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NASA Quest connects K-12 classrooms with people, research, and science through mission-based interactions and activities.

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CHALLENGES NASA Quest Challenges are FREE Web-based, interactive explorations designed to engage students in authentic scientific and engineering processes. The solutions relate to issues encountered daily by NASA personnel. + Read More
Fall 2008 Challenges:
		Exploration through Navigation October-November 2008 - Part I (Grades 5-8) In this challenge, students will learn in Part I about navigation in the Polynesian tradition and in Part II about how that relates to navigation in Space. +Read More Student Navigation Plans are being posted! See the closing Webcast Archive

		LIMA Quest Challenge October-November 2008 (Grades 5-14) In this challenge, students become scientists and propose Antarctic research. +Read More Final Proposals are being posted See Archive of closing webcast

		HiRISE Image Targeting Challenge October - December 2008 (Grades 5-14) Registration is now open Join this fall challenge and gain access to earliest viewing of new Mars images. Read Chat Archive. +Read More


PRODUCTS NASA Quest offers a wide range of FREE online tools and resources for teachers, students, parents and others including Web and print lesson plans, educator guides and workbooks:

LCROSS
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite website. Be a part of in this exciting mission!
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Smart Skies
(Grades 5-9)
Use hands-on math to avoid air traffic conflicts.
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Astro-Venture
(Grades 5-8)
Search for and design a habitable planet.
New Modules
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What's the Difference?
(All Grades)
Interactive software allowing side-by-side comparisons.
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Virtual Field Trip (All Grades)
Multimedia application for exploration of areas on Earth identified as analog sites to regions on Mars
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Radiation Biology Educator
(Grades 9-12)
Designed for pre-service and practicing high school science teachers.
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Robin Whirlybird (Grades K-4) Learn about rotorcraft in an interactive storybook. + Go!	Future Flight Design (Grades 3-7) Design air transportation and aircraft systems. + Go!	Virtual Skies (Grades 9-12) Solve real-life air traffic management problems. + Go!


PSA (Personal Satellite Assistant) (Grades 5-8) Explore math and physics with a robotic helper. + Go!	Flies in Space Moscas en el Espacio (Grades 5-8) Step into a space biologist's shoes and predict experiment results. + Go! (En esp)	Wings over Mars (Grades 5-8) Design robotic airplanes to explore and collect data on Mars. +Go!

The Journey to Palomar
will be airing Nov 10th on PBS.
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Educators, please note:
The Oct 8th Webcast Archive
is available for viewing.
Featured are the top astronomers from the future telescope projects.

SPACEWARD BOUND Home

Students and teachers participate in exploration of scientifically interesting, remote and extreme environments on Earth as analogs for human exploration of the Moon and Mars

FIELD EXPEDITIONS
What are they about?

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See archived actitivities, photo journals and blogs

MARS SIMULATION MDRS
Mars Desert Research Station:

Applications for Spaceward Bound crew rotations at MDRS are now being accepted!

See scientists Maria Bualat and Corey Ippolito on the The Futures Channel demonstrating their fascinating work with robots
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Nanotechnology
in collaboration with the Lawrence Hall of Science
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Editor: Linda Conrad
NASA Official: Liza Coe
Last Updated: June, 2007
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