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The Next Giant Leaps in Space Exploration
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/739
The Next Giant Leaps in Space Exploration .. MIT Lecture
From satellite-enabled radio and TV to climate tracking, space has become a “ubiquitous capability in our lifetime,” as Edward Crawley puts it.
But he also notes there is uncertainty about the future of U.S. spaceflight, which closely follows the “cadence” of political elections. Symposium panelists both predict and suggest directions the nation’s public and private space programs might take.

Humans in Space (video presentation)
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/737
Humans in Space (video presentation)
The future of space exploration is "the Moon, Mars, and beyond." For the human scientist-astronaut, "the issue is one of location and locale," according to Dava Newman.
The argument is no longer whether it's man vs. robot; rather it's how humans and robots will work together in missions throughout the solar system.

Space Game
http://tr.im/vrYw
Space Game (TES Website)

Space Your Face ... So Silly .. I love it
http://ow.ly/dqjs
Space Your Face ... So Silly .. I love it ... I cannot describe it .... just try ... you'll smile.
From NASA?

Your weight on different planets
http://tr.im/n1fw
An interactive site... type in your weight and find out how much you would weight if you were on another planet..... find out if you would weigh more or less on Mars.

Do-It-Yourself Podcast ... from NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/diypodcast/
Do-It-Yourself Podcast from NASA
Are you looking for a new approach to engage your students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics?
NASA's Do-It-Yourself Podcast activity sets the stage for students to host a show that features astronauts training for missions, doing experiments in space or demonstrating equipment.
We'll provide a set of audio and video clips along with photos and information about a space-related topic. You and your students may choose as many items as you want to include in your project and download them to your computer. Students may use the information we provide or conduct their own research to write a script for an audio or video production

Photographs 1960s Apollo space source:life
http://images.google.com/images?q=1960s+Apollo+space+source:life
Photographs 1960s Apollo space source:life
Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today.
Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.

Smithsonian’s Walking on the Moon IdeaLab
http://tinyurl.com/45cdjk
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, touching off a space race with the United States that led to one of America’s greatest technological achievements—sending a man to the Moon.
In the Smithsonian’s Walking on the Moon IdeaLab, students will explore primary sources—such as photographs, and audio and video recordings—to learn about the Apollo crew and spacecraft, the history of the space race, and the incredible technological advancements that put a man on the Moon.
The lab also features writing exercises that students can submit for posting on the site.

Living and Working in Space (videos)
http://www.thefutureschannel.com/living_working_space.php
Living and Working in Space (videos)

The Future of Space Exploration (NASA)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/pathfinders/futurespace.htm
The Future of Space Exploration (NASA)
This area of inquiry can expand as far as the human imagination can stretch. However, this bibliography will not cover science fictional ideas like teleportation, but what is in the grasp of today's technology. Some topics within this area of inquiry, such as missions to the minor planets, the Moon, and to Mars, nuclear propulsion, and the colonization of outer space, have their own bibliographies.

Timeline ... Space exploration
http://xtimeline.com/technology/Space-exploration
Timeline ... Space exploration

Space, Planets, Solar System : Videos and PowerPoints
http://spacevideolibrary.blogspot.com/
Space, Planets, Solar System : Videos and PowerPoints
The link above goes to one of the Shambles "Forest of Theme Blogs" pages that provides videos and other multimedia resources to support the topic here.
If you would like to see all of the Theme Blogs then go to the full list at http://www.shambles.net/blogforest or click where you see this button

3D Lunar Eclipses, Solar Eclipses simulations
http://http://www.forgefx.com/casestudies/prenticehall/ph/eclipse/eclipses.htm
3D Lunar Eclipses, Solar Eclipses, and Moon Phases simulations
This is real-time 3D simulation allows the student to control and interact with solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, and the different phases of the moon. Eclipses depend on the moon's revolution around Earth. The moon's orbit is tilted with respect to Earth's orbit. So the moon rarely goes directly between Earth and the Sun or directly behind Earth. When the moon does move into one of these positions, an eclipse occurs. This simulation allows the student to control the position of the Earth, Sun and moon while viewing the scene from a number of different angles and perspectives to fully understand the concepts being taught.

