Category Archives: SpacePlace

Read a Good Book Lately?

Read a Good Book Lately? Sometimes there¹s just nothing as cozy as curling up with a good storybook. Whether you prefer turning real pages or virtual pages, you will enjoy the five spacey storybooks on The Space Place. Joining our … Continue reading

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Why is Earth’s core so hot? Visit SpacePlace

Blistering hot molten rock bursts through weak places in Earth’s crust. So what is down there and why is it so hot? Earth’s core may seem as mysterious and remote as outer space, but scientists actually have learned a great deal about it. … Continue reading

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Solve the Weather Picture

Weather can be puzzling. What’s it going to do next? If only we could learn to solve it as easily as the weather picture “Slyder” puzzles on The Space Place (http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/goes/slyder).  You can pick easy, medium, or hard levels of … Continue reading

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New SpacePlace

The NASA SpacePlace folks have just published the latest issue of their bi‑monthly newsletter for formal and informal educators. The newsletter is all about the many useful and‑‑it goes without saying‑‑free resources on The Space Place website that can be helpful to classroom … Continue reading

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October Space Place

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has just published the October issue of the Space Place newsletter.  You can obtain this Elementary-age targeted newsletter Here.  And don’t forget the Space Place teachers corner.

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Space Place for Teachers

NASA.GOV is a remarkable resource for teachers and students.  Spend a little time there and you find a wealth of information about NASA – past, present, and future.  I recently became aware of an area of nasa.gov that has been … Continue reading

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