Visually Amazing with a lot of information
Submitted 12 years ago
Community Review for NASA
Brianna G.
Norris Middle School
Omaha NE, US
My Take
This is a great app for astronomy. NASA is always updating the information and pictures that are available. My students loved the visual images that were provided. There is a lot of information to decipher in this app and my ELLs, low literacy, and special needs students needed a lot of help with this app.
How I Use It
I use this app mainly for the images that NASA has to display. I usually use it with whole group instruction and pull up the images to display and then we have a large group discussion. I have also used the app as a research tool for my advanced learners as they can more easily navigate through it.
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Kirk D.
Bonita, CA
October 1, 2017
Dense with information, which is great for many but can be a bit complicated for younger users
Good teaching tool for teachers or to mature students with curiosity in space activity.
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Louise L.
National Earth Science Teacher's Association NE Region Liaison contact
Jamaica, NY
April 20, 2016
Students love taking part in the lesson, they were very engaged, listening and learning.
I was able to use this program teaching a science lesson that showed the location of the moon and the sun to each other, students were amazed and as we viewed the live cam at different times observations were made and recorded by the students in reference to the location of the sun and moon as they drew pictures some classes.The sounds you hear are alive and it gives great ideas for science fair projects using satellite data of snow and ice. It has resources for informal science educators.
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Shawna p.
Teacher
June 1, 2015
Great For Spacial Understanding
This is a great teaching tool as an informational component. I would use it to supplement student driven, hands-on activities and allow students time to utilize this for specific pieces of research. This app is great to use for whole class when looking at something that is teacher driven. It is also great to use when allowing students time to research information specifically geared toward an individual piece. This graphics are very good in helping the students understand abstract concepts about space.
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