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This story, featuring a pigeon named Amelia, takes place in New York City. Amelia's owner, a young girl named Maria, receives a gift from her grandfather-a camera specially designed for strapping on to a pigeon along with copies of old photographs... (View More)
This is an episode of the Space Place Live talk show. Learners will watch NASA space mission architect Linda Herrell as she talks about her job in designing and testing new technology for the New Millennia Program, as well as engineering the... (View More)
This is a lithograph about the Sun. Learners will read a short description about the two Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory, or STEREO, spacecraft. On one side of the lithograph, learners can view a two-dimensional image of the Sun taken by... (View More)
This lithograph features the Kepler Mission Field of View imposed upon a star field that includes the constellations Cygnus and Delphinus. The text includes a description of the mission, the star selection constraints, the location of the field in... (View More)
This is a video about NASA's Dawn mission to the asteroids Vesta and Ceres. Learners will follow the mission from paper to launch pad to asteroid belt and beyond. The video features the planning, instrumentation and technological challenges of this... (View More)
This is an activity about comparing images of the Sun in different wavelengths of light. Learners will examine solar images taken by the SOHO spacecraft to look for differences in the features that are visible in the various wavelengths of light.... (View More)
This is an activity about comparing images of the Sun in different wavelengths of light. Learners will examine solar images taken by the SOHO spacecraft to look for differences in the features that are visible in the various wavelengths of light.... (View More)
This board game challenges players (ages 10+) to build a spaceship and fly to a black hole. The game provides opportunities for understanding phenomena based on current black hole research. During the game, players will experience the dangers and... (View More)
This is an episode of the Space Place Live talk show. Learners will watch engineer, Donya Douglas, of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, talk about her job in designing ways to keep the three tiny Space Technology 5 spacecraft at the right... (View More)
This is an activity about visual analysis. Learners will compare and contrast images of Earth and Mars and then experiment with lenses to understand more about the instruments used to make the pictures. This is activity 1 of 9 in Mars and Earth:... (View More)
