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Archive: Science Update: NASA's Perseverance Rover Landing on Mars...What to Expect!, February 17, 2021

The main goal of NASA's Perseverance Rover mission is to seek for signs of ancient life on Mars and collect samples of rock and regolith for possible ...

Middle School Elementary High School Astronomy Earth & Space Science Engineering STEM

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Making Science Personal

General education college astronomy courses offer instructors both a unique audience and a unique challenge. For many students, such a course may be t...

By Christine O’Donnell, Edward Prather, and Peter Behroozi

Postsecondary Astronomy Earth & Space Science

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Up To the Moon!

By Pamela Lottero-Perdue and Cody Sandifer

Elementary Astronomy Earth & Space Science Inquiry Instructional Materials New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Family-Based Astronomy

By Bob Riddle

Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science Instructional Materials Phenomena

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Virtual Sungazing

By Sarah Glassman, Elizabeth Shepard, Ryan Seymour, and Christina Zdawczyk

Early Childhood Astronomy Earth & Space Science Inquiry Teaching Strategies

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Sun Tracker

By Tom Lough and Kim Hollifield

Early Childhood Astronomy Earth & Space Science Inquiry Instructional Materials

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The Aurora Borealis

By Liza Bondurant and Sten Odenwald

High School Aerospace Astronomy Climate Change Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Inquiry New Science Teachers NGSS

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Archive: Science Update: Cosmic Explosions, February 11, 2021

The biggest explosions in the universe dwarf any we are capable of on Earth.  In space, we can witness an exploding star that can shine brighter ...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Astronomy Earth & Space Science General Science Physics STEM

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Why Isn't Pluto a Planet Anymore?

Middle School High School Astronomy Crosscutting Concepts Earth & Space Science Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Archive: Science Update: Bridging a Passion for Human Discovery in Space and on Earth — The Lucy Mission and Lucy in Space Contest, January 14, 2021

Two world-renowned scientists, Donald Johanson PhD and Hal Levison PhD, will discuss human’s passion for exploration and discovery through the&...

Middle School High School Astronomy Biology Earth & Space Science Engineering Evolution STEM Technology

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Freebies for Science Teachers, October 20, 2020

By Debra Shapiro

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Archive: Science Update: The Cosmic Shooting Gallery, November 19, 2020

Stuff hits the Earth all the time, but fortunately we have a nice thick warm atmosphere that vaporizes everything smaller than an SUV. Spacecraft have...

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The Red Issue

By Bob Riddle

Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science