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3...2...1...PUFF!
09.14.10 - Students will construct small "indoor" paper rockets, determine their flight stability and launch them by blowing air through a drinking straw.
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Rocket Alphabet
08.31.10 - Students practice uppercase letter recognition and sequencing.
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Following the Scientific Method
08.24.10 - Help students learn how to effectively collect and analyze data to solve a problem.
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Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment Education Page →
08.10.10 - SORCE has educational materials designed for kindergarten through graduate levels.
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Paper Plate Education →
08.04.10 - This website promotes innovative hands-on activities that use common paper plates. The activities cover a range of interests at varying degrees of complexity.
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Case of the Ocean Odyssey →
07.27.10 - Floating tennis shoes and oil globs wash up on the beach to set the Tree House Detectives in motion investigating the sea. Scroll to the 2004-2005 season to find resources related to the show.
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Exploring the Solar System →
Find activities, images, recommended books and videos, and websites to use in the classroom.
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Modeling Activity Complements Asteroid Encounter
07.13.10 - Here's a perfect hands-on lesson for summer camp: An easy-to-do activity that highlights asteroids and the spectacular images of a recent flyby of asteroid Lutetia.
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Learning About Clouds and How They Are Formed
This video segment from the NASA SCIence Files™ explains how clouds form.
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Light and Color -- Hidden Messages
08.31.10 - Students use coloring markers to draw hidden designs that can only be seen through the correct filter.
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Rocket Rhymes and Songs
05.25.10 - Students use rhymes, chants, songs and creative movements to practice rhyming words about rockets.
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On the Moon Educator Guide
NASA and PBS's "Design Squad®" offer students six hands-on engineering challenges for class time or after-school programs.
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Food Preparation for Space -- Grades K-4
05.11.10 - In this activity, students simulate food preparation on the International Space Station by measuring and mixing ingredients of rehydratable food and drinks.
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Case of the Powerful Pulleys →
05.04.10 - The Tree House Detectives investigate simple machines to help a friend get into the tree house. Scroll to the 2002-2003 season for educator guides and video segments of the show.
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Sled Kite
04.27.10 - Make and fly these simple kites!
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Landsat Education and Outreach Program →
This site offers free educational and interpretive resources, images, activities, modules, tutorials and more.
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Rocket Math
03.02.10 - Students find missing addends in simple number sentences.
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Kids Science News Network™: What is Gravity? →
03.02.10 - KSNN™ uses web and video technology to help children in grades 3-5 understand the everyday phenomena of their world and answer their frequently asked questions.
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The Earth Explorers Series
Read about NASA Earth Explorers, young and old, with a variety of backgrounds and interests.
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Space Food and Nutrition Educator Guide
02.17.10 - Show students how to eat like an astronaut.