Are you a teacher who is looking for something to add to your science lesson plans? Do you want to help your students keep up on current events when Galileo's mission is in the news? Are you a parent seeking to interest your child in solar system exploration? Do you just want to read an explanation of the term "gravity assist" that doesn't assume you're a rocket scientist?
Look no further. As Galileo's Educational Outreach Office starts producing posters, curriculum units, slide sets, and background sheets, we'll put these resources on this page. If you're a parent, and your child's teacher doesn't have WWW access, consider downloading and printing out copies of any of the materials that you find here for use in your child's classroom, too.
Please note that these materials were not originally developed for the WWW. Therefore, the Galileo Arrival Day poster, for example, which actually is a two-sided poster with full-color artwork on the front side and eight black-and-white panels on the back, cannot be shown on the WWW in all its glory; we can show the back panels as separate .gif files. If an image fails to load, try increasing the amount of memory allocated to your browser.
If you're a teacher, contact the Teaching Resource Center to find out about getting hardcopy versions of any educational resource.
As always, we appreciate feedback and comments (email askgalileo@gllsvc.jpl.nasa.gov), both positive and negative (especially if you can make constructive suggestions)!
20 slides showing Galileo's launch, the most spectacular images from flybys of the Earth, Moon, Venus, Asteroids Gaspra and Ida and the Shoemaker-Levy/9 impacts, accompanied by descriptions, suggestions on educational activities, and background material not found anywhere else. The set is available for purchase (look at ordering information).
Interested in exploring the solar system, or Jupiter? Curious about what it's like working "behind the scenes" on NASA's Galileo mission? Now you can peek over the shoulders of Galileo's scientists and engineers, and read their responses to questions asked by K-12 students and teachers (although "Online From Jupiter" is not currently accepting questions, keep an eye out for the return on "Online's" question-answering). "Online" also features classroom activities, journals, and more.
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