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- History of Space Exploration (Hamilton)
Includes pictures, articles, and links.
- Space Exploration Search (NASA)
Searches NASA for information on space exploration, such as flights to Mars or the Moon, the Space Station, telescopes, pictures of planets, and more.
- Asteroid Exploration (JHUAPL)
Provides information about the Near Earth Asteroid Rendevous (NEAR) Mission to orbit the asteroid Eros 433 in 1999.
- Ballet Dancing Exploration (New York City Ballet)
"Coming to live performances is always a thrill. Sometimes it is hard to know which is more exciting—being a child and seeing it all for the first time or being the adult who gets to show and explain everything to a youngster. There are so many different opportunities to enter and share the world of ballet. Unique programs, pre- and post performance activities, holiday special events, children’s books, and games—lots of online games. Ballet is just like sports. The more you go, the more you learn and enjoy."
"Use the links at the left to begin what NYCB hopes will become a life-time exploration of the world of ballet—our world!" 01-08
- Mars Exploration (NASA)
Provides news and other information on exploration of Mars. 4-01
- Exploration Projects (Jason Project)
Provides interactive projects for students using the technology of "telepresence." "The JASON Project is a non-profit educational organization working in partnership with teachers, students, corporations, educational institutions and government to inspire in students a lifelong passion to pursue learning in science, math and technology through exploration and discovery." 5-02
- Space Exploration and Astronauts (EdSpace NASA)
Provides educational information about the U.S. space program and the astronauts.
- Iraq Conflict - Exploration for Students (PBS Newshour)
Provides activities, such as role play and debate, for students to explore the issues of conflict with Iraq. Includes resource materials. 2-03
- Groundwater Exploration (EarthWaterGlobal.com)
"EarthWater Global locates, develops and manages previously overlooked, large-scale, sustainable groundwater resources. EarthWater's President, Robert Bisson, has developed and demonstrated a revolutionary concept of how fresh water is transmitted through tectonic fractures in bedrock and stored in 'Megawatersheds'. "
"EarthWater Global draws on data generated from a variety of technologies, developed for and used by the oil and gas industry, to locate and develop these vast groundwater resources on a low-cost, sustainable basis." 06-07
- -08-04-12 Editorial: The Future We Need in Space Exploration (Time.com)
"In four days, NASA’s Curiosity rover will hopefully survive its “seven minutes of terror” and land safely on the surface of Mars. What comes next for U.S. space exploration?" 08-12
- Career Exploration for Teens
- Science Projects (The Tech Museum)
Provides interactive projects in science in topics such as robotics, lasers, earthquakes, space exploration, and DNA. 12-02
- Women's Issues in the Third World Countries (Cancel)
Provides an intergrated set of resources designed to interest readers and enhance exploration.
- Space Flight News (NASA)
Provides information on space flights, including stories on the International Space Station. This new NASA site has a search engine and consolidates most other NASA Web sites for space exploration.
- Space Flight - Map of Web Site (NASA)
Provides information on space flights, including stories on the International Space Station. This new NASA site has a search engine and consolidates most other NASA Web sites for space exploration.
- Chandra X-ray Observatory (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
Provides the latest news on the X-ray observatory for space, black holes, and pioneering explorations using very high resolution methods. 9-00
- Drama for Grades 8 - 10 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides lessons on Exploration and Imagination (Critical Analysis), Drama Skills (Body and Voice), (Role), (Drama as Metaphor), (Elements and Structures), (Technique), Context (Social and Cultural Context) and (Making Connections). These materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-05
- Film and Television for Grades 11 - 12 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides lessons on Exploration and Analysis, Drama Skills, Context (Social, Cultural, and Historical) and (Industry), Technologies and Processes. These materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Mountains of the World (Wenzel)
Provides pictures and information on mountains that allow exploration by walking, including Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), Mount Ararat (Turkey), Mont Blanc (France), Ras Dashen (Ethiopia), Mount Kinabalu (Sabah), Mount Cameroon (Cameroon), Mount Fuji (Japan), Pico de Teide (Canary Islands, Spain), Mount Etna (Italy), Qornat es-Sawda (Lebanon), Musala (Bulgaria), Jabal Katrina (Egypt), Huayna Picchu (Peru), Pico (Azores, Portugal), Hekla (Iceland), Ben Nevis (Scotland), Snowdon (Wales), Scafell Pike (England), Bénara (Mayotte), and Christoffelberg (Curaçao). 7-01
- Science Projects for the Family (NASA - Jet Propulsion Lab)
Provides 8 projects to build related to exploration of space. 3-00
- Science Projects for the Family (NASA - Spaceplace)
Provides 10 projects to build related to exploration of space. 3-00
- Science Activities for the Family (NASA - Spaceplace)
Provides 12 activities related to exploration of space. 9-01
- Science Experiments for the Family (NASA - Spaceplace)
Provides 11 activities related to science or the exploration of space. 9-01
- Science Factsheets for the Family (NASA - Spaceplace)
Provides 10 factsheets related to exploration of space. 3-00
- Commentary on Current Events (Public Broadcasting Service - Now)
Provides exploration into issues that have emerged from headline news stories. 1-02
- Astronomy - Space Flight News (NASA)
Provides information on space flights, including stories on the International Space Station. This new NASA site has a search engine and consolidates most other NASA Web sites for space exploration.
