Includes reservation forms and the information needed for planning a field trip to the Museum. Cosmic Voyage Teachers Guide Activities in this guide explore the relative size, scale, and how scientists collect empirical data. Destiny in Space Teachers Guide Activities, information, and resources introduce the challenges of space exploration. Covers a range of topics including muscle response to weightlessness, balance, clothing, communication and gardening. Poster Students can examine drawings of four probes to observe how specific design features enable the probe to carry out its mission in a particular environment.
Students then select a planet and design a probe to explore it.
Exploring the Planets Cyber Center Interactive web site where students can simulate the research techniques used by planetary scientists. Students conduct exercises at three levels of difficulty to learn how scientists use images to study the Solar System. In this introduction to remote sensing, students use satellite images to investigate changes over time and then use scale to calculate distance and area. For more information about classroom resources related to remote sensing and biodiversity, visit the Reflections on Earth site. For more information about classroom resources related to remote sensing and biodiversity, visit the Reflections on Earth site.