NASA Solar System Ambassador resources

Past SSA Events

^{Voyager I: A 40th Anniversary Review}

^{Summer Skies (Astronomy 101)}

^{Solar Eclipse Preview}

NASA Solar System Ambassador Program
^{- includes a directory of ambassadors}

STAR Net for Libraries
^{- Science‐Technology Activities and Resources Library Network}

Projects, Activites, Educator Resources

NSO Educator Resources
^{- from the National Solar Observatory, a public research institute}

NASA Citizen Scientists
^{- get involved in real NASA projects}

NASA eClips
^{- short educational video segments focused on grades K-5, 6-8, 9-12 and the general public}

Smithsonian Air & Space Resources
^{- from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum}

ISS Science
^{- video series with NASA astronaut Randy “Komrade” Bresnik on the International Space Station, produced by the Smithsonian, designed for middle school}

CalAcademy Teaching Resources
^{- kits, lesson plans, videos and more from California Academy of Sciences (not all space related)}

Regional Organizations

Boonshoft Museum Astronomy Department
^{- daily planetarium films, plus after-hours programs on the third Friday of each month}

Cincinnati Observatory Public Events

Perkins Observatory
^{- Active observatory north of Columbus connected with Ohio Wesleyan University but offering many public programs}

General Interest & Inspiration

NASA Science homepage
^{- mission countdown clocks, NASA ScienceCast videos, fun facts about space research}

SpaceWeather.com
^{- news and information about the Sun-Earth environment}

Bad Astronomy
^{- a blog about real-world science, covering the entire Universe, from subatomic particles to the Big Bang itself.}

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

Other NASA Image Galleries

Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Space.com

_{Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=pia14417}