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"The games section of Try Engineering features 29 games. Some of the games were developed specifically for Try Engineering while others are hosted on other educational sites like those of NASA and PBS. Like the lesson plans, the games collection cover a variety of topics including solar energy, space science, and bio-engineering."

"the study of linear algebra, the theory and practice of analyzing linear relations and their behavior under linear transformations. Practically every modern technology relies on linear algebra: simplifying the computations required for internet searches, 3-D animation, coordination of safety systems, financial trading, air traffic control, and everything in between. Five major topics are addressed: linear systems of equations, vector spaces, matrices and linear transformations, determinants, similarity, and eigenvalues. This free course may be completed online at any time."

"The 85-ton space shuttle was to be transported from Los Angeles International Airport through 12 miles of city streets in Los Angeles and Inglewood to the California Science Center, where it will go on permanent display. Nothing like this had ever been moved through a city."

"Saturday, April 11, 1970 at 13:13 CST. At five and a half minutes after liftoff, Swigert, Haise, and Lovell felt a little vibration. Then the center engine of the S-II stage shut down two minutes early. This caused the remaining four engines to burn 34 seconds longer than planned, and the S-IVB third stage had to burn nine seconds longer to put Apollo 13 in orbit. "

"Deputy Project Manager Sandra Cauffman talks about her work on the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolunioN (MAVEN) mission and her career at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. This video is the first of a two-part Spanish-language series. Closed captions in English."

"WELCOME TO THE EXPEDITION EARTH & BEYOND STUDENT WORKSPACE WIKI A place for student teams to share research, work with a mentor, and learn with and from others! Expedition Earth and Beyond (EEAB) promotes student research in the classroom and allows student teams to submit requests to have astronauts take pictures of Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) to support their team research. "

"7puzzle is a unique product as the contents of the game are kept in an eco-friendly distinctive black/lilac bag. This keeps the playing board clean and tidy, making it extremely difficult for the owner to lose the playing pieces. The playing board is a 7 by 7 grid of 49 squares, each containing a number, colour and shape. When taking on the challenges, players must place all of the 14 playing pieces (7 of which are straight and 7 angled) onto the board, therefore leaving seven spaces. The intention is that everything on the board will be covered up, except seven of a certain element, which may be a particular colour, shape or type of number, depending on the challenge undertaken."

Astronaut and chemist Dr. Don Pettit does physics demos that are out of this world. Currently on board the International Space Station, Dr. Pettit presents fantastic physics that can only be demonstrated in micro-gravity.

Women In STEM High School Aerospace Scholars Engineer your dream job. The Women in STEM High School Aerospace Scholars project offers a one-of-a-kind experience for female high school juniors to jump-start their futures and explore the possibilities of a major or career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Participants begin their adventure in an online community. The project culminates with a summer experience at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Collaborate with girls from across the country and female NASA engineers and interns. Applications are due Feb. 15, 2012.

Mass Versus Weight Educator Guide -- Grades 5-8 Students often confuse the terms "mass" and "weight." Each activity in this series demonstrates the difference between mass and weight by comparing students' results with the results of astronauts aboard the space station. Students perform the activities and analyze their data. Then they watch video of astronauts performing similar demonstrations on the station. The activities focus on Newton's second law of motion.

"Astronomy And Outer Space Games Play exciting astronomy games developed for children. These interactive games range from educational, to just plain fun."

No explanations on the first trip but keep watching because, on the second, he tells you what everything is and who everyone is.

"Two of the solar system's best natural timekeepers have been caught misbehaving, suggesting that the accepted ages for the oldest known rock samples are off by a million years or more. According to two new studies, a radioactive version of the element samarium decays much more quickly than previously thought, and different versions of uranium don't always appear in the same relative quantities in earthly rocks."

"From urban centers to remote corners of Earth, the depths of the oceans to space, humanity has always sought to transcend barriers, overcome challenges, and create opportunities that improve life in our part of the universe. In the last century alone, many great engineering achievements became so commonplace that we now take them mostly for granted. "

"PAL-V's Personal Air and Land Vehicle takes to the skies in the "crazily awesome" video shown here. Commercial deliveries of these space-age vehicles are expected to commence within the next two years or so for those brave enough to turn freeways into runways"

"Solar Walk pieces together each planet in real time and real location to give a fully accurate view of where things are, where things have been and where things are going in space. Simply tap on the planet that you wish to explore closer up."

"For nearly 35 years, NASA's Voyager 1 probe has been hurtling toward the edge of the solar system, flying through the dark void on a mission unlike anything attempted before. One day, mission controllers hope, Voyager 1 will leave the solar system behind and enter the realm of the stars-interstellar space. "

"A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. "

"Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of color addition by creating a color image using three monochromatic Hubble Space Telescope images."

The topic is Weight and Balance, an important principal not only here on earth but in space too! We feature Ruth, an Air Force Loadmaster who performs the calculations and plans cargo and passenger placement to keep the aircraft within permissible center of gravity limits throughout the flight.