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 CA cities near the center

NASA Educator Resource Center

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

45108 N. 3rd Street East

Lancaster, CA 93535

Phone: (805) 948-7347

VA and MD’s Eastern Shores

NASA Educator Resource Lab

Education Complex - Visitor Center Building J-1

NASA Wallops Flight Facility

Wallops Island, VA 23337-5099

Phone: (757) 824-2297/2298

Regional Educator Resource Centers (RERCs) offer more educators access to NASA educational materials. NASA has formed partnerships with universities, museums, and other educational institutions to serve as RERCs in many states. A complete list of RERCs is available through CORE, or electronically via NASA Spacelink at http://spacelink.nasa.gov

NASA’s Education Home Page serves as a cyber-gateway to information regarding educational programs and services offered by NASA for educators and students across the United States. This high-level directory of information provides specific details and points of contact for all of NASA’s educational efforts and Field Center offices.

Educators and students utilizing this site will have access to a comprehensive overview of NASA’s educational programs and services, along with a searchable program inventory that has cataloged NASA’s educational programs. NASA’s on-line resources specifically designed for the educational community are highlighted, as well as home pages offered by NASA’s four areas of research and development (including the Aero-Space Technology, Earth Science, Human Exploration and Development of Space, and Space Science Enterprises).

Visit this resource at the following address: http://education.nasa.gov

NASA Spacelink is one of NASA’s electronic resources specifically developed for the educational community. Spacelink is a "virtual library" in which local files and hundreds of NASA World Wide Web links are arranged in a manner familiar to educators.

Using the Spacelink search engine, educators can search this virtual library to find information regardless of its location within NASA. Special events, missions, and intriguing NASA web sites are featured in Spacelink’s "Hot Topics" and "Cool Picks" areas.

Spacelink is the official home to electronic versions of NASA’s Educational Products. NASA educator guides, educational briefs, lithographs, and other materials are cross-referenced throughout Spacelink with related topics and events. Spacelink is also host to the NASA Television Education File schedule. NASA Educational Products can be accessed at the following address: http://spacelink.nasa.gov/products

Educators can learn about new NASA Educational Products by subscribing to Spacelink EXPRESS. Spacelink EXPRESS is an electronic mailing list that informs subscribers quickly by e-mail when new NASA educational publications become available on Spacelink.

Spacelink may be accessed at the following address: http://spacelink.nasa.gov

Join the NASA Spacelink EXPRESS mailing list to receive announcements of new NASA materials and opportunities for educators. Our goal is to inform you as quickly as possible when new NASA educational publications become available on Spacelink: http://spacelink.nasa.gov/xh/express.html

NASA Television (NTV) features Space Shuttle mission coverage, live special events, interactive educational live shows, electronic field trips, aviation and space news, and historical NASA footage. Programming has a 3-hour block—Video (News) File, NASA Gallery, and Education File—beginning at noon Eastern and repeated three more times throughout the day.

The Education File features programming for teachers and students on science, mathematics, and technology, including NASA. . . On the Cutting Edge, a series of educational live shows. Spacelink is also host to the NTV Education File schedule at: http://spacelink.nasa.gov/NASA.News/ These interactive live shows let viewers electronically explore the NASA Centers and laboratories or anywhere scientists, astronauts, and researchers are using cutting-edge aerospace technology. The series is free to registered educational institutions. The live shows and all other NTV programming may be taped for later use.