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Astrobiology Curriculum
A series of enquiry based activities centred on the search for life on other planets.

ECSITE-UK
UK Science and Discovery Centre Network.

FIRST LEGO League
The aim of FIRST LEGO League International is to inspire children around the world to work together, use their creativity and engange in real world problems and opportunities.

Mars in the Classroom
A program of hands-on and thought-provoking science activities themed around students planning their own manned mission to Mars.

Mars Millennium Project
This project challenges students to design a community yet to be imagined - for the planet Mars.

Mars Stations
A network of Mars Stations around the world, each containing a LEGO rover (equipped with a Web camera) that can be driven over the Internet.

MoonBots
A Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO® MINDSTORMS® challenge for parent-child teams to design, program and construct robots that perform simulated lunar missions similar to those required to win the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE.

NASA Education Program
Includes links to NASA Center Education Offices and other resources.

NASA Origins Program
NASA's Origins Program seeks to answer two enduring human questions: Where do we come from?  Are we alone?

Pupil Researcher Initiative
A collection of curriculum materials (covering topics such as "Is there life out there?" and "Superhumans") for use in science lessons.

Red Rover Goes to Mars
Students participate in the US Mars Exploration Rover mission.

Red Rover, Red Rover
Using The Planetary Society/LEGO Red Rover II: Mars Site Package and LEGO MindStorms, students design and build their own remotely operated Mars rover, guiding it from a computer across a simulated Martian terrain that they build. Then they can connect to Mars rovers built by students in other parts of the world, and use them to explore completely new environments.

sciZmic
UK Science Discovery Clubs Network.

Technology Enhancement Programme
UK programme aimed at supporting and improving the teaching and learning of technology in schools and colleges.