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A note from Dr. Tony Phillips on behalf of the Thursday's Classroom team: "Thursday's Classroom will no longer be updated. We're replacing it with Sky Calls, which we believe is innovative and even more fun than Thursday's Classroom. Try it and let us know what you think."

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 Teachers & Parents: The aim of Thursday's Classroom is to provide a connection between NASA research and the classroom. And we don't mean old research! Our weekly lessons --prepared by professional educators and scientists-- are based on breaking Science@NASA news reports. Thursday's Classroom activities are as timely as the news itself. Feedback is welcomed. -- Dr. Tony Phillips, Editor


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Tricksters say NASA never went to the Moon. Find out for yourself!

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Who takes out the trash in Earth orbit?

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Lessons & Activities!


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STARSHINE
ImageDec. 21: Christmas Starshine - Decorate your Christmas tree with a Starshine satellite ornament, then go outside to see the real thing fly over your back yard. Thanks to Project Starshine, kids and scientists are joining forces to do science that's serious, and fun! Kids Stories & Lesson Plans: [html] [pdf]

METEORS AND COMETS
ImageNov. 8: The 2001 Leonid Meteor Shower - On Sunday morning, Nov. 18, 2001, sky watchers somewhere will see a dazzling storm of Leonid meteors. Will you be one of them? These lessons will help you and your kids enjoy this year's Leonid meteor shower. Kids Stories & Lesson Plans: [html] [pdf]
EARTH
ImageOct. 30: Amazing GRACE - A pair of satellites will soon blast off on an extraordinary mission: to measure Earth's surprisingly irregular gravitational field. Named "GRACE," the satellites will reveal how mass moves around and beneath the globe. Kids Stories & Lesson Plans: [html] [pdf]

MORE LESSONS
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ImageSept. 22: Deep Space 1 Reveals Comet Borrelly - DS1 plunged into the deadly coma of Comet Borrelly and lived to tell the tale. Along the way it captured the best-ever photos of a comet's nucleus.

Sept. 19: The Amazing Adventures of Deep Space 1 - NASA's Deep Space 1 probe, a veteran of more than one spine-tingling space adventure, is about to begin its greatest adventure yet -- a daring plunge into a comet.

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Aug. 31: Mixed Up in Space - Imagine waking up, startled by the bright flash of a cosmic ray inside your eyes. Groggy from sleep, you wonder ... Which way is up? And where are my arms and legs?

Aug. 28: Having a Ball on Mars - A funny accident in the Mojave desert has inspired a new kind of Mars rover.


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