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Amazing Space

An interactive website that uses games and activities as well as more in-depth articles to teach and excite children about space. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Space Telescope Science Institute

American Field Guide

A collection of online videos that explore many aspects of America's wilderness from animals to earth and space to public policy. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: PBS

American Museum of Natural History Resources for Learning

A collection of activities, articles, images and more for educators, families, and anyone interested in teaching or learning about science. Subject areas include anthropology, astronomy. biology, earth science and paleontology. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: American Museum of Natural History

Ancient Observatories

Journey into Chaco Canyon, where ancient people built monuments to the cosmos and find out about archaeoastronomy using maps, films, and animations. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Exploratorium

ASPIRE: Astrophysics Science Project Integrating Research and Education

Interactive science labs and lessons for teachers and students. (Learn more)

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Provided by: University of Utah

Astro-Venture

An educational, interactive, multimedia web environment highlighting NASA careers and astrobiology research in the area of Astronomy, Geology, Biology and Atmospheric Sciences. (Learn more)

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Provided by: NASA Ames Educational Technology Team

Astronomy Picture of the Day

View a new annotated astronomical image every day. Also includes an archive of previous days' images, a glossary, and a list of astronomy education links. (Learn more)

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Provided by: NASA

BBC: Science and Nature

This large interactive site has a tremendous amount of information in subjects that range from the human body to space travel. (Learn more)

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Provided by: BBC

Bill Nye, Science Guy

Bill Nye is the enthusiastic, bow-tied scientist on the Public Broadcasting System. At this site you will find information about Bill Nye, a question of the week, and memos from Bill in the U-Nye-Verse section. When this site was cataloged this memo contained... (Learn more)

Format: website

Provided by: Nye Labs

Brain Pop Free Movies

Free animated movies explaining hiccups, hurricanes, the Harlem Renaissance and more. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Brain Pop

Calendars Through the Ages

Investigates different cultures' efforts to organize their lives according to the sun, moon and stars as well as comprehensive coverage of their calendars. (Learn more)

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Provided by: WebExhibits

Center for Educational Resources Project

This collaboration between NASA and the University provides resources for science education all K-12 grades. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Montana State University at Bozeman

Center for History of Physics

Online exhibits of famous physicists, an image collection, and oral history resources strong in the areas of quantum physics, nuclear physics, modern astrophysics, solid state physics, laser science, modern multi-institutional collaborations in high-energy... (Learn more)

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Provided by: American Institute of Physics

The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education

A New Jersey-based organization whose mission is to provide "real world" resources for classroom education in engineering and science. Professional Development opportunities in New Jersey available. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Stevens Institute of Technology

The Center for Science Education

A great place to find resources, activities, lesson plans, and more related to space science, the solar system and the universe. (Learn more)

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Provided by: University of California at Berkeley Spcae Science Laboratory

Chandra X-Ray Observatory News

A rich resource, both for teaching and learning about space, that includes photos, interactive maps, videos, tutorials, and quite a lot more to take students on a tour of the universe. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA

ClassBrain.com

An educational and informative website for everyone: students of all ages, teachers, and parents. This website contains thousands of resources, activities, games, and articles about nearly every topic imaginable. (Learn more)

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Provided by: ClassBrain.com

Cool Cosmos

Learn about infrared light as well as the multi-wavelength universe. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Infrared Processing and Analysis Center and the SIRTF Science Center, Cal Tech

Cosmic Evolution: From Big Bang to Humankind

Uses movies, animations, and activities to explore the cosmic evolution, which is the study of the many varied changes in the assembly and composition of energy, matter and life in the thinning and cooling universe. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Wright Center for Science Education at Tufts University

Cosmic Journey: A History of Scientific Cosmology

Learn about the cosmos from the ancient people and their ideas and the tools they used to physicists of the present. (Learn more)

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Provided by: American Institute of Physics