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This interactive tour of NASA’s first five decades of exploration features virtual pavilions, clickable models and exhibits, video galleries, astronauts, presidents and a robot guide named Automa.
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Participate in Authentic Scientific Research
NASA and Arizona State University’s Mars Education Program is offering students nationwide the opportunity to be involved in authentic Mars research by participating in the Mars Student Imaging Project (MSIP). Teams of students in grades 5–12 will work with scientists, mission planners and educators at Arizona State University’s Mars Space Flight Facility to image a site on Mars using the visible wavelength camera onboard the Mars Odyssey spacecraft, which is currently orbiting Mars every two hours. National Science Education Standards–aligned MSIP curriculum has been developed to fit within existing science curriculum using real-world science instead of worksheets or simulations. Student teams can participate in one of three formats for image reception activities: On-site at the Mars Space Flight Facility in Tempe, Arizona; Distance Learning; or Archived Data.
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Experience Moments in American History
American Journeys contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in 1000 CE to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later. Read the words of explorers, Indians, missionaries, traders and settlers as they lived through the founding moments of American history. View, search, print or download more than 150 rare books, original manuscripts and classic travel narratives from the library and archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Investigate a Pivotal Period in American History
From 1861–1865, Americans battled over preserving their Union and ending slavery. The Civil War is the focus of this section of The Price of Freedom: Americans at War, an online exhibition from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. This pivotal and complicated period of American history is divided into sections that allow students to focus on either a specific aspect of the war or the conflict as a whole. The sections included are John Brown, Fort Sumter, the Battle of Bull Run, major turning points, the war at sea, Wilderness to Appomattox, political leaders, military leaders, soldiers in blue and gray, battles and casualties, and Reconstruction and the legacies of the war.
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Explore the Moon—and Beyond
Lockheed Martin, the Space Foundation and SpaceClass have launched a strategic online education collaboration called Orion’s Path. The interactive virtual classroom project will form a link between teachers, students and NASA’s human space exploration program known as Constellation. Orion’s Path is an interactive lesson on SpaceClass, a Web-based education program using videos and virtual science labs to engage students in research being conducted for space exploration. Lesson content meets national learning standards for middle school grades, and use of the site is free to teachers.
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Promote Science Readiness
SID THE SCIENCE KID is a new educational animated television series using comedy to promote exploration, discovery and science readiness among preschoolers. The 40 half-hour episodes, co-produced by The Jim Henson Company and KCET/Los Angeles for PBS KIDS® , debuted on September 1, 2008. The series uses music and humor to celebrate children’s natural curiosity about science in everyday life. The energetic and inquisitive Sid starts each episode with a new question (Why are my shoes shrinking? Why do bananas get mushy?) and embarks on a fun-filled day of finding answers with the help of family and friends. The SID THE SCIENCE KID Web site helps caregivers to build a strong foundation for early science exploration. The site models scientific inquiry in everyday settings: a kitchen, classroom and playground. Complementary online and offline activities motivate children to practice and internalize scientific methodology: Observe! Compare! Contrast! Describe! The Web site is updated each week to present online games, videos, and printable activities tied to the week’s scientific concept.
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Explore Constitutional History
Centuries of Citizenship: A Constitutional Timeline is an online experience highlighting some of the key dates and events that mark more than 200 years of our constitutional history. The timeline entries, taken as a whole, tell the evolving story of the U.S. Constitution and the continuing role that it plays in our lives. Visitors can browse through a collection of stories and headlines—annotated by images, audio and video clips and interactive content—to explore some of the people, events and issues that have shaped the Constitution and the history of our nation.
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Connect Young Thinkers Around the World
Developed through a collaborative effort by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth and eight partners, Cogito.org is aimed at children gifted in the mathematics and science fields. True to its tagline of “Connecting young thinkers around the world,” the site profiles young scientists from a variety of countries and features articles, Web casts, podcasts and interviews with prominent experts in related subject areas. One of the site’s strongest features is its comprehensive list of educational programs, internships, events and competitions searchable by grade and region. It also offers an information-packed Sites & Tools tab with links to hundreds of math- and science-related Web sites, blogs, courseware, organizations and much more.
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View Historical Electoral Maps
270toWin combines an interactive Electoral College map for the current presidential election cycle with historical maps and information for all prior elections. It educates its audience on the electoral college system and the integral role it plays in electing the U.S. president. Select any other election between 1789 and 2004 in the drop-down list to see the outcome of that election and historical information.
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Dive into the SEA
Dive into the Shedd Educational Adventures (SEA), a treasure trove of aquatic science resources in English and Spanish for K–12 teachers and students. You’ll find Interactives, Lesson Plans and Explorer’s Guide related to Plants and Animals, People and Cultures, and Places: Land and Sea. You can browse the site by Topic, Concept or Grade Level.
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