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The
Golden Pond Planetarium
Educator Resource Page
This page is designed to provide educators with
resource material to use with their lesson plan development.
Videos:
Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA
Return to Flight Provides information about NASA efforts to
provide America with a safe return to space.
Moon,
Mars, and Beyond Neil Armstrong hosts a new video on NASA's Vision for
Space Exploration.
Rovers on Mars
Rover "Spirit" Rolls Off Lander on Mars
Stardust Closes In On Comet Wild-2
Pictures:
Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
Columbia Liftoff
Eagle Nebula Dazzling picture of a portion of a pillar of gas and dust
in this photo from the Hubble Space Telescope. Light from nearby bright,
hot, young stars is sculpting the cloud into intricate forms and causing
the gas to glow.
Gumdrop meets Spider Apollo 9 astronaut Dave Scott stands in the
open hatch of the Command Module "Gumdrop," docked to the Lunar Module
"Spider" in Earth orbit
Hanging Out The pale blue Earth serves as a backdrop for
astronaut Michael Gernhardt
Mars Landscape From a ridgeline vantage point overlooking
slopes, valleys and plains, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has
returned its latest color panorama of the Martian landscape
Shuttle Endeavour Endeavour sits atop the Shuttle Carrier
Aircraft (a modified 747) in Palmdale, California, where the orbiter was
built, ready for delivery to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Solar
System Montage
Whirlpool Galaxy Image from the Hubble Telescope
Readings:
Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
Comet Power How do comets move? What propels them through
the heavens from point to point?
Distance Between Stars Listen and read how scientists measure
the distance between the heavenly objects
How Much Does A Planet Weigh? Learn about weighing planets
Is There Life On Mars
King of the
Ice Dwarfs
Taking Jupiter's Temperature Learn about how hot it is on
the surface of Jupiter so far from earth
Voyager
Secret Code Learn about the code used to send pictures from deep
space
No Stars Seen Near North Star Is the North Star
unsociable?
Projects:
Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
Build a Bubble
Powered Rocket Build your own rocket using paper and fizzing tablets
Build a
NanoRover You can build a nanorover too. Try this one, made from
three styrofoam meat trays
Build a
Newtonian Physics Machine Make this motion machine with the kids
Coloring Books Create coloring guides for your children which
illustrate space exploration concepts.
Cosmic
Colors See the Universe in Cosmic Colors
Draw a Scale Model of our Solar System
Make a Galaxy
Montage Hands on project that is fun to make
Make Asteroids
You Can Eat Create your own odd-shaped asteroids out of plain
old mashed potatoes
Make
Saturn Decoration You can make a lovely model of Saturn and her
rings
Rings of Saturn Can a space ship land there?
Star Finder Help children find the various constellations in the skies
overhead.
Image
and file support courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
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