Alphabetical List of LTP's Educational Technology Products
Important note: The producers of this CD wish you success in your pursuit of lifelong learning. Our work combines NASA content with emerging technologies to provide pilot efforts, experiments and concept tests. In the spirit of eNASA and public access, the following data is being made available to you at no cost. The information below is the best that was available at the time of production (May 2001).
Most of these projects are active and many have leveraged their initial funding to expand and enhance their offerings. Some are now funded by others, some have been completed or archived and others lead to dry wells or dead ends ...such is the nature of trial and error research. We present this information and these links intact for any educational activity you choose to pursue.
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Educational Technology Products:
Aeronautical Classroom Activities - This web site contains many ready-made classroom lessons, activities, and experiments that deal with the science of aerodynamics. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Web Access: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/WindTunnel/Activities/aeroactivities.html
Aerodynamics in Sports Technology — Visit here to earn about the leading-edge NASA technologies that are used in sports science and see a computational fluid dynamics simulation of the air flow around the flying ball. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Web Access: http://wings.ucdavis.edu/Tennis
Americas Farm - A prototype for Other National Cyber-Educational Sites Web-delivered inquiry- and problem-based curriculum aimed at educating students, teachers, and others about agriculture and remote sensing. . Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, UG, G http://www.americasfarm.org/
Aeronauts 2000 - Aeronauts 2000 is an interactive learning project designed to develop web-based aerospace-related activities such that students will work on, improve, and enhance their math and science skills. Target Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/Aero2000/index.html
Aerospace Team Online - Aerospace Team Online brings you and your students out to flight simulators and wind tunnels over the Internet. Come visit the places where NASA employees conduct aerodynamic research and communicate with them from the classroom. Target Grades: 6-7-8-9 Web Access: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/index.html
Affordable Networking Technologies for K-12 Classrooms — This pilot project was one of the first of it’s type that allowed schools to cache and share data over low speed networks. Target Grades: General Interest / Research Web Access: http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/products/products98/k12/larc_ant.html
The Alexandria Digital Library Project — This was an Inter-Agency collaboration between NSF, the University of California, Santa Barbara and elements of the NASA Learning Technologies Project. It continues as a working digital library with collections of geographically referenced materials and services for accessing those collections. Target Grades: General Interest / Research Web Access: http://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu
ALLSTAR - The Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Technology and Research is an interactive web site that presents learning materials with a minority focus on The History of Aeronautics; Principles of Aeronautics; Careers in Aeronautics and Research in Aeronautics. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/
Athena Earth and Space Science for K-12 — Allows students to track drifter buoys in the world's oceans and investigate tropical storms viewed from space. Includes forecasts on today's space weather. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://inspire.ospi.wednet.edu:8001/
Aviation Academy 2000 - Aviation Academy 2000 was a NASA-sponsored high school project that uses aviation’s diverse aspects to foster learning — particularly in the English, science, math, engineering and technology fields. Target Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12. Web access: http://www.mecca.org/~tschieff/AVIATION/ACADEMY/index.htm
Bay Area Digital GeoResource — BADGER is an online visualization system for geographic data of the Environmental features, underground services, property lines, municipal zones, census data, and demographic information of the San Francisco Bay Area. Target Grades: General Interest / Research. Web Access: http://badger.parl.com
Beginners Guide to Aerodynamics - This web site provides information and on propulsion. It provides slide sets intended to be used with the GRC EngineSIM product. Target Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/index.html
Beginners Guide to Propulsion - This web site provides information and on propulsion. It provides slide sets intended to be used with the GRC EngineSIM product. Target Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/bgp.html
Digital Libraries Initiative - The Digital Libraries Initiative consisted of six research projects developing new technologies for digital libraries. These were intended to be storehouses of information available through the Internet. Target Grades: General Interest / Research. Web Access: http://dli.grainger.uiuc.edu
Distance Learning Workshops - The NASA Glenn Research Center offers NASA Virtual Visits through workshops using videoconferencing technology on a wide variety of aerospace-related topics. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/CoE/Coemain.html
EarthKAM - Links middle, high school, and university students to space shuttle and International Space Station missions. With direct and exclusive access to an onboard digital camera, students can conduct scientific inquiry in support of their middle school Earth Science studies. Target Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, UG, G. Web Access: http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/
