NASA's Space Place
 Logo for NASA Space Place Program | |
Type of site | Educational |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 |
| URL | https://spaceplace.nasa.gov |
NASA Space Place is an educational website about space and Earth science targeting upper-elementary aged children.[1] Launched in 1998, it was the first NASA website to create content about multiple missions directly for children.[2][3] It serves as the children's portion of the NASA Science Mission Directorate website.[4]
The site includes informative articles, hands-on activities, and interactive web games.[2][3] In addition content geared toward children, the site contains resources for parents and educators. It was one of the first NASA websites to produce a companion Spanish language site. Space Place is produced by a team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.[2]
Content
Content on Space Place is divided into six subject matter categories: Universe, Sun, Earth, Solar System, Science and Technology, and Educators.[5][6] Users can also sort material by articles, activities, and games.[6]
Over 40 missions are represented on the Space Place.[7] Missions that have joined Space Place include the NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission, NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, Galileo, Juno, and Mars Exploration Program missions, and ESA's Rosetta mission.[7]
Mobile products
Space Place has a mobile companion application named Space Place Prime, which highlights material on the Space Place website, as well as popular NASA images and videos.[8]
The Space Place program has produced games for the iPad and iPhone, including Comet Quest, about the Rosetta mission,[9] and Satellite Insight, about NOAA's GOES-R series of weather satellites.[10]
Outreach
The Space Place program produces a monthly kids' column about space that is run in many newspapers nationwide and contributes a monthly newsletter column to numerous astronomy and meteorology clubs. The program also distributes educational materials to museum partners across the United States, which feature them in public displays.[11]
References
- ↑ "Great Websites for Children - NASA's Space Place".
- 1 2 3 "NASA's Space Place - Website Review".
- 1 2 Trembley, Bob (2020-03-23). "Visit NASA's Space Place YouTube Channel". Vatican Observatory. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ↑ "NASA Science Mission Directorate".
- ↑ "NASA's Space Place".
- 1 2 "NASA's Space Place Review for Teachers | Common Sense Education". www.commonsense.org. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- 1 2 "Mission Index - NASA's Space Place".
- ↑ "Best Free iPad App of the Week: NASA's Space Place Prime".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "NASA Launches Comet-Hunting iPhone Game". Space.com. 15 March 2012.
- ↑ "Satellite Insight".
- ↑ "Meet our community partners".