Here is a case study for high school or college-level learners about space exploration equipment that has failed. The class reads about the Mars Climate Orbiter that was destroyed in 1999 and discusses the costs and benefits of space...

Students take a virtual tour on Google Moon of what human life would be like on the moon. In this moon lesson plan, students also compose web diagrams, make charts, make a time line, investigate problems, and more.

Students role-play the jobs of space shuttle astronauts, conduct experiments, and research space using the Internet and offline experiments. Student-astronauts hold a "press conference" to share their information with others in a...

For this nutrition worksheet, students complete 2 pages of activities associated with National School Breakfast Week. They complete a word search, participate in a creative writing contest, complete a word scramble, and crossword puzzle.

In this using the internet worksheet, students search several websites to review information about the heart, human senses, the solar system, and planets. Students also read information about the rock cycle and answer provided questions.

In this English worksheet, students read "Shuttle Discovery Launches Successfully," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Students pick up science knowledge as they track and examine natural disasters. They keep a daily journal of results and reflections. Students get to follow a real tornado chaser and learn thunderstorm formation. They incorporate how...

Young scholars are split into teams. Students travel to the stars lesson on a given web site and gather information about stars. Young scholars then choose a category for the tag board that the teacher has made. The teacher asks a...

This article answers some of the most common questions about Mars: Why is it red? Is there water on Mars? What else have scientists discovered from spacecraft that have landed there? Also, visitors can follow links to learn more about...

A special anniversary site for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. Complete with comments from the astronauts, galleries with many images related to the mission, and much more.

This short article elaborates on why it's important to have more space missions to the moon before sending a manned space mission to Mars. Follow links to learn more about NASA's other space missions.

This site provides information about the Deep Space 1 mission.

This site, which is provided for by the German Aerospace Center, contains detailed information on missions to Mir from March '92 to March '97 displayed in the links below.