Earth System Science Community - With ESSC, students and educators learned how to investigate the Earth as a system using the appropriate scientific data, tools, and techniques. Although archived, the web site may be used to supplement existing curricula in Earth and environmental science, physics, chemistry, and beyond. Target Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12 UG, G Web Access: http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/IT94/Proceedings/Educ/keeler/ESSCCTestbed/ESSCCTOC.html
EARTH UPDATE — This is an interactive, real-time display system of Earth images and data designed for Museums and Schools and available to the general public as a "museum in a case"! Target Grades: General Interest / research Web Access: http://earth.rice.edu/connected/earthupdate.html
EngineSIM — This useful jet engine software allows students to perform accurate design modeling and testing of an engine. It enhances the understanding of design parameters and inter-relationships of several key variables. Target Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/freesoftware_page.htm
EventScope — A 3D, Networked Robotic Learning Environment. This project is developing an interdisciplinary teaching tool that will permit junior high school students to remotely control rovers, navigate and remotely sense online environments. Target Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9. Web Access: http://www.eventscope.org/
Everyday Classroom Tools - The goal of the Everyday Classroom Tools (ECT) project is to infuse the spirit of inquiry into every school subject, so that students and teachers can approach learning as a lifelong exploration of the world around us. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Web Access: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/
Exploring the Environment — This project consists of Web-based learning modules that address real environmental dilemmas worldwide. From their computer, students are trained online to use "imaging" software to help them use NASA's view from space to observe biological, chemical, and geological changes over enormous portions of the Earth. This is a project of NASA’s Classroom of the Future. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/
FIFE Internet Weather Explorer — This project was designed to provide elementary school students with free multimedia weather lessons. The project is archived, but several tools remain available. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Web Access: http://users.erols.com/tascfes/fife/iwe/iweshock.htm
FoilSim — This is an educational software package that was created at the NASA Glenn Research Center to instruct students in the basics of aerodynamics. The software contains two main parts, a baseball pitch and a wing-airflow simulator. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/freesoftware_page.htm
ForNet - By using Internet technology, ForNet helped forest managers contribute to (by locating usable timber and land, for instance) and sensibly manage (by closely monitoring ecosystems) urban growth. It included a system that allowed users to browse large raster data sets and a capability that mapped based on GIS info. The project remains have been integrated into other UMN activities. Target Grades: General Interest / Research. Web Access: http://rsl.gis.umn.edu/
Glenn Research Center Learning Technologies Project - NASA's Glenn Research Center, long a pioneer in scientific research and development for the US space agency, now brings its wealth of data to the Internet. Among the many interesting, educational, and FUN items you'll find on the Glenn Learning Technologies Web site: Proficiency-Building Skills; Programs for Teachers; Education through Aeronautics; Teacher Projects, Free Software and more. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/
Gulf of Maine Aquarium — Space Available is unique in its use of information technology. The Web site is used by teachers in all 50 states and 50 foreign countries. The site takes visitors on a virtual trip through the bogs, beaches, and aquifers of Maine. Visitors can also use real-time satellite imagery to study the Gulf of Maine and compare it to other global aquatic environments. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://octopus.gma.org/
Idaho SPARK — The Student Program for Aeronautics Resources for Knowledge develops interactive, Web-based curricula that apply science and mathematics to real research and design problems. SPARK’s curricula are designed and implemented with Native American, rural, and disadvantaged youth. Target Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://nasaui.ited.uidaho.edu/
ILIAD - Internet Library Information Assembly Database is a tool that enables comprehensive material searches over the web. Results are returned in several ways including text or via e-mail. This tool is particularly useful for the vision-impaired. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/iliad/
Informedia — This Inter-Agency Digital Library Project at CMU provided research on automated video and audio indexing, navigation, visualization, search, and retrieval and embedded them into a system for use in education, information, and entertainment environments. Target Grades: General Interest / Research. Web Access: http://www.informedia.cs.cmu.edu/
Journey into Cyberspace - This was a video series designed to assist educators in exciting middle school students about science, mathematics and technology careers. It allows students to interact with University students to reinforce the importance of science and math. Target Grades: 6, 7, 8, UG, G. Web Access: http://careerjourney.vsgc.odu.edu/
K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook - If your young students are interested in things that fly, then NASA's K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook is the perfect classroom companion. The K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook is today's teacher's helper. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Web Access: http://wings.ucdavis.edu