Historical Space Videos (Movies)
http://video.google.com/nara.html
Historical Space Videos (Movies)
NASA History of Space Flight Motion Pictures
This selection of nineteen "Headquarters Films (HQ)" preserved in the National Archives, represents a series of over 250 titles collected by the NASA Office of Public Affairs between 1962 and 1981. They were produced using footage from the various NASA research facilities and space flight all ? This selection of nineteen "Headquarters Films (HQ)" preserved in the National Archives, represents a series of over 250 titles collected by the NASA Office of Public Affairs between 1962 and 1981. They were produced using footage from the various NASA research facilities and space flight centers around the country. They utilized the latest techniques in animation, graphic design, and space/satellite imagery. Primarily designed to disseminate information to the American public and the world at large about NASA activities of their day, the films have become an invaluable visual record of the history of the U.S. Space program, providing coverage of such significant events as Dr. Robert Goddard's early rocket designs; astronaut John H. Glenn's first manned orbital space flight in the Friendship 7 spacecraft; the Apollo 11 lunar mission; the exploration of deep space and other planets; and the role of female astronauts in the 1970s and early 1980s. Several of the titles chosen have been cited at domestic and international film festivals or have received awards for excellence in photography and documentary filmmaking.
The John Glenn Story 1963 | America in Space - The First Decade 1968 | Assignment Shoot the Moon | Planet Mars 1979 | The Eagle Has Landed 1969 | Landing on the Moon |

NASA Podcasts and Video Podcasts
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/help.html
NASA Podcasts and Video Podcasts
NASAcast is a podcast -- a collection of audio or video content that's powered by subscription software called RSS.
Just like a magazine automatically gets delivered to your home when you subscribe, a podcast delivers new content directly to you -- without you having to check on the Web site for updates.

Nasa Video Gallery : Over 100 clips
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html
Nasa Video Gallery : Over 100 clips
NASA Multimedia Gallery

Space Basics
http://www.tcet.unt.edu/weblibrary2/?subject=science
Space Basics
How does the Space Shuttle get into space? How does it stay in space?
Most importantly, how does the Shuttle return to Earth? The atmosphere, gravity, and environment are key ingredients in answering these questions. Ride along with Shuttle astronauts as they answer these questions in this module about the basics of space.
resources | standards | video (20 minutes 3 seconds) | download (38 Mb) | 19 slides (0.5 Mb) |

Eclipses
http://www.forgefx.com/casestudies/prenticehall/
Free online interactive multimedia 3D resource designed for a middle grades science programs.
shadow hits the moon, an eclipse occurs. This real-time 3D simulation of the Sun, Earth, and moon explains lunar and solar eclipses, as well as the defined moon phases. The student can manipulate the Sun, the Earth, and the moon into all of their phases as well as view the phases from a variety of different perspectives.

Wikijunior Solar System
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior_Solar_System
Wikijunior Solar System
This page is for the Wikijunior (working title) Solar System project.
When working on this project, remember that it's aimed at children. It's more important to be understood than to be precisely accurate on every detail. Use technical vocabulary when you need to, but don't use big words where simpler language would work.
This is a project of Wikijunior, a collection of free books written especially for kids to learn about science and nature. Many people have been involved with writing this book. This project is hosted on Wikibooks, and you are encouraged to help participate with writing and editing these books.

Celestia : The free space simulation
http://celestia.sourceforge.net/
Celestia ... The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions.
Celestia runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth. You can travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy.
Celestia is expandable. Celestia comes with a large catalog of stars, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft. If that's not enough, you can download dozens of easy to install add-ons with more objects.

Norwegian Space Centre
http://www.spacecentre.no/
Norwegian Space Centre
The Norwegian Space Centre (NSC) is government agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry. NSC promotes the development, co-ordination and evaluation of national space activities as well as supports Norwegian interests in the European Space Agency (ESA).
Educational offerings are available at all levels, from primary school to university. The principal concern is with space-related topics important in Norway, and offerings are developed in co-operation with educational specialists and teachers at various levels.

NASA Education Resources and Websites
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/k-4/internet/index.html
NASA Education Resources and Websites
This page gives a list of the resources and websites that NASA has online to support teaching learning
A Guide to NASA's Education Programs | Join Earth Crew | NASAexplores | NASA-sponsored Classroom of the Future (COTF) | NASA's Learning Technologies Project (LTP) | The NASA Image Exchange (NIX) | Space Calendar | Science@NASA | U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission | Meet NASA People | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) | NASA Space Science Education Resource Directory | Imagine Mars | Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students (EarthKAM) | NASA History Office | Amateur Radio | The NASA Technology Portal |

Kids Space
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm
Hey, kids! My name is Cassini and along with my buddy Huygens, I'm on my way to explore the planet Saturn. Welcome to command central for this spectacular journey.
Here you can read some amazing stories to learn about the mission and some of the challenges we face, because going to Saturn is not like driving to grandma's house. Check out the fun facts and learn more about Saturn, Huygens and me and the two astronomers we got our names from.
You can even build a paper model of me and we'll show you where to find Saturn in the night sky.