- Animals and Nature (National Geographic)
Provides news on exploration of the earth. 5-02
- Gravity Shielding Experiments Explained (PopularMechanics.com - Wilson)
"Isaac Newton, the first physicist, described gravity as an attraction between two masses (see illustration at top of page). Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity suggests mass actually causes space-time to warp around it. Imagine, for instance, the indentation created by placing a bowling ball on a soft bed.
Both theories explain why apples fall from trees. Scientists consider Einstein's theory superior because it explains also why light–which has no mass–appears to bend in strong gravitational fields."
"Most physicists believe that when NASA flips the switch on its gravity modification experiment, absolutely nothing will happen. Then again, it could start the countdown to a bold new era in space exploration." Editor's Note - The article is dated December, 1997. In August, 2002, Boeing Aircraft announced that it is building an anti-gravity device for NASA. 8-02
- Space Flights - Science News (NASA)
Provides news on scientific breakthoughs related to exploration of space.
- Bush Announces Plans for Manned Missions to Moon and Beyond (CNN News)
" 'We will give NASA a new focus and vision for future exploration. We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own,' Bush said." 1-04
- Abundant Life in Deep Ocean Hot Spots (National Geographic)
"The deep ocean floor is a dark, cold, remote, and seemingly lifeless place that until recently lay largely below the radar of science and exploration. But with advances in technology, scientists are accessing the deep and finding life everywhere they look." 6-04
- -10-06-04 Nobel Prizes Awarded in Science (MSNBC News)
"Two Israelis [Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko] and an American [Irwin Rose] won the 2004 Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday for their work related to how the human body singles out unwanted proteins for destruction to defend itself from disease."
"The Nobel Prize in medicine went to Americans Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck." "They clarified the intricate biological pathway from the nose to the brain that lets people sense smells."
"A whiff of an odor brings a mix of different molecules into the nose, where each molecule activates several odor receptors. This pattern of activation is interpreted by the brain, letting people recognize and form memories of about 10,000 different odors."
"On Tuesday, the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Americans David J. Gross, H. David Politzer and Frank Wilczeck for their exploration of the force that binds particles inside the atomic nucleus." 10-04
- The Choice 2004 Lesson Plans and Ideas (PBS Frontline)
Provides questions and exploration of the presidency and the 2004 election. 10-04
- Next Giant Leap in Science (NASA)
"When it comes to taking the next 'giant leap' in space exploration, NASA is thinking small -- really small."
"In laboratories around the country, NASA is supporting the burgeoning science of nanotechnology. The basic idea is to learn to deal with matter at the atomic scale -- to be able to control individual atoms and molecules well enough to design molecule-size machines, advanced electronics and "smart" materials." 1-04
- 09-19-05 NASA to Replace Shuttle Design (Bloomberg.com)
"NASA plans to replace the space shuttle with a reusable spacecraft shaped like the Apollo capsule that first took U.S. astronauts to the moon in 1969, the U.S. space agency said today."
"The Crew Exploration Vehicle will be three times as big as the Apollo capsule and can be used as many as 10 times, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said in a statement."
"The spacecraft will be able to take as many as four astronauts to the moon and as many as six people on missions to Mars, NASA said. It will also be able to deliver supplies and crews to the International Space Station." 9-05
- Peruvian Artifacts Recovered (NationalGeographic.com)
"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents recovered and seized 322 pre-Columbian Peruvian artifacts this week after a two-month joint investigation between ICE and the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO)."
"The pre-Columbian era refers to a period preceding the exploration of the Americas by Christopher Columbus. The artifacts date as far back as 1500 B.C." 01-06
- SpaceX Launched, Then Lost (MSNBC News)
"After four years of work, three launch delays and $100 million in dot-com cash, SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket rose from its Pacific launch pad on Friday, but was lost moments later."
"Space enthusiasts around the world had looked forward to what SpaceX, also known as Space Exploration Technologies, billed as the world's first all-new orbital launch vehicle in more than a decade." 9-05
- Editorial: Oil Not Running Out Soon (Economist.com)
"Despite today's obsession with the idea of 'peak oil', what really matters to the world economy is not when conventional oil production peaks, but whether we have enough affordable and convenient fuel from any source to power our current fleet of cars, buses and aeroplanes. With that in mind, the global oil industry is on the verge of a dramatic transformation from a risky exploration business into a technology-intensive manufacturing business. And the product that big oil companies will soon be manufacturing, argues Shell's Mr Van der Veer, is 'greener fossil fuels'." 03-06
- Columbus, Christopher (Wikipedia.org)
"Christopher Columbus (ca. 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an explorer and trader who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas on October 12, 1492 under the flag of Castile. History places great significance on his landing in America in 1492, with the entire period of the history of the Americas before this date usually known as Pre-Columbian, and the anniversary of this event, Columbus Day, being celebrated in many parts of America. Although there is evidence of Pre-Columbian trans-Atlantic Ocean European contact, Columbus is commonly credited as the first European to see the Americas because of the profound impact his contact wrought on history. His voyage marked the beginning of European exploration and colonization of the Americas."
