Chemists in the Library

National Chemistry Week: Resources

October 19–25, 2003

Earth’s Atmosphere and Beyond!

The History of Flight: Electronic Resources: More

Key: E = Elementary (K–5), I = Intermediate (6–8), HS = High School (9–12), C = College, G = General Public

Aeronautics: An Educator’s Guide w/ Activities in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education, from TeacherLink. (E, I, HS, C)
URL: http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlnasa/units/Aeronautics/index.html
Bessie Coleman, from U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission. (E, I)
URL: http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/Coleman/EX11.htm
Exploratorium, from Exploratorium. (E, I, HS, C, G)
URL: http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Flying High, from University of Wisconsin, Board of Regents. (E)
URL: http://whyfiles.org/shorties/kite.html
Goddard Space Flight Center, from NASA. (I, HS, C, G)
URL: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Guided Tours of the Beginners Guide to Aeronautics, from NASA. (HS)
URL: http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/guided.htm
How Things Fly, from Bay Info. (E, I, HS)
URL: http://www.aero.hq.nasa.gov/edu/
Jay Jay the Jet Plane, from KidQuest. (E, I)
URL: http://pbskids.org/jayjay/index.html
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, from NASA. (HS, G)
URL: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
Learning to Fly: The Wright Brother’s Adventure, from TeacherLink. (E)
URL: http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlnasa/units/LearningtoFly/index.html
NASA’s Earth Observing System, from NASA. (G)
URL: http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, from NASA. (E, I, HS, G)
URL: http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
Remote Sensing Data Portal, from NASA. (HS, C, G)
URL: http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Scholastic.com > Space, from Scholastic Inc. (E, I, HS, C, G)
URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/space/index.htm
Segway Portal, from NASA. (E, I, HS, C, G)
URL: http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SEGway/
Smithsonian Air and Space Education Links, from NASA. (G)
URL: http://www.nasm.si.edu/help/links/edulinks.cfm
Visible Earth – Browse by subject/satellite or sensor/location, from NASA. (G)
URL: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/browse.html