Science Topics

Use science topic words to find web sites with lesson plans and activities.

Satellites

1 SEGway, science education gateway
Date: 2001 Grade: 3 - 12 ENC#: 010515
This Internet site, developed for grades 3 to 12 teachers, students, and home schoolers, contains learning adventures in Earth and space science from a NASA-sponsored partnership of museums, researchers, and educators. From the homepage, users select ...
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2 From a distance
Date: 2001 Grade: Kindergarten - 12 ENC#: 020128
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades K to 12 as part of the NASA Learning Technologies Project, includes lesson plans on remote sensing and links to related educational resources. The lesson plans are organized by grade levels and subject...
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3 TeachEarth.com
Date: 2001 Grade: Kindergarten - 12 ENC#: 025508
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, provides educators with resources and programs for teaching and learning about Earth system science. A searchable database allows teachers to locate resources...
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4 General Certificate of Secondary Education (G.C.S.E.)
Date: 2000 Grade: 6 - 12 ENC#: 016767
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades 6 to 12 by a geography teacher in England, presents a wide range of Geography information, featuring a variety of links to other useful geography sites. The site aims to provide the widest range of...
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5 Activities for students
Date: 2000 Grade: Kindergarten - 12 ENC#: 020127
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades K to 12 by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of NASA, contains a collection of Earth and space science lessons and links other classroom activities. The lesson plans are organized by grade levels...
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6 Starport.com
Date: 2000 Grade: 5 - Post-secondary ENC#: 017434
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grade 5 and up, is dedicated to providing an online interactive forum for people throughout the world to have an opportunity to learn and talk about space exploration. Upon clicking message boards for discussion...
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7 Earth to Moon experiment
Date: 2000 Grade: 3 - 12 ENC#: 026496
This Internet site, part of the Physics 2000 project of the University of Colorado, provides an interactive Java applet that enables users to launch satellites and observe their motion. The Earth is at the center of the applet with the moon orbiting ...
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8 National Severe Storms Laboratory
Date: 1999 Grade: Kindergarten - 12 ENC#: 014322
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades K to 12 by the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) as one of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Environmental Research Laboratories, contains general information ...
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9 Cassini mission
Date: 1999 Grade: 7 - Post-secondary ENC#: 017059
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grade 7 and up by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of NASA, presents background information about the Cassini mission, including mission status reports, flight operations, and detailed descriptions of ...
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10 Space Team Online
Date: 1999 Grade: Kindergarten - 12 ENC#: 018444
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades K to 12 as part of the NASA Quest Projects, introduces students to human exploration and development of space through various instructional materials. NASA Quest is a service of the education program...
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11 Exploring space
Date: 1998 Grade: 4 - 8 ENC#: 011856
This Internet site, developed for grades 4 through 8 by the Ames Research Group and NASA, presents an astrobiology unit based on data collected by the Lunar Prospector mission. The Lunar Prospector was launched in January 1998 for a one year mission ...
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12 Space place launch pad
Date: 1998 Grade: 3 - 8 ENC#: 012548
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for students, contains information, projects and activities designed to help kids understand the techniques scientists use to explore and map objects in deep space. From the homepage, visitors can choose from...
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13 Franklin's forecast
Date: 1997 Grade: 5 - 10 ENC#: 013411
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained by the Franklin Science Museum, introduces visitors to today's sophisticated weather technologies and includes weather information and data. From the home page, users have access to Franklin's shortlist...
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14 Planetary Science Research Discoveries (PSRD)
Date: 1996, 1998 Grade: 9 - Post-secondary ENC#: 013317
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained by two planetary geoscientists from the University of Hawaii, Manoa, describes discoveries being made in planetary and space sciences through NASA sponsored research. Students and visitors are encouraged to learn...
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15 Teacher-developed Earth and space science lessons and classroom activities
Date: 1995 Grade: 5 - 12 ENC#: 002325
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades 3 to 12 by the Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics (CEA), provides lesson plans and activities that teachers have developed using the Internet. In a sample lesson, student weather reporters...
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16 The living ocean
Date: 1994 Grade: 9 - 10 ENC#: 017572
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, developed for educators of grades 9 through 10, is maintained by NASA's Mission to Planet Earth Education Office. It is intended as a resource that teachers can use to help students learn about remote sensing in general...
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