NASA Solar System Ambassador resources

Past SSA Events

NASA Solar System Ambassador Program and other astronomy links

NASA Solar System Ambassador Program
- includes a directory of ambassadors

STAR Net for Libraries
- Science‐Technology Activities and Resources Library Network



Projects, Activites, Educator Resources

NSO Educator Resources
- from the National Solar Observatory, a public research institute

NASA Citizen Scientists
- get involved in real NASA projects

NASA eClips
- short educational video segments focused on grades K-5, 6-8, 9-12 and the general public

Smithsonian Air & Space Resources
- from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum

ISS Science
- video series with NASA astronaut Randy “Komrade” Bresnik on the International Space Station, produced by the Smithsonian, designed for middle school

CalAcademy Teaching Resources
- kits, lesson plans, videos and more from California Academy of Sciences (not all space related)



Regional Organizations

Boonshoft Museum Astronomy Department
- daily planetarium films, plus after-hours programs on the third Friday of each month

Cincinnati Observatory Public Events

Perkins Observatory
- Active observatory north of Columbus connected with Ohio Wesleyan University but offering many public programs

 
General Interest & Inspiration

NASA Science homepage
- mission countdown clocks, NASA ScienceCast videos, fun facts about space research

SpaceWeather.com
- news and information about the Sun-Earth environment

Bad Astronomy 
- a blog about real-world science, covering the entire Universe, from subatomic particles to the Big Bang itself. 

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

Other NASA Image Galleries

Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Space.com


Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=pia14417 


 

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