NASA Resources for Educators

NASA's Central Operation of Resources for Educators (CORE) was established for the national and international distribution of NASA-produced educational materials in audiovisual format. Educators can obtain a catalogue of these materials and an order form by written request, on school letterhead to:

NASA CORE
Lorain County Joint Vocational School
15181 Route 58 South
Oberlin, OH 44074
PHONE: (216) 774-1051, Ext. 293 or 294
Teacher Resource Center Network

To make additional information available to the education community, the NASA Education Division has created the NASA Teacher Resource Center (TRC) network. TRCs contain a wealth of information for educators: publications, reference books, slide sets, audio casettes, videotapes, telelecture programs, computer programs, lesson plans, and teacher guides with activities. Contact the TRC in your region (see the listing below) for details on the services they provide:

AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY
NASA Teacher Resource Center
Mail Stop T12-A
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 PHONE: (415) 604-3574

CT, DE, DC, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT
NASA Teacher Resource Laboratory
Mail Code 130.3
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001
PHONE: (301) 286-8570

CO, KS, NE, NM, ND, OK, SD, TX
NASA Teacher Resource Room
Mail Code AP2
NASA Johnson Space Center
2101 NASA Road One
Houston, TX 77058-3696
PHONE: (713) 483-8696

FL, GA, PR, VI
NASA Educators Resource Laboratory
Mail Code ERL
NASA Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899-0001
PHONE: (407) 867-4090

KY, NC, SC, VA, WV
Virginia Air and Space Museum
NASA Teacher Resource Center for
NASA Langley Research Center
600 Settler's Landing Road
Hampton, VA 23669-4033
PHONE: (804) 727-0900 x 757

IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI
NASA Teacher Resource Center
Mail Stop 8-1
NASA Lewis Research Center
21000 Brookpark Road
Cleveland, OH 44135-3191

AL, AR, IA, LA, MO,TN
U.S. Space and Rocket Center
NASA Teacher Resource Center for
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
P.O. Box 070015
Huntsville, AL 35807-7015
PHONE: (205) 544-5812

MS
NASA Teacher Resource Center
Building 1200
NASA John C. Stennis Space Center
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
PHONE: (601) 688-3338

Serves inquiries related to space and planetary exploration:
NASA Teacher Resource Center
Mail Stop CS-530
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
PHONE: (818) 354-6916

CA cities near the facility
Public Affairs Office (Trl. 42)
NASA Teacher Resource Center
NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility
Edwards, CA 93523-0273
PHONE: (805) 258-3456

VA and MD's Eastern Shores
NASA Teacher Resource Lab
Education Complex -Visitor Center
Building J-17
NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Wallops Island, VA 23337-5099
PHONE: (804) 824-2297/2298

NASA Spacelink is an electronic information system designed to provide current educational information to teachers, faculty, and students. Spacelink offers a wide range of computer text files, software, and graphics related to the space program.

The system may be accessed by computer though direct-dial modem or the Internet.
Modem line: (205) 895-0028
Terminal emulation: VT-100 required
Data format: 8-N-1
Telnet: spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov
Spacelink fully supports the following Internet services:
World Wide Web: http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov
Gopher: spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov
Anonymous FTP: spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov
Internet TCP/IP address: 192.149.89.61

For more information, contact:

Spacelink Administrator
Education Programs Office
Mail Code CL01
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, AL 35812-0001
Voice phone: (205) 961-1225
E-mail: comments@spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov

NASA Educational Satellite Videoconferences
The Education Satellite Videoconference Series for Teachers is offered as an in-service education program for educators through the school year. The content of each program varies, but includes aeronautics or space science topics of interest to elementary and secondary teachers. NASA program managers, scientists, astronauts, and education specialists are featured presenters. The videoconference schedule is available on NASA Spacelink.

The videoconference series is free to registered educational institutions. To participate, the institution must have a C-band satellite receiving system, teacher release time, and an optional long distance telephone line for interaction. Arrangements may also be made to receive the satellite signal through the local cable television system. The programs may be videotaped and copied for later use.

For more information, contact:

Videoconference Producer
NASA Teaching From Space Program
308A CITD
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078-0422
E-mail: nasaedutv@smtpgate.osu.hq.nasa.gov

How to Acces NASA Education Materials and Services, PED-329 April 1995. This brochure serves as a guide to accessing a variety of NASA materials and services for educators. Copies are available through the TRC network.

NASA Television (TV) is the Agency's distribution system for live and taped programs. It offers the public a front-row seat for launches and missions, as well as informational and educational programming, historical documentaries, and updates on the latest developments in aeronautics and space science.

The educational programming is designed for classrooom use and is aimed at inspiring students to achieve-- especially in science, mathematics, and technology. If your school's cable TV system carries NASA TV or if your school has access to a satellite dish, the programs may be downlinked and videotaped. Daily and monthly programming schedules for NASA TV are also available via NASA Spacelink. NASA Television is transmitted on Spacenet 2 (a C-band satellite) on transponder 5, channel 8, 69 degrees West with horizontal polarization, frequency 3880.0 Megahertz, audio on 6.8 megahertz. For more information contact:

NASA Headquarters
Technology and Evaluation Branch
Code FET
Washington, DC 20546-0001