Lesson Library — Science & Engineering

Language Arts

Social Studies

Science & Engineering

Math & Technology

Health

Entrepreneurship

Financial Literacy

Initiatives & Archives

Interactives

• NASA No Boundaries
• NASA Sight/Insight

Lessons with reprint articles

• As air force grows, so does Iraqis’ pride
• Air Force trains warriors to defend cyberspace from terror
• 10 great places to savor the wild blue yonder
• Comeback kid has hot new jet, and fiery CEO to match
• Precision technology helps combat troops pinpoint enemy
• What brings personal jets to the masses? Lots of computing
• After 15 years, Air Force gets memorial over capital
• Astronomer sees a ‘brake’ in cosmic expansion
• Special tactics training tests body, mind
• Young pilot has an uplifting story
• After 7 years, capsule of comet dust heads to Earth
• Pilot attempts solo, non-stop flight around world
• Discoveries add up to zilch
• Astronauts train in deep-space brine
• New breed of robots takes war to next level
• ‘BUFF’ at 50
• Military: Future fighters will be unmanned
• Civil: Jumbo jets, smaller air taxis
• Sun too close? We’ll just change Earth’s orbit
• What if Amelia Earhart had turned around?
• A different kind of rock star —Part 1; Part 2
• Year exploded with tech innovation, social change — Part 1; Part 2
• NASA’s Mars gamble pays off — Part 1; Part 2
• The next Concorde
• In theory: Wait and see what the future holds

• Winged flight records
• Mars rovers’ next stop: IMAX
• Unveiling the secrets of Saturn
• Cassini gets ready to run rings around Saturn

Lessons using a graphing calculator

• The next frontier for flight
• Lost in space — Teacher Student

Case studies

• Mars mania
• Anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first flight
• News from flight industry and technology sectors

USA TODAY Graphics

• Hubble repair mission
• Image processing
• The ISS timeline
• Jules Verne module
• ISS module layers
• ISS solar panel completion
• The next frontier for flight
• Oldest planet 5,600 light-years away
• Hunting for hematite
• Baby steps on an alien world
• Operation Mars
• Where Spirit landed
• Mars express’ journey
• Feeling the force

• Ride urges emphasis on math, science studies
• New production method uses far less energy than it creates
• Gender disparity on display
• Nanotech could put new spin on sports
• Research program is a step up for students
• Educational complacency will make U.S. feel the pain

Lessons using a graphing calculator

• 2004 corn crop is a bin buster
• West Nile killing more people

• Breast cancer risks
• The USA’s expanding weight problem
• The more the merrier
• Growing bigger by the decade
• How the Olympic swimsuit gives athletes an edge
• Clearing the bar

Case studies

• Medical innovations emerge from war
• Kids engineer a bright future for our cities

• Global warming: Alaska ‘poster state’ for climate concerns
• Fires: Out of control — Teacher Student
• In the eye of the storms

Weather graphics with lessons

• Winter months bring on the blues
• How leaves change color
• How Doppler radar reads weather
• Sleet and hail have their own seasons
• Hurricane season starts Sunday
• Earth’s tilt creates seasons
• Heat, wind and storms affect air quality
• Humidity makes air feel even hotter

• Snow is as high as an elephant
• Wildfires nearly snuffed
• Humidity makes air feel even hotter
• Heat watch
• Wild fire deaths
• Hurricane damage
• Heat watch — Teacher Student
• How’s the weather? — Teacher Student
• Earthquake — Teacher Student

Microsite

• Global warming
• I^2 Inspiring Innovations