Explore

Explore

Credits

Explore! is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0125693, and created by the education staff at USRA’s Lunar and Planetary Institute. 

Funding:

  • Explore! Jupiter's Family Secrets was developed through a grant from NASA's Science Mission Directorate on behalf of the Juno mission.
  • Explore: Life on Mars? was funded by a supplemental education and public outreach grant from NASA’s Science Mission Directorate to Drs. Walter Kiefer and Allan Treiman.
  • Explore! Marvel Moon was developed through a grant from the NASA Lunar Science Institute in collaboration with the Center for Lunar Origins and Evolution.
  • Explore! Health in Space was developed through a grant from NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate's Education Program, led by Dr. Diane Byerly.
  • Explore! Mars: Inside and Out was developed through a supplemental education grant from NASA's Science Mission Directorate to Dr. Walter Kiefer and Dr. Tomasz Stepinski.
  • Explore! Ice Worlds! was developed through an education grant from NASA’s Science Mission Directorate for the project "Sharing The International Polar Year Through Library and After-School Program Networks."
  • Discover Earth: Hands-on Science Activities was developed by the Lunar and Planetary Institute in support of the Discover Earth travelling exhibition by the Space Science Institute's National Center for Interactive Learning, supported by the National Science Foundation.
  • Explore! To the Moon and Beyond was developed through a grant from NASA's Education Directorate through their NASA Explorer Institute Program in connection with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission.

Content and Review
Explore developers are grateful to the dozens of scientists and educators at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, NASA Johnson Space Center, Southwest Research Institute, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, NASA Astrobiology Institutes, and other organizations who have helped to develop and review content.

  • Dr. Waleed Abdalati
    Cryospheric Sciences Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
  • Dr. Laurie Barge
    NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
  • Nicole Betts
    Henderson Elementary School, Houston Independent School, Houston, TX
  • Dr. Robert Bindschadler
    Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
  • Don Boonstra
    Sustainability Schools Consulting, LLC
  • Dr. Bill Bottke
    Center for Lunar Origin and Evolution, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO
  • Dr. Diane Byerly
    Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Johnson Space Center
  • Dr. Emily A. CoBabe-Ammann
    Emily A. CoBabe & Associates, Inc., Boulder, CO
  • Lisa Curtis
    National Center for Interactive Learning at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO
  • Donna Dickson-White
    Cullen Middle School, Houston Independent School District, Houston, TX
  • Paul Dusenbery
    National Center for Interactive Learning at the Space Science Institute Boulder, CO
  • Adrienne Gass
    Louisville Public Library, Louisville, CO
  • Allen Grasmick
    Federal Highway Administration, Lakewood, CO
  • Anne Holland
    National Center for Interactive Learning at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO
  • Dr. Walter Kiefer
    Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX
  • Martin Knecht
    South Texas College, McAllen, TX
  • Dr. Stephen Levin
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
  • Allison Long
    Haltom City Public Library, Haltom City, TX
  • Pye Pajewski
    Shaler North Hills Library, Glenshaw, PA
  • Karen Peterson
    National Girls Collaborative Project, Lynnwood, WA
  • Bobbee Pennington
    Bryan College Station Library System, Bryan, TX
  • Dr. Scott Smith
    Nutritional Biochemistry Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center
  • Jackie Sollers
    Educator, Eldersburg, MD
  • Dr. Paul Steffes
    Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
  • Dr. Tomasz Stepinski
    Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX
  • Dr. Markus Thorsten
    Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
  • Dr. Allan Treiman
    Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX
  • Ivilina Thornton
    National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado
  • Dr. David Williams
    National Space Science Data Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • Michelle Williams
    Harvard Elementary School, Galena Park Independent School District, Houston, TX
  • Erin Wood
    Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO
  • Dr. Honglu Wu
    Space Radiobiology Research Program, NASA Johnson Space Center
  • TERC

Evaluation
Explore developers are grateful to the dozens of librarians and educators who have reviewed, field tested, and evaluated the Explore activities.

