Space Science Education/Public Outreach Sites
We welcome suggestions for any additional sites relevant to Space Science
education and public outreach. Please send your recommendations to dwoods at hq dot nasa dot gov.
Sites with general content:
Amazing
Space
Astronomy Village: CD-ROM based
multimedia program for teachers and students
Astronomy
Picture of the Day
Cooperative Satellite
Learning Project - Learn to build and operate spacecraft!
Earth Views of Space and Space Views
of Earth
Federal
Resources for Educational Excellence - Great Education Resource!
From Stargazers
to Starships
Imagine the Universe - Ages
14 and up
NASA's
Quest Project
NASA
Spacelink - Great Link to Electronic Versions of NASA Education Products!
Practical Uses of Math and Science
(PUMAS) - Link to 20 (and growing) Examples for Teaching Math and
Science!
Space
Place
The Space Science Institute
Starchild - Ages 4 to 14
The Virginia
Space Grant Consortium Student Balloon Launch Page
Windows
to the Universe - Wonderful Education Link!
Astronomical Search for Origins and Planetary Systems:
Education activities at the Hubble
Space Telescope (HST) Science Institute
Infrared
Astronomy - Really Cool Site!
Origins Education and Outreach
Space Infrared
Telescope Facility (SIRTF) mission
Stratospheric Observatory
for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) education page
Structure and Evolution of the Universe:
Chandra X-Ray Observatory Education
Page
Array
of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors (ALEXIS) mission
Cosmic
and Heliospheric Learning Center
Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
mission (GLAST) mission
Microwave Anisotropy
Probe (MAP) mission
Relativity Mission (Gravity
Probe-B)
Rossi
X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) mission
Swift Gamma Ray
Burst Explorer
Solar System Exploration:
Cassini Kids Page
and Other Resources
- Learn About Saturn and the Cassini Mission!
Comets, Saturn, Mars and
so much more!
Discovery Program
Exploring
Planets in the Classroom - Hands-on Space Science Activities!
Galileo K-12 Resources
- Learn About Jupiter and the Galileo Mission!
Live From Earth and
Mars
Lunar Prospector
mission
Lunar
and Planetary Institute
Mars
Exploration Education Program
Mars Team Online
Mars Pathfinder archival
website
Mars Virtual Landing Sites
Near Earth
Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) educator's guide
The
Nine Planets
Observe Weather Patterns
on Mars!
Planetary
Science Research Discoveries - Great Site! Easy to Read Articles on
Current Discoveries!
Pluto Express educational
outreach
Stardust mission education
pages
The Sun-Earth Connection:
Electric
Space Project
The Exploration
of the Earth's Magnetosphere
GENESIS
Imager for
Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) education pages
Interactive
NASA Space Physics Ionospheric Research Experiment (INSPIRE)
International
Solar Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Program geospace education pages
International Space Physics Educational
Consortium (ISPEC)
Live
From the Sun
Learn About Solar Flares
Stanford Solar Center
Solar and Heliospheric
Observatory (SOHO) education pages
Transition
Region and Coronal Explorer
Yohkoh solar education pages
Images:
HST
Image Gallery - Great Link it High Resolution Hubble Images!
NSSDC
Photo Gallery - Planets and Other Astronomical Objects!
NASA's
Planetary Photojournal - Super Link to High Resolution Planetary Images!
Regional Planetary
Image Facilities
Views of the Solar
System
Welcome to the Planets
NASA Centers' Education Pages:
NASA
Ames Research Center (ARC)
NASA Dryden Flight Research
Center
NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center (GSFC)
NASA
Headquarters Education Homepage
NASA Johnson Space Center
NASA Kennedy
Space Center
NASA Langley Research Center
NASA John Glenn Research
Center at Lewis Field
NASA Marshall Space Flight
Center and their Space Science page
NASA
Stennis Space Center
Formal/Informal Education Organizations:
Association of Science-Technology Centers
(ASTC)
The
Challenger Center
Expanding
Universe: A Classified Search Tool for Amateur Astronomy
The Jason Project
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
(NCTM)
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Professional Space Science Societies:
The American Association for the Advancement
of Science (AAAS)
The American Astronomical
Society (AAS)
The American
Geophysical Union (AGU)
The American Indian
Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
The Astronomical
Society of the Pacific (ASP)
The National Society of Black Physicists
The National Society of Hispanic
Physicists
San Juan Capistrano Research Institute
(SJI)
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