Astrophysics Science Division Education & Public Outreach

Education & Public Outreach: Teens

Models

Programs for Teens

Cool Sites

RXTE Satellite Paper Model - Make your own RXTE satellite.	JWST Grab-able Model - This is a 3D interactive model. JWST Paper Model - Build your own JWST, learning the function and purpose of each part of the satellite.
Swift Paper Model - This booklet contains all the instructions, drawings, and descriptions needed to build a paper model of the Swift satellite. Swift Glider - Now you can build a paper airplane designed to look like a Swift!	WMAP Grab-able Model - This is a 3D JAVA interactive model.

Big Explosions and Strong Gravity (Washington, DC area) A program for Girl Scouts	Afterschool Universe Afterschool astronomy program for middle school age students (grades 6-8)
Family Science Night (Washington, DC area) Come to the Goddard Visitor Center once a month to discover the wide variety of science and engineering being performed here at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Imagine the Universe! - This site is intended for students age 14 and up, and for anyone interested in learning about our universe. Ask an Astrophysicist - This is a service of the Imagine the Universe! web site.	Cosmicopia - An abundance (a cornucopia, if you will) of information about cosmic rays, the Earth's magnetosphere, the Sun, space weather, and other exciting topics in space science.
Beyond Einstein - Learn about black holes, gravitational waves and more about our efforts to go beyond Einstein!	Suzaku Learning Center - Suzaku (formerly Astro-E2) is a satellite for studying X-rays emitted by stars, galaxies, and black holes. It is a joint project between Japan and the US, and was launched on July 10, 2005.
Cosmic Distance Scale - oom out to the furthest reaches of the Universe, and get a feeling for how immense it truely is, in this web feature on distance.	RXTE Learning Center - The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) probes the physics of cosmic X-ray sources by making sensitive measurements of their variability over time scales ranging from milliseconds to years.
Blueshift - Each episode of this podcast provides a backstage pass to the science, missions, and people here at Goddard - we'll fill you in on groundbreaking discoveries, innovative technology, new missions, and other exciting stories.	APOD - Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
JWST vs HST - The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been called the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). But what does this really mean?	Shedding a New Light on the Universe - Learn about X-rays and how we do astronomy with them in this RXTE Learning Center feature. There are lots of fun activities to try as you go through it! At least one of them involves candy!
Scope It Out - The Webb Telescope may be unusual in appearance - but it has a lot in common with simple tube-shaped telescopes. Play the "Scope It Out!" Flash game to find out more!	Webb Telescope Traveling Exhibit - This is the on-line version of the Webb Telescope Traveling Exhibit. The real exhibit will be viewable at various museums.