Resources for K-12 classrooms to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Astrobiology with NASA.

1. Becky Jaramillo National Institute of Aerospace

2. 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!

3. M51 Hubble Remix

4. Little Galaxy with a Tail

5. 200 billion stars in 100 billion galaxies . . . . Is there life out there?

6. NASA web site www.nasa.gov/education/nasaeclips

7. Life on Other Worlds Snowpits

8. History of Winter – Abiotic Conditions

9. Transits Methane on Mars Methane – An Indicator for Life? Kepler The Search for Exoplanets LCROSS Finding Water on the Moon

12. Kepler

14. NASA SCI Files: The Case of the Great Space Exploration

15. NASA SCI Files: Activities

16. Space Math @ NASA: Astrobiology Problems

17. Inquiry Activities Poster Activities NASA Astrobiology Institute

18. Careers in Astrobiology

21. www.wordle.net Word Art

23. Graphical Dictionaries

24. Collaborative Groups