Leanne Thomas
Five elementary science-based card games: Rock-On, the Rock Cycle card game; Silence! a game about Sound; States of Matter, the card game; Who's Got the Bones; and Kingdoms (of living things). These games can be used as a hands-on tool to complement a science unit. They can also be used to...
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
This downloadable image from the Max-Planck Institut f├╝r Meteorologie details the structure of the atmosphere.
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
This downloadable image from the Max-Planck Institut f├╝r Meteorologie details the big marine converyor belt.
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
This downloadable image from the Max-Planck Institut f├╝r Meteorologie details the greenhouse effect.
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Using elevation and image data returned by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), this animation takes the viewer on a virtual tour of the Moon. The viewer flies over the lunar terrain, coming in for close looks at a variety of interesting sites. Sites were chosen to illustrate a wide variety of lunar...
Resource Type: Teaching Media, Videos or Animations
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
USA.gov
In this video for elementary and middle levels, NASA engineer Acey discusses his job and building the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The video highlights similarities and differences between the JWST and its predecessor, the Hubble telescope, and presents interesting facts like what a clean...
Resource Type: Teaching Media, Videos or Animations
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
This downloadable image from the Max-Planck Institut f├╝r Meteorologie details the climate system.
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
This downloadable image from the Max-Planck Institut f├╝r Meteorologie details the water cycle.
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDANRCS)
NRCS hydrologists manage a comprehensive network of manually-measured snow courses and automated Snow Telemetry (SNOTEL) monitoring sites throughout the West, manage the data collection process, and estimate the runoff that will occur when it melts.
Resource Type: Data Sets, Teaching Media
Analog Astronaut
An analog astronaut is a person who conducts activities in simulated space conditions. Ground-based studies involving analog astronauts are conducted by many laboratories, facilities, and research centers around the world. Analog astronauts engage in a wide range of research such as human...
Resource Type: Career Information, Curricula and Instruction
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12