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LT Projects with Content Relevant to the National Standards for Science

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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/

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/

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

NASA CONNECT — This award-winning series of, 30-minute instructional programs uses NASA projects, facilities, and researchers to enhance the teaching of elementary and middle school math and science. NASA CONNECT links math and science concepts and skills to the workplace, joins classrooms with NASA researchers, and supports national math and science standards. Target Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Web Access: http://edu.larc.nasa.gov/connect/

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/

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

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/

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/

SOTIE — Southern Telescopes in Education will provide students access to science-grade telescopes in Chile and Australia in order to view and image the Southern Hemisphere from their classroom computers. Telescope time can be prepared for and scheduled the way professional astronomers do it. Target Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 UG, G. Web Access: http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/Chile/ Space Available: Learning From Satellites

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

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