Panel 9: Nasa resources and links

National Education Standards

As a result of activities in grades 5-8, students should develop:
- abilities of technological design
- understandings about science and technology

The Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey (ARES), the Mars plane (Grade K-12)
Explore NASA's new pilotless rocket-powered, controlled airplane that will measure the atmosphere, surface and interior of Mars.

NASA Aerospace Technology Education Resource Guide, Centennial of Flight Edition, CD Rom (Grade K-12)
Over 1500 PDF copies of educator guides, posters, models/gliders, and career summaries.
Educators Product # EC-2002-03-001-DFRC

NASA Spacelink (Grades K-12)
NASA's electronic resource with a virtual library of local files and huundreds of NASA World Wide Web links.

Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics
What is aerodynamics? The word comes from two Greek words: aerios, concerning the air, and dynamis, meaning powerful. Aerodynamics is the study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.

NASA QUEST
Dedicated to bringing NASA people, space and science to classrooms through the internet.
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/

More to come!