Remote Sensing – Going Beyond the Unit

Careers at NASA - More than Just Astronauts!

eClips video that explores some of the unique career opportunities at NASA.

• https://nasaeclips.arc.nasa.gov/video/ourworld/our-world-careers-at-nasa-more-than-just-astronauts

Exploring Careers @ NASA

Learn about careers at through internships, fellowships, co-op positions, and competitions

• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/careers/index.html
• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/career/index.html

Video Highlights from NASA scientists

SME²: Women in STEM

• https://nasaeclips.arc.nasa.gov/video/smee/sme2-women-in-stem
• https://nasaeclips.arc.nasa.gov/video/smee/sme2-why-did-you-become-a-scientist
• https://nasaeclips.arc.nasa.gov/video/smee/sme2-the-best-part-of-being-a-scientist

SEEC Space Exploration Educators Conference

This conference at Space Center Houston is for grades kindergarten to 12th – and not just for science teachers! strives to use space to teach across the curriculum. The activities presented can be used for science, language arts, mathematics, history, and more. Attend sessions hosted by the actual scientists and engineers working on exciting endeavors like the International Space Station and explorations of Mars and the planets beyond.

• https://spacecenter.org/educator-resources/teachers-seec/

Remote Sensing Math

Complete study for remote sensing and mathematical models. Each lesson in this guide is a supplement for teaching mathematical topics. The problems can be used to enhance understanding of the mathematical concept or as an assessment of student mastery.

• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Remote_Sensing_Math.html

Citizen Science

• Find a meteorite https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/13dec_meteorcounter

NASA Related Lesson Materials

• https://www.challenger.org/stem-resources/#challenger_lessons
• http://nasawavelength.org/
• http://www.nisenet.org/
• https://istl.asu.edu/presentations/nasa-exploration-connection-search-small-worlds
• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/A-Z_Pubs.html#.Ufu-o43VDGI
• https://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/about/index.html

Earth Observatory – Remote Sensing

Introduction and history of remote sensing

• https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/RemoteSensing/

NASA Remote Sensing Example: Earth Sciences

Short example of how Dr. Milesi uses satellite remote sensing data to see how human activities are changing our planet.

• https://www.nasa.gov/content/remote-sensing/

Mars Community Builder

Google play download – simulation from Challenger Center inviting players to build a community on Mars using augmented reality. (Android only)

Imagine Mars

This standards-based, interdisciplinary project takes your students on a mission to Mars and brings them back with a new outlook on community, science and the arts.

• https://mars.nasa.gov/imagine/students/

Vesta Trek

Vesta is the second most massive body in the asteroid belt and is occasionally visible from Earth with a naked eye. Use Vesta Trek to explore its massive craters, and keep in mind that meteorites found on Earth have been traced back to originate from these areas.

• https://trek.nasa.gov/vesta/index.html

Moon Trek

The Lunar Mapping and Modeling Portal (LMMP) is a web-based Portal and a suite of interactive visualization and analysis tools. It allows users to search, view and download mapped lunar data products from past and current lunar missions.

• https://lunarscience.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/LSF13P/LMMP_nlsf2013.pdf
• https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/lunarquest/mapping/index.html 

Mars

• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HALdx291QQDJC_KE536-EokUAI8CfTC28cZvOqYSTsA/edit#gid=0

All NASA Missions

We will pare down for planetary science and remote sensing missions.

• https://www.nasa.gov/missions

NASA Space Music Activities

• We’re NASA and we know it: https://www.space.com/17140-mars-rover-music-video-spoof-lmfao.html
• Space school music: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/space-school-musical/