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[quote]NASA has a new online science resource for teachers and students to help bring Earth, the solar system, and the universe into their schools and homes.

Called NASA Wavelength, the site features hundreds of resources organized by topic and audience level from elementary to college, and out-of-school programs that span the extent of NASA science. Educators at all levels can locate educational resources through information on educational standards, subjects and keywords and other relevant details, such as learning time required to carry out a lesson or an activity, cost of materials and more.

"NASA Wavelength not only lets users find nearly everything they want to know about NASA science, but it also allows them to provide direct feedback to NASA to enhance our products," said Stephanie Stockman, education lead for NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) in Washington. "This truly is a living, digital library of resources that will allow educators to find and share the best of NASA science education resources to advance their teaching." [/quote]

http://nasawavelength.org

[url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/][b]Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature[/b][/url]

Planetary nomenclature, like terrestrial nomenclature, is used to uniquely identify a feature on the surface of a planet or satellite so that the feature can be easily located, described, and discussed. This gazetteer contains detailed information about all names of topographic and albedo features on planets and satellites (and some planetary ring and ring-gap systems) that the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named and approved from its founding in 1919 through the present time.

Courtesy:
[list]International Astronomical Union (IAU)
Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)[/list]

[size=120][b]Science Mission Directorate Space Science Education Resource Directory[/b][/size]

The [url=http://teachspacescience.org/cgi-bin/ssrtop.plex]Science Mission Directorate Space Science Education Resource Directory[/url] is a convenient way to find NASA space science products for use in classrooms, science museums, planetariums, and other settings. The directory can be searched by grade/subject or topic, or a custom search can be created.

http://teachspacescience.org/cgi-bin/ssrtop.plex

[prettytable][tr][td=left]Microwave[/td][td=left]Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)[/td] [td=left][url]http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/resources/edresources1.html[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Cosmic Microwave Background, cosmology, Big Bang

[b]Example Resource[/b]
The Inflatable Universe beach ball

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
Show the 3-D full sky map of the oldest light in the Universe, with discussing cosmology, the Big Bang, etc.

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
Request one at: http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/pre_order.pl

[prettytable][tr][td=left]Microwave[/td][td=left]Planck[/td] [td=left][url]http://planck.caltech.edu/epo/epo.html[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Cosmic Microwave Background, cosmology, Big Bang

[b]Example Resource[/b]
From Sound Waves to Microwaves: Listen to the Oldest Light of the Universe with the Planck Mission

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
Slides and sound files for use in outreach presentations about cosmology

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
Online at: http://planck.caltech.edu/epo/NSTA-webinar.html

[prettytable][tr][td=left]Infrared[/td][td=left]Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)[/td] [td=left][url]http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/education.html[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Asteroids in the Solar System, young stars and their dusty disks, brown dwarf stars, nearby galaxies, active galaxies

[b]Example Resource[/b]
Multimedia gallery

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
Use WISE images and multimedia in your outreach presentations

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
Download multimedia from: http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_images.html

[prettytable][tr][td=left]Infrared[/td][td=left]Spitzer Space Telescope and Infrared Processing and Analysis Center[/td] [td=left][url]http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Star birth, planet forming disks around stars, nebulae, young galaxies, dusty galaxies, multi-wavelength astronomy

[b]Example Resource[/b]
Cool Cosmos

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
Multimedia website with all you want to know about multi-wavelength astronomy including lots of educational activities and podcasts

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
View at: http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/

[prettytable][tr][td=left]Infrared[/td][td=left]Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)[/td] [td=left][url]http://www.sofia.usra.edu/Edu/edu.html[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Star birth and death, formation of new solar systems, comets and asteroids in the Solar System, nebulae and dust in galaxies, supermassive black holes, electromagnetic spectrum

[b]Example Resource[/b]
Active Astronomy

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
Hands-on activities to help students and the public understand infrared astronomy

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
Download from: http://www.sofia.usra.edu/Edu/materials/activeAstronomy/activeAstronomy.html