  • Jessie Alexander-East
    The Library Center, Springfield-Greene County Library System, Springfield, MO
  • Nancy Atkinson
    Rochester Public Library, Rochester, IL
  • John Baek
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Nicole Betts
    Henderson Elementary School, Houston Independent School, Houston, TX
  • Mia L. Buggs
    Wesley Chapel – William C. Brown Branch, Decatur, GA
  • Reggie Burns
    Children's Library Specialist, Allen Public Library, Allen, TX
  • Cydney Clink
    Poudre River Public Library District, Fort Collins, CO
  • Vicky Ragan Coulon
    Evaluation & Research Associates, Lynnwood, WA
  • Greg Crispell
    Hilton Head Public Library, Hilton Head, SC
  • Linda Curtis
    Office of the Navajo Nation Library, Window Rock, Arizona
  • Donna Dickson-White
    Cullen Middle School, Houston Independent School District, Houston, TX
  • Julie Elworth
    Evaluation & Research Associates, Lynnwood, WA
  • Ginger Fitzhugh
    Evaluation & Research Associates, Lynnwood, WA
  • Keshia Garnett
    West Englewood Branch, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL
  • Kate Haley Goldman
    National Center for Interactive Learning at the Space Science Institute
  • Jessica Gonzalez
    National Center for Interactive Learning at the Space Science Institute
  • Dyan Gonzales
    Austin Memorial Library, Austin, TX
  • Victoria Gonzalez
    Sergeant Fernando de la Rosa Memorial Library, Alamo, TX
  • Ms. Tina Hager
    Little Elm Library, Little Elm, TX
  • Christina Hicks
    Friendswood Public Library, Friendswood, TX
  • Pamela Jayne
    Boone County Public Library, Hebron, KY
  • Penny Johnson
    Baraboo Public Library, Baraboo, WI
  • Jean Kammer
    The Hawley Public Library, Hawley, PA
  • Carey Kipp
    Baraboo Public Library, Baraboo, WI
  • Beverly Kirkendall
    Hurst Public Library, Hurst, TX
  • Elizabeth Kucik
    Opelika City School District, Opelika, AL
  • Allison Long
    Haltom City Public Library, Haltom City, TX
  • Dr. Lynne Lopez-Crowley
    Edgewater Elementary, Jefferson County Public Schools, Edgewater, CO
  • Mary Maxson
    B.F. Jone Memorial Library, Aliquippa, PA
  • Julie Moring
    Norman Public Library, Norman, OK
  • Tina Nolan
    Ashland City Library, North Ashland, AL
  • Pye Pajewski
    Shaler North Hills Library, Glenshaw, PA
  • Bobbee Pennington
    Bryan & College Station Library System, Bryan, TX
  • Margaret Perkins
    Medway Public Library, Medway, MA and Holliston Public Library, Holliston, MA
  • Ms. Cathy Pruett
    Marion County Library, Marion, SC
  • Marf Shopmyer
    Greenwood County Library, Greenwood, SC
  • Sara Thompson
    A. Mitchell Powell Jr. Public Library, Newnan, GA
  • Elaine, Rash
    Plains, Osterhout Free Library, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Melanie Roberts
    Livingston-Park County Public Library, Livingston, MT
  • Jessica Ross
    Washington County Public Library, Chatom, AL
  • Kim Crow Sheaner
    Donald W. Reynolds Library, Mountain Home, AK
  • Stephen Thomas
    Little Elm Library, Little Elm, TX
  • Sharon Townson
    Cullman County Public Library System, Cullman, AL
  • Mary Vaughn
    FishHawk Creek Elementary, Lithia, FL
  • Michelle Williams
    Harvard Elementary School, Galena Park Independent School District, Houston, TX
  • Jeri Zitterkob
    Western Plains Library System, Clinton, OK

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