3/26/2011

More than science resources.

So my lone commenter so far was happy to hear NASA had more resources than just science, and it's TOTALLY TRUE.  So on today's post, I'll show you one of the easiest ways to find MANY of NASA's lessons and activities for your classroom.  If you go to the NASA education page for educators, about halfway down the page, there's a link called "Find Materials Now".


This is the window you'll get, which is a really robust search.  You click the buttons for the appropriate grade levels, type of materials, and content matter.  Notice that many of the content matter options are pull-down menus themselves that will allow you to be more specific about the content you want.  The counter at the bottom will roll to tell you how many materials you will get if you click "View", which is a nice feature because you can expand or tighten your search depending on how scarce or plentiful your results will be.

The only thing I wish was different with this search is that the buttons create "AND" Boolean searches, not "OR", meaning if you want to see all educator guides, posters, and videos available on a topic, you have to do each one separately.  Otherwise, you will only get results that include all three.  If a result has two out of three, it will not show up, which is not a very typical sort situation for teachers.  The same applies for content material.  With the exception of this caveat, I highly recommend this way to find very engaging and interesting materials for students in all grades and a wide variety of subjects.

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