NASA+Curriculum+Formats

NASA offers a variety of formats for curriculum resources, and the specific format chosen for the AREE curricula will depend on topics and activities planned. We anticipate that the team will produce a set of curriculum materials that will be presented via the Web under the broad topic of the Contributions of Airborne Research to Earth Systems Science. We also expect that future AREE projects will extend these materials to additional platforms, instruments, topics, and content areas. The formats below are listed in decreasing complexity. Additional resources may be found at the [|NASA FInd Teaching Materials].
 * Sample NASA Curriculum Formats **

[|Mission Geography] [|Mars Program]
 * Educational CD Rom/Website – **provide interactive educational opportunities that highlight NASA research, results, and discoveries in specific aerospace topics/subject areas.

[|Mars Exploration: Is there water on Mars?] and [] [|Space Math I](see also Space math II and III links at the bottom of this link) [|Optics: Light, Color and Their Uses] [|Using Scrapbooks in Science]
 * Educator Guide **– directed at specific grade levels, Educator Guides provide materials for educators that allow them to incorporate aerospace-related topics into existing curriculum**. **Classroom activities are included in such a way so they may be reproduced and used for classroom instruction.

[|Solar Radiation and the Earth System] [|Space Shuttle Glider]
 * Educational Brief **– target toward educators at specific grade levels, briefs focus on mission discoveries/results as they support curriculum content. Educational Briefs may include hands-on aerospace-related activities as well as background information.

[|Moon Mining Activity]
 * Educational Topic – **focused on a specific subject/topic similar to Educational Briefs but more limited to scope.

[|Red Planet Poster] [|Space Science: Adventure is Waiting]
 * Educational Wallsheet – **posters with text on the back side which includes information about the image, classroom activities, and resources for educators. The back of the Educational Wallsheet contains four, six, or nine 8.5 x 11 reproducible panels of text.

Airborne Research: [|Clues to Coral Reef Health and Biodiversity] Infrared Instruments: [|Cool Cosmos] Infrared Instruments: [|Space Based Astronomy] Infrared Instruments: [|Radar, Radio Waves, and Light Video Series]
 * Additional Examples **