The KaAMS project — This is a teachers web site populated with problem-based learning lessons that involve students in authentic aeronautics-based remote sensing missions conducted by NASA airborne scientists. Currently in alpha test stage. Target Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www.pgd.hawaii.edu/kaams/
Kid’sCorner — A site at NASA Langley that exposes students to math and science experiences. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Web Access: http://kidscorner.larc.nasa.gov/
LDAPS - The Lego Data Acquisition and Prototyping System project—or LDAPS, for short—is dedicated to introducing engineering into K-14 education. By taking advantage of a child's tendency to build and create, LDAPS combines LEGO Dacta building blocks with engineering challenges into methodology as the project develops curricula and hardware and software extensions to enhance learning. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, UG, G. Web Access: http://ldaps.arc.nasa.gov/
Live From Earth and Mars - This project was intended to develop and disseminate educational materials based on real-time and retrospective atmospheric sciences and space sciences data and information in science categories for both Earth and Mars. Space data, graphs, images, and more can be downloaded into the classroom. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/
MarsQuest - This Langley Research Center project is an interactive curriculum providing an integrated approach to learning about science, math, and the exploration of Mars. Target Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Web Access: http://www.spacescience.org/Outreach/TravSciExhibits/MarsQuest/1.html
OBSERVATORIUM — The NASA Observatorium site combines years of NASA exploration and discovery with the latest web technology. All your NASA favorites are here. Mars information. Earth and space photos. The space shuttle. The Hubble Space Telescope. Planets. Comets. Black holes. Eclipses...a body of knowledge as vast and varied as the universe itself. Target Grades: General Interest, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://observe.arc.nasa.gov
Off to a Flying Start — This young person’s project is where students can learn basic principles related to airplane design and the theory of flight. It allows students to create and test their own unique airplane designs. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4. Web Access: http://ltp.larc.nasa.gov/flyingstart/
PlaneMath - This is a web site that encourages children to explore the fascinating world of aeronautics. The project places a special focus on children with disabilities. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www.planemath.com/
Project Horizon - The project's primary goals were to develop easy-to-use, scalable digital library technologies for the public to locate, integrate, move, and analyze Earth and space science data via the Internet. Target Grades: general Interest / Research Web Access: http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/
Project SPACE - The S.P.A.C.E. in Project SPACE is an acronym standing for Sun, Planets, Asteroids, Comets, Exploration. You’ll find many images and other materials here. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://projectspace.arc.nasa.gov
QUEST - Sharing is what NASA Quest is all about. Quest is a full suite of online resources that allows students to share in authentic NASA pursuits like flying the space shuttle, spacecraft exploration of distant planets, and space-based life sciences research. Or tune into web casts from the Learning Technologies Channel, a web site that lets you participate in online courses and remotely attend NASA workshops and seminars. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/
Qwhiz — This is a real-time, multi-player web game for math or science teachers and students. Teachers can use this Internet technology to evaluate student learning and fulfill instructional technology teaching requirements by making Qwhiz a regular part of student activities. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/Qwhiz/
Remote Webcasting Technology — The project uses a number of communications capabilities to provide science information from around the world. From Artic Icebreakers Australian observatories to Southwestern farm fields, we can webcast it all. Target Grades: General Interest / Research. Web Access: http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/organization/dig_test.html
ROVer Ranch - Is a place to learn about robotic engineering. You can learn about the development of robots, their elements and systems, and use a 3D VRML simulation to build and run your own robot. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/ROV/index.html
SEGway - At Science Education Gate-way, you'll find learning adventures in the Earth and space sciences from a NASA-sponsored partnership of museums, researchers, and educators as you choose from wide-ranging lessons, tutorials, interactive tools, and activities organized by topic. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/segway/
SENSORS - Is developing a web site and several "outposts" for remote sensing using LEGO robots in exploration missions. Target Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/sensors/
SENTAR Emergency Management Operation Tool — This tool allowed access to satellite images and text files, local data, and local applications. When it was emergency managers could view and analyze floods on their PCs with remote sensing imagery. Target Grades: General Interest / Research Web Access: http://www.sentar.com/flood.htm
