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Top NASA Educational Websites

By Nick Greene, About.com

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) provides many excellent education resources for teachers and students. Discover lesson plans, videos and other great education resources from NASA.

1. NASA for Students

From NASA's home to yours, these great educational resources from NASA can help most students, teachers or parents. This is the top spot to find lesson plans and educational articles.

2. NASA Science

Science@NASA provides text and images in a friendly, readable format for anyone with a networked computer and a web browser. This is the place to go for science news you can use in a classroom.

3. Engineering Design Challenges

This program connects students with the challenges NASA engineers face as they design the next generation of space vehicles. With simple and inexpensive materials, students engage in related design challenges in their classrooms under the supervision of their teachers.

4. Central Operation of Resource for Educators

This resource is a worldwide distribution center for NASA's multimedia educational materials. Educators can find a wide variety of educational materials for low prices.

5. Kids Science News Network

NASA's KSNN™ is a standards-based program that uses the Web, animation, and video to introduce science, technology, engineering, math, and NASA concepts.

6. NASA Sci Files

Formerly known as the "Why?" Files, the NASA Sci Files is a series of instructional programs constisting of broadcast, print, and online elements targeted for grades 3-5.

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