[prettytable][tr][td=left]Infrared[/td][td=left]JWST-NIRCam[/td] [td=left][url]http://zeus.as.arizona.edu/~dmccarthy/GSUSA/index.htm[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Birth of the first galaxies, rise of solar systems, and identifying planets with the potential for life

[b]Example Resource[/b]
E/PO activities

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
Use these in your outreach presentations

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
Explore them online at: http://zeus.as.arizona.edu/~dmccarthy/GSUSA/Activities.htm

[prettytable][tr][td=left]Infrared[/td][td=left]James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)[/td] [td=left][url]http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/teachers.html[/url]
[url]http://jwstsite.stsci.edu/webb_telescope/[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Birth of the first galaxies, rise of solar systems, and identifying planets with the potential for life

[b]Example Resource[/b]
Scope It Out!

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
Learn about telescopes by comparing a simple telescope to the James Web and Hubble Space Telescopes in this online game

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
Play it online at http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/scope.html

[prettytable][tr][td=left]Optical[/td][td=left]Kepler[/td] [td=left][url]http://kepler.nasa.gov/education/[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Exoplanets, especially Earth-size or habitable planets orbiting Sun-size stars

[b]Example Resource[/b]
1. January 2011 Kepler Mission Update (video)
2. Kepler bookmark

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
1. Learn about the Kepler mission's search for habitable planets using the transit method
2. Handout at talks about exoplanets, etc.

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
1. Kepler Mission videos at: [url=http://kepler.nasa.gov/multimedia/animations/]http://kepler.nasa.gov/multimedia/animations/[/url]
2. Explore available lithographs, bookmarks and teacher poster at: http://kepler.nasa.gov/education/resources/info/
Request printed materials from: Pamela Harman (pharman@seti.org) or Edna DeVore (edevore@seti.org)

[prettytable][tr][td=left]Near-UV/Optical/Near-IR[/td][td=left]Exoplanet Exploration Program[/td] [td=left][url]http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Exoplanets, habitable zones around stars

[b]Example Resource[/b]
New Worlds Atlas

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
Discover what scientists are learning about the more than 500 exoplanets known to date, and explore the extrasolar neighborhood in 3-D with Adobe Shockwave.

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
Online at: http://exep.jpl.nasa.gov/atlas/atlas_index.cfm

[prettytable][tr][td=left]Near-UV/Optical/Near-IR[/td][td=left]Hubble Space Telescope[/td] [td=left][url]http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Solar System, comets and asteroids, stars and stellar evolution, black holes, galaxies, cosmology, electromagnetic spectrum and telescopes

[b]Example Resource[/b]
1. Telescopes from the Ground Up
2. Cats Eye Nebula lithograph and others

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
1. Explore and share the history of telescopes, from Galileo's pioneering one to NASA/s Great Observatories
2. Use Hubble images to engage audiences in asking and finding answers to their own questions about the Universe

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
1. Check out Amazing Space (http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/eds/tools/) for lots of teaching tools and Hubble science topics
2. Request limited number of hardcopy materials from Ms. Holly Ryer (hgreat@stsci.edu)

[prettytable][tr][td=left]Far-UV/Optical/Radio[/td][td=left]Multimission Archive at STScI (MAST)[/td] [td=left][url]http://archive.stsci.edu/[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Science data and higher level products from many missions

[b]Example Resource[/b]
MAST press release image search

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
Product developers can find Hubble Space Telescope press release images for the E/PO products.

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
Explore them online at: http://archive.stsci.edu/stpr/search.php

[prettytable][tr][td=left]Ultraviolet[/td][td=left]GALaxy Evolution eXplorer (GALEX)[/td] [td=left][url]http://www.galex.caltech.edu/education/teachers.html[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Formation and evolution of galaxies and their stars

[b]Example Resource[/b]
Recipe for a Galactic Mobile

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
Teach young children science through craft! Make an art mobile using GALEX images.

