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The following listing of Internet addresses provides robust links to Earth and space science educational materials throughout the World Wide Web. NASA resources begin with sites that cover a range of topics and become increasingly science-specific.
NASA SpaceLink
http://www.spacelink.nasa.gov
NASA Home Page
http://www.nasa.gov/
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Space Science Education Home Page
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/education/education_home.html
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Learning Link
http://learn.jpl.nasa.gov
Remote Sensing Public Access Center
http://www.rspac.ivv.nasa.gov
Lunar and Planetary Institute
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/lpi.html
Astronomy Online: Ask Dr. Sue
http://dlt.gsfc.nasa.gov/Ask
NASA/JPL Imaging Radar Home Page
http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov
Global Quest: The Internet in the Classroom
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov
American Geophysical Union
http://earth.agu.org/kosmos/homepage.html
Arizona Mars K-12 Educational Supplement and Guide
http://esther.la.asu.edu/cgi-bin/imagemap/tes_home?144,327
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/asp/asp.html
Earth System Science Education Program
Universities Space Research Association
http://www.usra.edu/esse/Educational_Resources.html
The Planetary Society
http://planetary.org/
Telescopes in Education
http://www.mtwilson.edu/index.html
YAHOO
http://www.yahoo.com/Education
These materials offer lessons and ideas for teaching astronomy in a hands-on, inquiry-based way.
This 76-page booklet features hands-on astronomy activities appropriate for primary, intermediate, and advanced students.
Cost: $10.90, which includes $2.95 for shipping and handling.
Send orders to:
National Wildlife Federation
1400 Sixteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036-2266
This 400-page astronomy activity and resource notebook features more than 90 classroom-tested, hands-on activities for teaching many areas of astronomy. The notebook provides activities for grades 3-10.
Cost: $29.95, which includes $5.00 for shipping and handling.
Send orders to:
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
390 Ashton Ave., San Francisco, CA 94112
Call toll free: 1-800-335-2624
This book contains 19 complete lessons and dozens of exciting suggestions for exploring astronomy topics. A set of 18 slides also is included.
Cost: $28.95, which includes $4.00 for shipping and handling.
Send orders to:
Pacific Science Center Explore More Store
200 Second Ave., North, Seattle, WA 98109-4895
Call: (206) 443-2870
These two resources are part of the Lawrence Hall of Science GEMS Series.
For information and an order brochure, write GEMS:
Lawrence Hall of Science
University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
Call: (510) 642-7771
This newsletter is published quarterly by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Teacher’s Newsletter Department. Free subscriptions are available to teachers, school librarians, school administrators, and youth group leaders who request it on institutional stationary.
Send your request to:
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Teacher’s Newsletter Department
390 Ashton Ave., San Francisco, CA 94112-1787
Newsletter text in English, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese is
available on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.aspsky.org/subpages/tnl1.html
ODYSSEY is a science magazine for fourth- through ninth-graders. Each issue of ODYSSEY shows the reader that science is sensational.
Cost $24.95 for one year (nine 48-page issues)
To order, contact:
Cobblestone Publishing, Inc.
7 School St., Peterborough, NH 03458-1454
Call toll free: 1-800-821-0115
Finley-Holiday Film Corp.
Box 619, Whitter, CA 90601
Call: 1-800-345-6707
FAX: (310) 693-4756
NASA CORE (Central Operation of Resources for Educators)
Lorain County Joint Vocational School
15181 Route 58 South, Oberlin, OH 44074
Call: (216) 774-1051, ext. 293/294
FAX: (216) 774-2144
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
390 Ashton Ave., San Francisco, CA 94112
Call: (415) 337-2624
Newell Colour Lab
221 N. Westmoreland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Call: (213) 380-2980
FAX: (213) 739-6984
Space Images
Ron Weber
P.O. Box 701567 San Antonio, TX 78270
800-877-8915 (voice)
210-499-4504 (voice)
603-452-6246 (fax)
Ron@spaceimages.com (e-mail)
http://www.SpaceImages.com (Web store)
Contact the Teacher Resource Center nearest you to find out about NASA’s 65 regional resource centers.
| NASA Ames Research Center Mail Stop 253-2 Moffett Field, CA 94035 (415) 604-3574 |
NASA Johnson Space Center Teacher Resource Center Mail Code AP-2 - TRC 2101 NASA Road 1 Houston, TX 77058 (713) 483-8696 |
| NASA Dryden Flight Research Center NASA Teacher Resource Center Public Affairs Office, (Trl. 42) Edwards AFB, CA 93523 (805) 258-3456 |
NASA Teacher Resource Center for LaRC Virginia Air and Space Center 600 Settler’s Landring Road Hampton, VA 23669 (804) 727-0900, ext. 757 |
| NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Teacher Resource Laboratory Mail Code 130.3 Greenbelt, MD 20771 (301) 286-8570 |
NASA Lewis Research Center Teacher’s Resource Center, Mail Stop 8-1 21000 Brookpark Road Cleveland, OH 44135 (216) 433-2017 |
| Wallops Flight Facility Education Complex - Visitor Center Teacher Resource Center, Bldg. J-17 Wallops Island, VA 23337 (804) 824-2297/2298 |
NASA Stennis Space Center Teacher Resource Center Building 1200 Stennis Space Center, MS 39529 (601) 688-3338 |
| NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL Educational Outreach, CS-530 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA 91109 (818) 354-6916 |
U.S. Space & Rocket Center NASA Resource Teacher Center 15181 Route 58 South Oberlin, OH 44074 (216) 774-1051, ext. 293 |
| NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center Educator’s Resources Laboratory Mail Code ERC Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899 (407) 867-4090 |
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