The World Space Joke Bank
http://www.iol.ie/~manister/space.html
The World Space Joke Bank

Planet 10
http://tinyurl.com/6wo6j
Planet 10 is a virtual model of our Solar System. There are two activities included in Planet 10?br> 1.0 Solar System: Explore the planets, comets and asteroids on an interactive virtual fly-through. Zoom in close on a particular planet or choose a different orbit view to see the whole system from afar. The data sheets let you discover more about some of the elements that make up our Solar System.
2.0 World Builder: Think you could create the perfect World? Here? your chance to try. With World Builder, you call the shots. Work your way through each of the creation screens, but make your choices wisely, only certain conditions will ensure your planet is a successful place to grow and evolve.
Primary teachers of KS1 and 2 have found Planet 10 a useful resource as well. These notes below tend to be KS3 and 4 orientated - please don't be put off by this if you are a primary teacher. A primary pdf will be available soon.

Space Sounds
http://www.spacesounds.com/
Space Sounds
Actual NASA ground and spacecraft communications.
CD can be ordered

Ticket to Space: 25 October - 3 December 2004
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/ngflscotland/tickettospace.asp
Ticket to Space: 25 October - 3 December 2004
Learning and Teaching Scotland once again invites all primary schools to participate in Ticket to Space 2004. This exciting online event allows children to enrol in space school, take a virtual tour of the solar system, discover the possibilities of space travel, 'ask the expert' online and via videoconferencing, and much more. The event is funded by NGfL Scotland.
Ticket to Space is a six-week classroom resource which supports the teaching of the science strand 'Earth and space' at levels C-D in Environmental Studies - Society, Science and Technology: 5-14 National Guidelines.

The NASA Space Science Curriculum Standards Quilt (K-12)
http://quilt.jpl.nasa.gov/
The NASA Space Science Curriculum Standards Quilt (K-12) - Provides fast access to lesson plans aligned with the National Science Education Standards.

Learning Planet Sizes
http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/planetsizes.html
Learning Planet Sizes (K-2)
In this activity, learners use the concepts of greater than, less than, and equal to, in order to classify student height, object size, and planet size. They will build scale models of the planets based on their discoveries of planet size.
In the extension, advanced learners download images of the planets and use NIH Image to identify and describe their size by comparing them to one another.

Shamblesguru Space : Video Picks from YouTube
http://tr.im/n1Sd

Online Activity on moon phases :unit 5E(QCA)
http://www.scienceweb.org.uk/html/f_5e.htm
Online Activity on moon phases - Unit 5E - Earth, Sun and Moon

CyberHunt Library - Calling All Astronauts
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/astronauts_teacher.htm
CyberHunt Library - Calling All Astronauts
When it comes to subjects kids love, space never goes out of style. Kick off the school year with an exploration of the mysteries of the cosmos. From fantasy vacations on the space shuttle to fantastic visions of the surface of Venus, this month's CyberHunt will show that cyberspace is the best way to outer space! Distribute the CyberHunt Reproducible page, found at www.scholastic.com/cyberhuntkids.

Space Vocabulary Dictionary Skills
http://www.tlsbooks.com/spacedictionaryskills.htm
Space Vocabulary Dictionary Skills - Place the space vocabulary words from the list between the correct dictionary guide words.

Our Solar System
http://www.adders.org/freeware/solarsys.html
Our Solar System
A journey through the solar system similar to the screen saver available on this site, except that you can learn more about each of the planets. Whereas the saver is a rolling non stop tour you can stop the action and choose which planet you wish to view and learn more about.

