Space-based Astronomy Educator Guide
These resources from NASA look at why telescopes are put into space. Students build simple spectroscopes and telescopes to learn the answer to this question. This educator guide is divided into units of study that include science demonstrations, lesson plans and student sheets so that students may learn about Earth's atmosphere,…
4/5- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Teacher guidance
Infra-red: More Than Your Eyes Can See
From NASA, this short video looks at how infra-red cameras see the world and are used to explore space. It describes the electromagnetic spectrum and how infra-red is a measure of heat radiation. The video concludes by showing how infra-red can be used in astronomy to observe distant stars and galaxies. The materials also include…
Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is a space-based telescope that looks at the universe in the gamma ray wavelengths. This telescope will study known sources of gamma rays in detail but will also discover thousands of new gamma-ray sources in its five-year mission. This resource has an image of the telescope…
Life of a Star: Planetary Nebula Lithograph
This resource from NASA describes how low-mass stars expand in size and become red giants at the end of their lives. Then they shed their outer layers and become planetary nebulae. The image of NGC 2440, a planetary nebula, is on the first page of the lithograph. Background information about the life cycle of stars is on the second…
- 2/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Information sheet
Light and Optics Teacher Resource and Class Activities
This teacher guidance from NASA describes color and light activities that can be used with students from Key Stage Two to Four. Using lenses, prisms and mirrors students create telescopes, periscopes, microscopes and kaleidoscopes. Other activities include finding focal length and understanding reflection, refraction and diffraction.…
Robotic Landers: Small with Big Benefits
NASA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory are creating a new generation of smart, versatile robotic landers for exploring the moon, asteroids, and other airless bodies in our solar system. As small as a golf cart but big in performance, these multi-use landers will enable a variety of exciting missions into…
GRIP Hurricane Observation Satellite Programme
From NASA, this video shows how the GRIP project is using satellite observations from space to track and understand hurricanes on Earth. It helps to illustrate how satellites are used to monitor the Earth's climate.
Solar Power for Exploration Challenge
From NASA, Solar Energy for Space Exploration is a problem-based learning activity. The project requires students to propose and defend a design to provide power to a lunar or Martian research base for six astronauts. To prepare for the final project, students investigate the variables that affect the operation of solar panels;…
Food in Space
This clip, from NASA, shows what types of food astronauts eat in space and how the food must be lightweight, nutritional, take up little volume and be long-lasting. A classroom activity is also included that investigates suitable foods and containers. This may be used at Key Stage Three or adapted for use at Key Stage Two.
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Video
Onboard the International Space Station
This video clip, from NASA, shows the global cooperation that built the International Space Station, or ISS. Life on board the ISS is shown. The video shows a simple model to demonstrate the amazing mathematical relationship between the Earth and moon and see how the low-Earth orbit of ISS compares.
Recycling on the International Space Station
This clip, from NASA, joins engineers at NASA and astronauts on board the International Space Station to learn about the importance of recycling. Find out how NASA is solving the challenge of giving astronauts water to use without wasting any with the new Water Recovery System.
Moon Landing: Apollo 11
On July 20, 1969, the astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first human to set foot on the moon. From NASA, these images illustrate the story behind "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Truly a milestone moment in space exploration.
Exploring Mars: Landers
These images, from NASA, show crafts that have been used in the surface exploration of Mars. They illustrate space exploration including the Mars Viking lander which looked for signs of life on Mars.
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Image
Mars Viking Mission
This video clip from NASA examines space exploration by the Viking missions to Mars and considers if life can exist on the Red Planet. After describing the components of the Viking orbiters and landers, the programme notes how scientific experiments performed on the surface of Mars revealed a lack of organic material in the Martian…
Voice Your Choice (Key Stage Three)
Voice Your Choice is an innovative, ready-to-go, resource produced by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BCGI) which engages students at Key Stage Three in debate on conservation of animal and plant species. A scenario is set and students are divided into groups to investigate the reasons for saving a particular plant or…
Voice Your Choice (Key Stage Two)
Voice Your Choice is an innovative, ready-to-go, resource produced by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BCGI) which engages students at Key Stage Two in debate on conservation of animal and plant species. A scenario is set and students are divided into groups to investigate the reasons for saving a particular plant or…
Quick Guide: Disposal of Radioactive Waste
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide looks at radioactive waste and examines the options for its disposal. It is a simplified summary of complex ideas for the busy practitioner teaching out of subject or needing a refresher. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of nuclear power…
Quick Guide: Green Chemistry
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide looks at our use of chemicals which is inevitable, whatever their source. Green, or sustainable, chemistry develops chemicals and processes capable of performing vital functions, while minimising social and environmental costs. This is a resource produced by current…
Quick Guide: Esters
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide looks at naturally-occuring esters, industrial production and uses of esters. It is a simplified summary of complex ideas for the busy practitioner teaching out of subject or needing a refresher. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of esters…
Quick Guide: Medical Applications of Physics
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide looks at magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and is a simplified summary of complex ideas for the busy practitioner teaching out of subject or needing a refresher. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of medical applications of physics to provide…
Quick Guide: Micro-organisms in Industry
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide discusses how Microbes are increasingly important to industry, where they are used in a huge variety of processes ranging from food production to water treatment. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of biotechnology to provide teachers with…
Quick Guide: Medicinal Chemistry
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide looks at how medicinal chemists use their technical skills and their knowledge of different organic chemical reactions to develop new small-molecule drugs to treat diseases. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of medicinal chemistry to provide…
Quick Guide: The Evolution of Human Behaviour
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide looks at what makes humans special. There is a lot of debate among researchers about which mental (or cognitive) abilities separate humans from chimpanzees. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of behaviour to provide teachers with an understanding…
Quick Guide: Disasters and Diseases
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide looks at the microbial species that are a special danger to human communities when arrangements for water supply and sewage disposal fail. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of health and diseases to provide teachers with an understanding…
Quick Guide: Animal Behaviour
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide discusses how the study of animal behaviour isn’t just about field trips to foreign places. Careful observations about the movement, feeding and social interactions of individual animals tells us interesting things about any species. This is a resource produced…
Quick Guide: Nanotechnology
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this guide covers nanotechnology, where biology meets chemistry meets physics meets engineering meets computing. The quick guide is a simplified summary of complex ideas for the busy practitioner. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of nanotechnology to…
Quick Guide: Carbon Capture and Storage
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide looks at how carbon capture may be used to tackle carbon dioxide emissions and is a simplified summary of complex ideas for the busy practitioner teaching out of subject or needing a refresher. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of carbon…
Quick Guide: The Sun
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide looks at the Sun, our local star and our main provider of energy. As our most important star, scientists are keen to understand how the Sun works and what effects it might have on other objects in the solar system. The quick guide is a simplified summary of complex…
Quick Guide: The Large Hadron Collider
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide is a summary of complex ideas for the busy practitioner. The principle behind this experiment is simple: smash two counter-rotating beams of protons together at a very high centre-of-mass energy. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of particle…
- 4/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Teacher guidance
Quick Guide: Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide discusses how we are increasingly familiar with the Global Positioning System (GPS) through in-car satellite navigation systems (satnav). A simplified summary of complex ideas for the busy practitioner. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field…
Quick Guide: Organ Transplantation
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide looks at the development of transplants, immunosuppressive drugs and the ethics involved in the field. It is a simplified summary of complex ideas for the busy practitioner. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of organ transplantation to…
Quick Guide: Biofuels
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide is a simplified summary of complex ideas for the busy practitioner teaching out of subject or needing a refresher.The resource describes why we need biofuels, types of biofuels and current research. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of…
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