Sharing Aeronautics Projects Electronically — SHAPE is an innovative program that uses aeronautics, always a favorite subject of students, to teach math and science. Teaching events like "Cross Country Glider Flight" and "Shuttle Carrier Aircraft" require students to integrate different math and science concepts in order to proceed successfully. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www.patprojects.org/glider/index.htm
Signals of Spring — This project teaches a variety of Earth Science and observation lessons by allowing students to track migratory birds throughout the America’s in near real time. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://signalsofspring.com/
SIMON - School Internet Manager Over Networks is a prototype search tool for educators. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 UG, G. Web Access: http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/SIMON/Version3/indexnew.html
Solar System Online — The Solar System Online project provides the educational community with new and exciting information from space sciences as well as provides relevant information from previous space science projects and interaction with astronomers and space scientists. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/sso/index.html
Space Mysteries — Web-driven video game style explorations that teach science and mathematics material applicable to the National Education Standards. Target Grades: 9, 01, 11, 12. Web Access: http://perry.sonoma.edu/learners/
Space Team Online - This project provides lots of opportunities to interact with enthusiastic people who work and support those that work in Space. Includes webchats and desktop video sessions. Curriculum supplements about flying rockets and microgravity experiments are available to help teachers incorporate the lessons. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/space/
SPACE UPDATE CD-ROM — This CD attractively packages hundreds of Space images and movies, from both Earth and space science research, into a one-stop shop that's easily updated through simple Web downloads Target Grades: General Interest Web Access: http://www.spaceupdate.com/connected/spaceupdate.html
Stanford Digital Library Initiative — This Inter-Agency project was intended to provide collaborative tools for science information. Target Grades: General Interest / Research Web Access: http://www-diglib.stanford.edu/
Streaming Multimedia Testbed - This NASA Multimedia TestBed provides an experimental infrastructure to transmit live and archived (On demand) video and audio over the Internet. Target Grades: General Interest / Research. Web Access: http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/organization/dig_test.html
Take Off! -This series offers an aviation science curriculum presented via multiple technologies: live, interactive video broadcasting, written curriculum materials, and Internet activities. Teachers may choose to participate in the broadcasts and/or Internet activities. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www.massinteraction.org/html/nasa/
TIE — Telescopes in Education currently offers students and online opportunity to operate and image from the science-grade telescope at Mt. Wilson in southern California. This can be done from anywhere in the country. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://tie.jpl.nasa.gov
TiSDat - These tools are designed to improve agricultural and environmental management decisions using satellite data of farmland. Target Grades: General Interest / research. Web Access: http://www.soils.wisc.edu/nasacan.html
UC Berkeley Digital Library Project - Began as an Inter-Agency, Academic teaming to research collaboration techniques. It continues today and is currently developing the tools and technologies to support highly improved models of the "scholarly information life cycle." Target Grades: General Interest / Research. Web Access: http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/
Virtually Hawaii - Virtually Hawaii was a large collection of satellite, aircraft, and ground images of Hawaii. This well-designed, visually stunning site offered near-real-time weather satellite images, live video from two islands, and interactive QuickTime panoramas and games. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. General Interest Web Access: http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/space/hawaii/index_orig.html
VolcanoWorld - At VolcanoWorld, students can experience the wonder of volcanoes through an array of online options-high quality remote sensing images, abundant information, and interactive experiments which add depth, variety, and currency to existing volcano information sources. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://volcano.und.edu/
WeatherNet4 - WeatherNet4 has proven that the television meteorologist/weathercaster is indeed a "science ambassador," ready to deliver Earth and space science information daily to those watching television. Target Grades: General Interest, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www.nbc4.com/
WHY Files — The NASA Why Files presents Problem-based Learning Integrating Broadcast Video and the Internet. Target Grades: General Interest, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://whyfiles.larc.nasa.gov/
Windows to the Universe - The Windows to the Universe World Wide Web site presents current information about the Earth and space sciences through a rich array of documents, images, movies, animations, and data sets all of which explore scientific knowledge about our solar system, the universe, and the physical sciences. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www.windows.umich.edu
WOMEN of NASA - The Women of NASA resource was developed to encourage more young women to pursue careers in math, science, and technology. . Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/index.html
Yohkoh Movie Theater - Was created to bring -- and explain -- the natural brilliance of the Sun's diverse behaviors to classrooms everywhere, the Yohkoh Movie Theater is a box office smash with students. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Web Access: http://www.lmsal.com/YPOP/