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
See http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/galex_make1.shtml

[prettytable][tr][td=left]Extreme UV/X-ray/Gamma-ray/Microwave[/td][td=left]High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive (HEASARC)[/td] [td=left][url]http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Black holes, Big Bang, extremely energetic phenomena

[b]Example Resource[/b]
Imagine the Universe

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
Use educational resources in classrooms for students age 14 and up, and for outreach to interested public.

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
Explore them online at http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/

[prettytable][tr][td=left]X-ray[/td][td=left]XMM-Newton[/td] [td=left][url]http://epo.sonoma.edu/projects.php[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Pulsars, black holes and active galaxies

[b]Example Resource[/b]
Supernova Educator Guide

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
Engage students in basic science and math by exploring how stars die in supernovae, sometimes creating pulsars.

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
Download the activity book from http://xmm.sonoma.edu/edu/supernova/index.html

[prettytable][tr][td=left]X-ray[/td][td=left]Suzaku, formerly Astro-E2[/td] [td=left][url]http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/astroe_lc/[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
X-rays from high-energy phenomena in stars, including supernovae and black holes

[b]Example Resource[/b]
X-ray spectroscopy video clip

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
Show how X-ray spectroscopy can help us understand details of high-energy phenomena

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
Download it from: http://suzaku-epo.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/suzaku-epo/education/video/video.html

[prettytable][tr][td=left]X-ray[/td][td=left]Rossi X-ray Timing Experiment (RXTE)[/td] [td=left][url]http://heasarc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/learning_center[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Black holes, active galaxies, neutron stars, pulsars and other eneretic and rapidly changing phenomena

[b]Example Resource[/b]
High Energy Groovie Movie

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
Share the excitement of black holes, pulsars and active galaxies with a montage of X-ray images and animations set to the "High Energy Groove" by AstroCappella

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
View the movie online and find related activities at: http://heasarc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/outreach/HEG/groovie.html

[prettytable][tr][td=left]X-ray[/td][td=left]Chandra X-ray Observatory[/td] [td=left][url]http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Exploding stars, supermassive black holes, active galaxies, dark matter hot gas in clusters of galaxies, and other energetic phenomena

[b]Example Resource[/b]
1. Chandra PowerPoint Presentation: The Universe in a Jelly Bean Jar
2. Chandra posters, bookmarks, postcards, etc.

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
1. Could be used in your outreach presentation, giving an overview of the total matter-energy distribution in the universe, and how X-rays help resolve related mysteries.
2. Handouts of X-ray images of celestial objects, for hands-on activities or public talks.

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
1. Download it from: http://www.chandra.harvard.edu/resources/pptshows/
2. Request (limited number of) hardcopies of Chandra E/PO resources and handouts at: http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/request.html

[prettytable][tr][td=left]Gamma-Ray/X-ray/UV/Optical[/td][td=left]Swift Gamma-ray Burst Explorer[/td] [td=left][url]http://swift.sonoma.edu[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Gamma-ray bursts and their afterglows, black holes

[b]Example Resource[/b]
1. Swift Gamma-ray Burst Real-time Sky Map
2. Global Telescope Network

[b]Ways Resource Could Be Used[/b]
1. Show students and the public the locations and information about some of the most explosive events in the Universe, in near real-time.
2. Participate in astronomical follow-up obsevations of energetic cosmic events observed by the Swift, Fermi and XMM-Newton space observatories.

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
1. Find GRB information at http://grb.sonoma.edu
2. Discover the GTN at http://gtn.sonoma.edu

[prettytable][tr][td=left]Gamma-Ray[/td][td=left]Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope[/td] [td=left][url]http://fermi.sonoma.edu[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable]
[b]Science and E/PO Topic Highlights[/b]
Black holes, gamma-ray bursts and pulsars

[b]Example Resources[/b]
1. Fermi Race Card Game
2. Make Your Own Pulsar

[b]Ways Resources Could Be Used[/b]
1. Could be used in afterschool program for high school students, encouraging students to play and learn about both science and strategy.
2. Create a 3-D model of a pulsar to help your audience visualize how we can observe pulses from a spinning neutron star.

