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Last Updated Oct 6, 2008 05:21 PM

NASA Science Learning

The Science Mission Directorate has an essential role in NASA's education mission "to inspire the next generation of explorers." The discoveries and new knowledge from our missions and research programs consistently engage people's imaginations, inform teachers, and excite students about science and exploration. We are committed to utilizing our resources to foster the broad involvement of the Earth and space science communities in education and public outreach (EPO) with the goal of enhancing the nation's formal education system and contributing to the broad public understanding of science, mathematics and technology.

NASA's Science Education Program creates products using NASA's results in Earth-Sun system science, solar system research, universe exploration, and the development of new technologies to support learning. The program sponsors educational activities at all levels of formal and informal education to provide opportunities for learners to investigate their world and their universe using unique NASA resources.

Earth-Sun System Science
The Earth Explorers Series is a monthly series that will introduce you to NASA Earth Explorers, young and old, with a variety of backgrounds and interests.

Earth Science Education Catalog provides information about Agency-wide Earth-Sun science education programs and resources for elementary through university levels.

Earth Science Education Update is a free monthly email newsletter.

Education Product Review is a biannual review of NASA's Earth science education materials. Included is an overview of the review process, guidelines for product development, criteria used for evaluation, and a list of "outstanding" products recommended for distribution by NASA's ESE.

The GLOBE Program is a worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists taking scientifically valid measurements in the fields of atmosphere, hydrology, soils, and land cover/phenology

The Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum stewards Sun-Earth Connection science resources. Their website features an extensive Resource Directory, containing hundreds of "ready-to-go" classroom activities and products that have been extensively field tested and evaluated. The site also provides links collections of images, movies and artwork.

Solar System and Universe Science
The Space Science Education Resource Directory is an Internet on-ramp to top-quality educational resources produced by NASA's Space Science Education and public Outreach programs.

The Lunar Planetary Institute (LPI) has a collection of K-12 classroom activities and lesson plans.

The SouthEast Regional Clearinghouse (SERCH) has a collection of classroom activities, images, general info, and NASA missions sorted by planetary body.

Origins: Educator resources provided by the NASA Origins forum.

Voyages in Education and Public Outreach is a free monthly newsletter.

Education Research Collaborative Projects - The SCORE Broker-Facilitator program offers grants for projects designed, developed, and implemented through new partnerships between space science researchers and educators in the south central region of the US.

Educator Researcher Workshops: SCORE offers grants for educator workshops presented by space science researcher and educator partners in the south central region of the US.

The Solar System Ambassadors are volunteers recruited and trained by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who bring missions and discoveries into communities across the USA. In 1998-99 84 Ambassadors in 38 states reached over 250,000 people at various events.

A Watering Hole for informal educators including resources for planetarium and museum professionals, a project exchange with information on projects which are "in the works" and seeking partners, and information on "best practices" in informal learning. science.

Quality Of Postsecondary Education

Postsecondary Educational Institutions and Programs Accredited by Accrediting Agencies and State Approval Agencies Recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education January 2005 The database lists approximately 6,900 postsecondary educational institutions and programs, each of which is accredited by an accrediting agency or state approval agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a “reliable authority as to the quality of postse...

History Of Education

To answer the question about educations birth Dieter Lezen (1994) had two suggestions: either millions of years ago or in the end of 1770. If we think education as part of cultural evolution of humanbeing we have to predict that there has been always some sort of education. The first chair of pedagogy was founded in the end of 1770s to the University of Halle, Germany. This Lenzens quote includes the idea that education as science can´t be separated from the educational traditions that existed before. Much education historically has had a religion-based delivery mechanism: priests and medicine m...

Funding for Early Childhood Care and Education

Funding for Early Childhood Care and Education Because a significant number of young children are cared for outside the home and by people other than their parents, Federal and State governments provide resources for families, particularly low-income families, to purchase non-parental care. Combined Federal and State funding provides more than $18 billion to support care for young children, ranging from home-based care to care in center-based programs such as public pre-kindergarten (pre-k) programs and Head Start. The Federal government alone spends more than $14 billion on these services in addition to programs that provide f...

Early Childhood Education Plan

U.S. Department Of Education Releases National Education Technology Plan American education is being bolstered by the increasing use of educational technology, greater accountability, and growing new partnerships between tech-savvy students and teachers, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Education. Toward a New Golden Age in American Education: How the Internet, the Law and Today's Students are Revolutionizing Expectation, focuses on signs of progress in core subjects, benefits from reforms stimul...

Education for Better Jobs

Fact Sheet: Better Education for Better Jobs Today's Presidential Action President Bush visited El Dorado, Arkansas today to meet with students, workers, business leaders, and educators. He announced a new plan to strengthen math and science education to ensure that young Americans are graduating with the skills they need to succeed in college and to compete for the high-demand jobs of the 21st Century. The President's plan strengthens and modernizes vocational and technical education, expands math and science education for all students, enables more low-income students to pursue degrees in math and science, and enables ed...