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Project Spectra! 
  
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This is a digital project developed to advance knowledge of solar system exploration by providing students with spectroscopic data in an accessible and engaging format. The…
https://lasp.colorado.edu/home/education/K-12/project-spectra/
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: Eyes on the Solar System 
  
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NASA's JPL brings together an array of rich visualization tools for a 3D exploration of our cosmic neighborhood. It provides actual data from spacecraft, including their real-time…
https://eyes.nasa.gov/eyes-on-the-solar-system.html
NASA: Radioisotope Power Systems 
  
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This is a multimedia overview of RPS (radioisotope power systems), a type of nuclear energy technology that uses heat to produce electricity for powering spacecraft. The heat is…
https://rps.nasa.gov/
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: Dawn 
  
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This is the home page for NASA's Dawn project, whose goal was to shed light on the early evolution of our Solar System by investigating two large protoplanets, Ceres and Vesta, that…
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/dawn/overview/
TeachEngineering: Using Spectral Data to Explore Saturn and Titan 
  
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This lesson package for middle school integrates authentic spectral data from NASA's Cassini exploration of Saturn and its moon, Titan. Students will analyze known data from UV…
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_spect_activity3
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: Reading, Writing, and Rings I 
  
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This is a two-week cross-curricular unit for Grades 1-2 on Saturn and its rings. It integrates reading, writing, art, and science to provide a multi-sensory exploration of the…
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NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: Reading, Writing, and Rings II 
  
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This is a 12-day cross-curricular unit for upper elementary on Saturn and its rings. It integrates reading, writing, art, and science to provide a multisensory exploration of the…
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NASA: Goldilocks and the Three Planets 
  
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This page provides an inquiry-based teaching module for the middle grades that explores atmospheric conditions on Earth, Venus, and Mars. Students analyze spectral data from real…
https://lasp.colorado.edu/home/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Goldilocks.pdf
PBS Learning Media: Teaching from Space - Centripetal Force 
  
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This unique five-minute video features a NASA astronaut demonstrating centripetal force in ways students cannot observe in daily life. The video was shot in a weightless environment…
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Mass - Comparing Masses Without Use of Gravity 
  
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This web page gives instructions for performing mass measurements in the same method used by astronauts on the Skylab space station. Using a hacksaw blade, clamps, bolts, and a…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Smass.htm
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