Teachers

Rendezvous with a Comet™

• Solar System Exploration: Comets
  This NASA web site provides an overview of comets, including images and all the basic facts. Be sure to check out the "Kids Eye View."
• Asteroids and Comets
  This site, hosted by the National Space Science Data Center, provides links to images and FAQs, as well as information about past, present, and future NASA missions to investigate these mysterious "dirty snowballs."
• Stardust
  Learn more about the NASA mission that inspired the Challenger Learning Center mission scenario, Rendezvous with a Comet™.
• Comets: An Overview
  
• Nine Planets Comet Page
  
• The International Comet Quarterly
  

Voyage to Mars™

• Solar System Exploration: Mars
  This NASA web site provides an overview of the planet Mars, including images, information about its moons, and all the basic facts. Be sure to check out the "Kids Eye View."
• NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Mars Education Program
  This JPL site directs you to a number of online resources about Mars, both for students and for teachers.
• Mars Team Online
  
• Mars Fact Sheet
  
• NASA’s Mars Pathfinder Mission
  
• NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor Mission
  
• NASA’s Mars Exploration Program
  
• Daily Martian Weather Report
  

Return to the Moon™

• Solar System Exploration: Earth’s Moon
  This NASA web site provides an overview of Earth’s Moon, including images and all the basic facts. Be sure to check out the "Kids Eye View."
• The Moon: A Closer Look
  This web site, developed for a class on astronomy, Newtonian mechanics, and spaceflight, gives an overview of mankind’s study of the Earth’s Moon.
• Cosmic and Heliospheric Learning Center
  Scientists answer common questions about the Earth’s Moon.
• Images of the Moon for the classroom
  
• NASA Moon Page
  
• Historical Observations of the Moon
  
• An Explanation of Moon Phases
  

Encounter Earth™

• Solar System Exploration: Earth
  This NASA web site provides an overview of the planet Earth, including images and all the basic facts. Be sure to check out the "Kids Eye View."
• Earth Observing System
  Learn more about the Earth Observing System, a series of satellites, a science component, and a data system that form the basis of NASA’s Earth Science Enterprise. Be sure to visit the “For Educators” area of the web site.
• Earth Observatory
  The Earth Observatory provides free satellite imagery and scientific information about our planet.
• Earth Science Picture of the Day
  The Earth Science Picture of the Day highlights the diverse processes and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. Each day a different image.
• Windows on Earth
  Windows on Earth is a rich, realistic digital simulation that lets you explore Earth from the window of the International Space Station—as if you were an astronaut.
• NASA's Eyes on the Earth
  Global Climate Change and Global Warming. Current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from NASA.
• The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
  The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth hosts the best and most complete online collection of astronaut photographs of the Earth. From the 1960s through today, totaling 865,945 views of the Earth.
• Google Earth
  Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographic information program that maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS 3D globe.
• For Kids Only: Earth Science Enterprise
  Learn about NASA earth science projects related to air, thunderstorms, the earth's crust, tropical rainfall and water.
• Earth Science World - Gateway to the Geosciences
  American Geological Institute resources for teachers and students. Includes searchable database of earth images, geologic time scale, and interactive features.
• Earth Science Week
  Web site features educational activities, geology questions and answers, and links to other geologic education resources.
• My NASA Data
  NASA earth science satellite data has also been pre-packaged into easy-to-use data sets that contain appropriate content for K-12 classroom education. Unit Plans provide students a more-in depth opportunity for learning to access and use authentic satellite data.