Includes a picture of Columbus. 05-06
- Bergman, Ingmar (MSNBC News)
"Master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, one of the greatest artists in cinema history, died Monday at his home on an island off the coast of Sweden. He was 89."
"Bergman’s dozens of works combined deep seriousness, indelible imagery and unexpected flashes of humor in finely written, inventively shot explorations of difficult subjects such as plague and madness." 07-07
- -07-14-08 Bush to Lift Offshore Drilling Ban (MSNBC News)
"There are two prohibitions on offshore drilling, one imposed by Congress and another by executive order signed by former President Bush in 1990. The current president, trying to ease market tensions and boost supply, called last month for Congress to lift its prohibition before he did so himself."
"The president, in his final months of office, has responded to record gas-prices with a series of proposals, including more oil exploration. None would have immediate impact on prices at the pump, according to White House officials, who say there is no quick fix. But starting action now would help, they say." 07-08
- How Much Biochar to Use (RodaleInstitute.org)
"Researchers and their interns used precious hours of sunshine this week as the Rodale Institute kicked off its exploration of biochar as a carbon-sequestering practice, applying at the rate of 5,000 pounds per to selected plots. By charring biomass (say nitrogen-fixing trees) under controlled conditions (pyrolysis), farms could generate power by capturing released syngas while transforming half of the incoming carbon into the super-stable charcoal form. The application rate was chosen for study because it’s an order of magnitude (10 times) greater than carbon sequestered (per acre per year) by a good cover crop stand." 06-09
- A Home on the Moon? (CNN News)
"Building a home near a moon crater or a lunar sea may sound nice, but moon colonists might have a much better chance of survival if they just lived in a hole."
"That's the message sent by an international team of scientists who say they've discovered a protected lunar 'lava tube' -- a deep, giant hole -- that might be well suited for a moon colony or a lunar base."
"The vertical hole, in the volcanic Marius Hills region on the moon's near side, is 213 feet wide and is estimated to be more than 260 feet deep, according to findings published in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union. More important, the scientists say, the hole is protected from the moon's harsh temperatures and meteorite strikes by a thin sheet of lava. That makes the tube a good candidate for further exploration or possible inhabitation, the article says." 01-10
- Kids' Science Challenge (SETI.org)
"The SETI Institute's Education and Public Outreach (EPO) programs share the excitement of searching for life in the universe with people of all ages. Many folk are curious about our place in the universe: are we alone in the vast ocean of stars and galaxies?"
"Curiosity motivates both exploration and learning in schools, science centers, colleges and universities." 05-10
- -05-23-12 SpaceX Opens New Commerical Path to Outer Space (ABC News)
"A privately built space capsule that's zipping its way to the International Space Station has also launched something else: A new for-profit space race."
"The capsule called Dragon was due to arrive near the space station for tests early Thursday and dock on Friday with its load of supplies. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. — run by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk — was hired by NASA to deliver cargo and eventually astronauts to the orbital outpost."
"And the space agency is hiring others, too."
"Several firms think they can make money in space and are close enough to Musk's company to practically surf in his spaceship's rocket-fueled wake. There are now more companies looking to make money in orbit — at least eight — than major U.S. airlines still flying." 07-07
- -08-05-12 Mars Science Laboratory (NASA)
Provides news on Mars exploration, such as the landing of Curiosity on Mars. 08-12
- The Projected Image: A History of Disability in Films (TCM.com)
"TCM's exploration of disability in cinema includes many Oscar-winning and nominated films, such as An Affair to Remember (1957), in which Deborah Kerr's romantic rendezvous with Cary Grant is nearly derailed by a paralyzing accident; A Patch of Blue (1965), with Elizabeth Hartman as a blind white girl who falls in love with a black man, played by Sidney Poitier; Butterflies Are Free (1972), starring Edward Albert as a blind man attempting to break free from his over-protective mother; and Gaby: A True Story (1987), the powerful tale of a girl with cerebral palsy trying to gain independence as an artist; Johnny Belinda (1948), starring Jane Wyman as a "deaf-mute" forced to defy expectations; The Miracle Worker (1962), starring Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan and Patty Duke as Helen Keller; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), with Jack Nicholson as a patient in a mental institution and Louise Fletcher as the infamous Nurse Ratched; The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), the post-War drama starring Fredric March, Myrna Loy and real-life disabled veteran Harold Russell; and Charly (1968), with Cliff Robertson as an intellectually disabled man who questions the limits of science after being turned into a genius." 10-12
- NASA K-12 Internet Initiative (NASA Quest)
"NASA Quest Challenges are FREE Web-based, interactive explorations designed to engage students in authentic scientific and engineering processes. The solutions relate to issues encountered daiy by NASA personnel." 09-09
- Science Projects for the Family (NASA - Jet Propulsion Lab)
Provides 8 projects to build related to exploration of space. 09-09
- Science Projects for the Family (NASA - Spaceplace)
Provides 10 projects to build related to exploration of space. 09-09
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