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Royalty-Free Resources: Time to Create! Created through a partnership between NASA and the Internet Archive, NASA Images offers public access to the largest source of NASA’s image, video, and audio collections in a single, searchable online resource. › nasaimages.org Back to contents 50 great images celebrating NASA's 50th anniversary. › 50 Images Celebrating NASA's 50th NASA's Image of the Day gallery: every day a new, fascinating image is posted. › NASA - Image of the Day The Hubble Space Telescope: Click on the link to access Hubble images in multiple sizes and resolutions.

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. → Hubble Telescope image gallery Discover the images of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. . → Chandra photo album Super-HD topographic map created with stereoscopic imaging: The ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (ASTER GDEM) is a joint product developed and made available to the public by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) of Japan and the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) . → ASTER global digital elevation model. 10 NASA Inventions You Might Use Every Day. In 1958, President Eise­n­hower signed the Space Act, officially creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

10 NASA Inventions You Might Use Every Day

From the beginning, the purpose for the ne­w branch extended beyond space ships and moon boots. The law stipulated that its research and advancements should benefit all people, and in its 50-year history, NASA has certainly fulfilled that role. Although most people today will never set foot on the moon, everyone likely comes in contact with a NASA by-product every day. Partnering with various research teams and companies, NASA continues to spawn a vast array of new technologies and products that have improved our daily lives.

Basic steps in health, safety, communications and even casual entertainment find their ro­ots in the government branch commonly associated with rocket ships and floating people. Each year since 1976, NASA has published a list of every commercialized technology and product linked to its research. 10. Even celebs have teeth problems. On genuine vs. bogus inquiry – using EQs properly. We had a delightful visit to The School of the Future in New York City the other day.

On genuine vs. bogus inquiry – using EQs properly

Lots of engaged kids, a great blend of instruction and constructivist work, and an obvious intellectual culture. And as the picture illustrates, everywhere we went we also saw helpful visual reminders of the big ideas and essential questions framing the work we were watching: School of the Future staff have long been users of UbD tools and ideas. But far too often over the years I have seen plenty of good stuff posted like this – but no deep embedding of the EQ into the unit design and lessons that make it up. Merely posting the EQs and occasionally reminding kids of it is pointless: the aim is to use the question to frame specific activities, to provide perspective and focus, to prioritize the course, and to signal to students that, eventually, THEY must – on their own – pose this and other key questions. Let’s start with a simple example from my own teaching. Education.

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Exhibition. Human rights. Changing body - Changing mind. Energy. Human history can be told in terms of the history of energy.

Energy

The discovery of fire, the domestication of animals, the discovery of fossil fuels, the electrification of cities, the oil wars in the Middle East, and advances in nuclear physics are all pivotal points in human history. Energy is a multifaceted concept; it is central to science and education, it plays pivotal role in economic growth, and it has a dominant position in international affairs.

Conventional energy sources are major sources of environmental stress at global as well as local levels. Emissions from fossil fuels drive a range of global and regional environmental changes, including global climate change, acid deposition and urban smog. Coal mining disturbs vast areas of natural habitat, hydropower development can have significant environmental and social costs, and the exploration for and extraction of oil and natural gas can have significant impacts, particularly in sensitive ecosystems.

Electricity

Space.