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NASA Space Science Education Resource Directory available online.: NASA's Office of Space Science recently announced the release of the
Space Science Education Resource Directory, an Internet on-ramp to top-quality educational resources produced by NASA's Space Science Education and Public Outreach programs. The web-based directory provides easy access to high-quality, online space science educational resources for teachers and students from kindergarten through high school. Science educators can locate science lessons and activities for their classrooms by searching by keyword or browsing by subject, grade level, and topics that align with National Science Education Standards.

Astronauts and Cosmonaut named to four Shuttle Missions in 2001: A cadre of 20 astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut has been assigned to four space shuttle missions targeted for launches in 2001. Two of the missions, STS-100 and STS-104, will continue the on-orbit construction of the International Space Station. The third, STS-107, will be dedicated to scientific research for the United States and its international partners, while the fourth flight, STS-109, will conduct the fourth scheduled servicing visit to the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA press release September 28, 2000.

NASA Plans to send rover twins to Mars in 2003: The traffic on Mars is expected to double in the near future. NASA today announced plans to launch two large scientific rovers to the red planet in 2003, rather than the original plan for just one, said Dr. Ed Weiler, Associate Administrator for Space Science, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. NASA press release August 10, 2000.

New US Dept of Education web site aims to help teachers find learning resources.: A new tool is now available to help teachers pinpoint -- from thousands of learning resources on the Internet -- the one that is right for their students, U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley announced today, December 9, 1999. The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) at www.thegateway.org is designed for teachers to type a topic, grade level, and other information into a search screen that then retrieves -- from more than 140 web sites -- lessons, instructional units, and other free educational materials on that topic, for that grade level.
: "The web," Riley said, "puts many thousands of learning resources within reach of anyone with Internet access. It's no surprise that one of the most popular uses of this new medium, among teachers, is searching for resources that can help students learn. But finding the right resource on a particular topic for your students can take time. And time is in short supply for our teachers. That's one reason GEM is so important."
: GEM lets teachers, as well as parents and students, search instructional materials of more than 140 federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial organizations. These materials may also be browsed by subject area or key word. Currently, more than 7,000 items are included in GEM with hundreds of new resources being added and new consortium members joining each month.

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