[b]How/Where To Get It[/b]
1. Download it from http://fermi.sonoma.edu/teachers/race.php
2. The Pulsar Activity is described on the back of the Fermi Litho, downloadable at: http://fermi.sonoma.edu/teachers/FermiLitho09pt.pdf

The information below is taken from the NASA Science Mission Directorate Astrophysics Education and Public Outreach Resources: A Sampler and Quick Start Guide; additional information from the guide is available in the attached downloadable Excel spreadsheet and in following posts.

[prettytable][tr][th][b]Wavelength[/b][/th][th][b]E/PO Program[/b][/th][th][b]Website[/b][/th][th]More info[/th][/tr] [tr][td=left]Gamma-Ray[/td][td=left]Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope[/td] [td=left][url]http://fermi.sonoma.edu[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168612]Info[/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td=left]Gamma-Ray/X-ray/UV/Optical[/td][td=left]Swift Gamma-ray Burst Explorer[/td] [td=left][url]http://swift.sonoma.edu[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168614]Info[/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td=left]X-ray[/td][td=left]Chandra X-ray Observatory[/td] [td=left][url]http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168615]Info[/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td=left]X-ray[/td][td=left]Rossi X-ray Timing Experiment (RXTE)[/td] [td=left][url]http://heasarc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/learning_center[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168616]Info[/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td=left]X-ray[/td][td=left]Suzaku, formerly Astro-E2[/td] [td=left][url]http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/astroe_lc/[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168617]Info[/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td=left]X-ray[/td][td=left]XMM-Newton[/td] [td=left][url]http://epo.sonoma.edu/projects.php[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168618]Info[/url][/td][/tr][tr][td=left]Extreme UV/X-ray/Gamma-ray/Microwave[/td][td=left]High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive (HEASARC)[/td] [td=left][url]http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168619]Info[/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td=left]Ultraviolet[/td][td=left]GALaxy Evolution eXplorer (GALEX)[/td] [td=left][url]http://www.galex.caltech.edu/education/teachers.html[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168620]Info[/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td=left]Far-UV/Optical/Radio[/td][td=left]Multimission Archive at STScI (MAST)[/td] [td=left][url]http://archive.stsci.edu/[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168621]Info[/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td=left]Near-UV/Optical/Near-IR[/td][td=left]Hubble Space Telescope[/td] [td=left][url]http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168622]Info[/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td=left]Near-UV/Optical/Near-IR[/td][td=left]Exoplanet Exploration Program[/td] [td=left][url]http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168623]Info[/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td=left]Optical[/td][td=left]Kepler[/td] [td=left][url]http://kepler.nasa.gov/education/[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168624]Info[/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td=left]Infrared[/td][td=left]James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)[/td] [td=left][url]http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/teachers.html[/url]
[url]http://jwstsite.stsci.edu/webb_telescope/[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168625]Info[/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td=left]Infrared[/td][td=left]JWST-NIRCam[/td] [td=left][url]http://zeus.as.arizona.edu/~dmccarthy/GSUSA/index.htm[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168626]Info[/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td=left]Infrared[/td][td=left]Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)[/td] [td=left][url]http://www.sofia.usra.edu/Edu/edu.html[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168627]Info[/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td=left]Infrared[/td][td=left]Spitzer Space Telescope and Infrared Processing and Analysis Center[/td] [td=left][url]http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168628]Info[/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td=left]Infrared[/td][td=left]Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)[/td] [td=left][url]http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/education.html[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168629]Info[/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td=left]Microwave[/td][td=left]Planck[/td] [td=left][url]http://planck.caltech.edu/epo/epo.html[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168630]Info[/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td=left]Microwave[/td][td=left]Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)[/td] [td=left][url]http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/resources/edresources1.html[/url][/td][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=26458#p168631]Info[/url][/td][/tr][/prettytable][clear][/clear]

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