Are you old enough to remember hearing those words spoken by President John F. Kennedy? I’m not, but I have a distinct memory of the night of July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon—the first humans to set foot on a celestial body other than planet Earth.
I was seven […]
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We Choose the Moon!
Monday, July 20th, 2009 8:41 pm
Written by: Mary LeFever
Discover the Universe in the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009)
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 8:41 pm
Written by: Mary LeFever
Discover the Universe in the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009)
Are you an astronomy enthusiast? Do you have students who excitedly tell you about what they saw most recently through their own telescope? Then you are probably also aware that the Earth and Space Science content standard for grades 5-8 of the National Science Education […]
Posted in Topics: Astronomy, History of Science, Science, Space, Technology
Space Station ‘Extreme Home Makeover’ Concluded
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 6:51 am
Written by: Mary LeFever
What is the International Space Station? How long has it been up there? Who goes up there and for how long? What do astronauts do on the space station? These are intriguing, valid questions you can pose to your students, or perhaps your students have already posed them to you. The NASA space exploration program […]
Posted in Topics: Earth Science, Science, Space, Technology
Phoenix Explores Mars
Friday, May 30th, 2008 2:40 pm
Written by: Mary LeFever
Middle school students are often intrigued by the excitement of exploration and the adventures of explorers, as their enthusiasm for Indiana Jones attests. Space exploration should be no exception. With new images now available from the Mars explorer, Phoenix, teachers can capitalize on student interest in exploration to meet some of the Earth and Space […]
Posted in Topics: Earth Science, Methods of Science, Nature of Science, Science, Space, Technology
Posted in Topics: Earth Science, Science, Social Perspectives, Space, Technology
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