Astrobiology 50th

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Resources for K-12 classrooms to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Astrobiology with NASA.

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Becky JaramilloNational Institute of Aerospace

The Milky Way . . . how big is big?

If our entire solar system could be shrunk down to the size of a quarter, the Milky Way Galaxy, which is approximately 10,000 light- years in width, would be the width of the continental United States!

M51 Hubble Remix

Little Galaxy with a Tail

200 billion stars in 100 billion galaxies . . . .

Is there life out there?

NASA web sitewww.nasa.gov/education/nasaeclips

YouTube site

www.youtube.com/nasaeclips

Where access to YouTube.com is restricted, try www.zamzar.com or Firefox download extensions.

• NASA Internet Resources Encourage Students To Think And Act Like Scientists . . .

NASA SCI Files: The Case of the Great Space Exploration

Space Math @ NASA: Astrobiology Problems

Inquiry Activities

Poster Activities

NASA Astrobiology Institute

Careers in Astrobiology

More tools for your tool box . . .

•Explore the HOTLISThttp://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listnasaresbj.html

www.wordle.net

Word Art

Graphical Dictionaries

Collaborative Groups