Standards Resources
  National Science Education Standards
National Science Teachers Association



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