astrobiology 50th

Becky JaramilloNational Institute of Aerospace

The Milky Way . . . how big is big?

If our entire solar system could be shrunk down to the size of a quarter, the Milky Way Galaxy, which is approximately 10,000 light- years in width, would be the width of the continental United States!

M51 Hubble Remix

Little Galaxy with a Tail

200 billion stars in 100 billion galaxies . . . .

Is there life out there?

NASA web sitewww.nasa.gov/education/nasaeclips

http://www.nasa.gov/education/nasaeclips

Life on Other Worlds

Snowpits

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/search.html?terms=%22Life%20on%20other%20worlds%22&category=1000&disp=grid

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/search.html?terms=Snowpits&category=1000&disp=grid

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/index.html

History of Winter – Abiotic Conditions

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/search.html?terms=%22history%20of%20winter%22&category=0100&disp=grid

Transits

Methane on Mars

Methane – An Indicator for Life?

Kepler

The Search for Exoplanets

LCROSS Finding Water on the Moon

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/search.html?terms=transits&category=0010&disp=grid

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/search.html?terms=%22methane%20on%20Mars%22&category=0010&disp=grid

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/search.html?terms=%22methane%20on%20Mars%22&category=0010&disp=grid

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/search.html?terms=%22Launchpad%3A%20Kepler%22&category=0010&disp=grid

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/search.html?terms=%22Search%20for%20Exoplanets%22&category=0010&disp=grid

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/search.html?terms=%22Finding%20Water%20on%20the%20Moon%22&category=0010&disp=grid

YouTube site

www.youtube.com/nasaeclips

Where access to YouTube.com is restricted, try www.zamzar.com or Firefox download extensions.

http://www.youtube.com/nasaeclips

http://www.zamzar.com/

• NASA Internet Resources Encourage Students To Think And Act Like Scientists . . .

Kepler

http://kepler.nasa.gov/

NASA SCI Files: The Case of the Great Space Exploration

http://scifiles.larc.nasa.gov/educators/episodes/2004_2005/gs.pdf

NASA SCI Files: Activities

http://scifiles.larc.nasa.gov/educators/activities/2002_2003/inclass/coconuts_you.html

Space Math @ NASA: Astrobiology Problems

http://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/astrobiology.html

Inquiry Activities

Poster Activities

NASA Astrobiology Institute

http://nai.arc.nasa.gov/library/downloads/Astrobiology-Educator-Guide-2007.pdf

Careers in Astrobiology

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