ALLSTAR
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The Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Technology and Research (ALLSTAR) is a dynamic, interactive Web site that presents learning materials on three levels of increasing complexity and running the gamut of topics: History of Aeronautics, Principles of Aeronautics (Science), Careers in Aeronautics, a photo and video gallery, and Research in Aeronautics by NASA employees and others.
ALLSTAR offers a Teachers' Guide correlating national math and science standards with the materials on the Web site. The national math standards are those proposed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, while the national science standards are those provided by the National Academy of Sciences. Florida's Sunshine State Standards in math, science, and social studies are also featured on the Web site and related to site content.
A school-to-work section that provides job opportunity links to aeronautics- and aviation-related companies is operational as well.
The project is located at Florida International University.
The ALLSTAR project has been recognized 20 times for its outstanding Web content. A partial list of awards includes: the BBC, PBS, the NOVA series on flight, the Discovery Channel, I Cringely, Study Web, 4kids, Access Indiana, and the Exploratorium of San Francisco. ALLSTAR materials are being used by schools and school districts in the United States, Canada, and, even in Ireland, with hits from as far away as Australia and Korea.
In January 1999, ALLSTAR reached a milestone when it reported record numbers in hits, bytes transferred, and user sessions. Over half a million hits (546,873 hits) were recorded by the WebtrendsTM software package running daily on the server. The project is located at Florida International University.
Curator: Randolph Kim
Responsible NASA Official: Mark
Leon
Last Updated: 07/02/2002