Planets Plays - Lesson Plan
http://www.pics4learning.com/lessonplan_details.php?id=s03
Planets Plays
Objective - Students will learn facts about the nine planets and the order in which they appear in our solar system.
They will then write a creative play using the information they learned from the pictures and resources you share.
Helpful mnemonic device for remembering the planet order:
My (Mercury), Very (Venus), Eager (Earth), Mother (Mars) Just (Jupiter) Served (Saturn) Us (Uranus) Nine (Neptune) Pickles (Pluto)

Creating a Model of the Planets
http://www.pics4learning.com/lessonplan_details.php?id=s16
Creating a Model of the Planets
Objective - Students will explore sizes, characteristics, and composition of the nine planets and then create balloon models of the planets that show their relative size to one another.
planets | space | solar system |

InsideOut investigates - space
http://insideout.rigb.org/insideout/space/index.html
InsideOut investigates?space: the universe and the future.
The concept of space is, quite literally, HUGE. Anyone who has discovered any facts about what's out there will have realised the impact that new information could have on the future of life on Earth, and that it may even answer questions about how we got here.
Discover the science and explore the origins of the universe: find out about the life-cycle of a star and see how fundamental stars are to our very existence.

Planet Quest
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/
Planet Quest
The recent discovery of numerous planets around stars other than the Sun confirms that our solar system is not unique. Indeed, these "extrasolar planets" appear to be common in our galactic neighborhood.
This site tracks the search for new planets
space | planets | stars | planet | astronomy |

Solar Internet Scavenger Hunt
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/scavenger/scavenger.html
Solar Scavenger Hunt
A scavenger hunt is lots of fun. To play, you'll have to think hard about the questions on this page, and then fly off to search for the answers on some of the other pages. If you find all of the right answers, we'll put your name on the web so everyone will be able to see what a genius you are!
planets | Earth | solar | sun |

An atlas of the universe
http://www.anzwers.org/free/universe/
This web page is designed to give everyone an idea of what our universe actually looks like.
There are nine main maps on this web page, each one approximately ten times the scale of the previous one. The first map shows the nearest stars and then the other maps slowly expand out until we have reached the scale of the entire visible universe.
universe | map | solar system |

StarChild
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Welcome to StarChild - A Learning Center for Young Astronomers
In this section you will find interesting information about a lot of amazing space subjects. By the time you have completed the Space Stuff Section, you will be an expert on becoming an astronaut, space probes such as the Hubble Space Telescope, spacesuits, and the history of space travel. Have fun!

Metaplanets
http://www.metaplanets.com/
Metaplanets features high quality interactive streaming 3D animations of our solar system. The planetary models are based on USGS data gathered from NASA space missions. On the left hand side of each planet page are controls and instructions so that visitors may stop and start the rotation, zoom in and out, and reset the animation. For example, it's possible to stop the Earth's rotation and zoom in on the Nile Delta.
space | planets | earth | astronomy | solar system |

Space Flight for Tourists? - video
http://www.harcourtschool.com/articles/video_updates/
Space Flight for Tourists? - Reporting: Denise Dillon
Companies talk about the possibility of making outer space a tourist destination. The vacation hot spots of the near future could include space hotels and sight-seeing on the moon.
space | video | vacation | holiday |

Spacetech's Orrery
http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/orrery.html
"My goal is simple: It is complete understanding of the Universe, why it is as it is, and why it exists at all."
Solar System | Planets |

Hong Kong Space Museum
http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/e_index.htm
The construction of the Hong Kong Space Museum commenced in 1977. It is strategically located at the centre of Tsim Sha Tsui - the defunct terminus of the Kowloon-Canton Railway. Commissioned in October 1980, it was the first local planetarium for the popularization of astronomy and space science. The unique egg-shaped dome rendered the 8000-square-metre museum to be one of the most famous landmarks in Hong Kong.
Inside the Space Theatre, there is a hemispherical projection dome with a diameter of 23 metres. Boasting the first OMNIMAX film projector in the eastern hemisphere, Hong Kong Space Museum was also the first planetarium in the world to possess a fully automated control system at its Space Theatre. Each year, the Museum produces two multi-media planetarium shows and introduces the best foreign OMNIMAX films to Hong Kong.

Asteroid Science
http://explorezone.com/space/asteroids.htm
Most, but not all, orbit the sun in an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. When an asteroid, or a part of it, crashes into Earth, it's called a meteorite.

Asteroid Introduction
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/asteroid.htm
Asteroids that are on a collision course with Earth are called meteoroids. When a meteoroid strikes our atmosphere at high velocity, friction causes this chunk of space matter to incinerate in a streak of light known as a meteor. If the meteoroid does not burn up completely, what's left strikes Earth's surface and is called a meteorite."

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