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A prodigious site to see how to study October Sky is Dr. Z's Education Web site at Binghamton High School.

The High School Teachers at Random House site is improved! Free teacher guides (featuring October Sky!) and author profiles. Have fun finding interesting books for all reading levels, and learn about great books for educators just like you!

The Apple Learning Interchange - the online resource for teaching, learning, research, and collaboration for all educators who use computers.

Apple Computers Educator's Site has lots of photos of Coalwood and 4 of the real Rocket Boys and other real characters' video interviews.

The www.therocketman.net website has a wealth of information about rockets for teachers in the areas of science, technology and math by providing workshops, curriculum, classroom activity outlines and access to technical-oriented publications.

Nobel prize-winning physicist Dr. Lederman's science resource Web site for Educators.


SPACE

This is a great new aerospace Web site, NASAexplores, for Teachers from Marshall Space Flight Center. Free weekly articles on space-related topics and lesson plans and much more are featured for K-4, 5-8 and 9-12 grades.

Designed for grades 5 - 8, the Virtual Astronaut Project is an interactive 3-D website that will integrate existing life science research data and NASA educational products into a suite of instructional materials. It will provice students and educators with an interactive tool that integrates leading-edge technology with recent findings in physical sciences, space sciences, space medicine, biomedical research, and living in space.

The Alabama Aerospace Teacher's Association - a great source for school aerospace project information and guidance.

Partnership for America's Future and the Freida J. Riley teacher Award - This award is to identify and reward an American teacher who overcame tremendous adversity, or made an enormous sacrifice, in order to positively impact students. Their site is very helpful to educators too.

S*T*A*R*S* Program - in the United States and Canada allows thousands of students to participate in space experiments.

Space.com - Extensive space information!! Not to be missed.

The Student Experimental Payload Program - Informative site for kids.

NASA For Educators

Educator Astronaut Web Site

NASA's Human Space Flight Page

See the Shuttle and Space Station. When's the space station going to go over your town?

The Planetary Society's Red Rover Goes To Mars.

NASA For Kids - Nice site from NASA which caters to the minds of children.

NASA Watch - Great site with lots of helpful and interesting information.

Challenger Center Online - Lots of information and resources!

NASA's Aeronautics and Space Resource for Education.

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