Astrobiology in the Classroom
This collection features activities, assignments, and reading materials created specifically for educators wishing to bring astrobiology into the classroom. If you would like to share some of your resources with other educators, please contribute to the Microbial Life library.
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A NASA artist imagines the Mars exploration rovers (more info) Spirit and Opportunity look like this on the Red Planet. Spirit landed in Gusev Crater on January 4, 2004. Opportunity landed on Meridiani Planum on January 25, 2004.
Image credit: NASA/JPL.
Online Resources
- The Astrobiology Curriculum (more info) . This site is a preview version of the Astrobiology Curriculum, an interdisciplinary year-long course for middle and high school students developed by TERC and...(more info)
- Building a Winogradsky Column: An Educator Guide with Activities in Astrobiology (more info) . This 27-page educator guide is a NASA Quest resource about Microbial Ecology and related Astrobiology activities. Students will construct a Winogradsky Column to observe...(more info)
- The Goldilocks Zone (more info) . This is an article from "Teachable Moments in the News," a newsletter that takes recent Earth and space science related news stories and places them in a context...(more info)
- Life on Earth...and Elsewhere? (more info) The hands-on activities in this Educator Resource Guide lay the conceptual groundwork for understanding the field of astrobiology. What is Life? What does Life need to...(more info)
- Who Can Live Here? Life in Extreme Environments (more info) . Astrobiology in the Classroom leads students in the exploration of the limits of life on Earth to extend their beliefs about life to include its possibility on other... (more info)
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