NASA's Year of the Solar System: Far-ranging Robots
Join NASA in celebrating this theme for the month of February! Celebrate National Engineers Week, and explore the variety of robotic spacecraft in our solar system. Find related background information and activities designed for use by organizations and clubs as well as classroom teachers through this link.

National Engineers Week
Find ways to get involved at http://www.eweek.org/GetInvolved/GetInvolved.aspx.

NASA's Year of the Solar System: Shadows of the Sun
Join NASA in celebrating this theme for the month of March! Explore how the Sun's light and gravity profoundly affect our planet's motions, weather, oceans, and life, as well as all other objects in our solar system. Find related background information and activities designed for use by organizations and clubs as well as classroom teachers through this link.

NASA's Year of the Solar System: Ice!
Join NASA in celebrating this theme for the month of March! Explore ice and its properties, where it is located, and what it tells us about the planets and moons in our solar system. Join in Earth Day celebrations! Find related background information and activities designed for use by organizations and clubs as well as classroom teachers through this link.

NASA's Year of the Solar System: New Data, New Ideas
Join NASA in celebrating this theme for the month of March! Explore the scientific process of gathering new data and formulating new ideas. Find related background information and activities designed for use by organizations and clubs as well as classroom teachers through this link.

Solar Eclipse
A solar eclipse will be visible in regions of the U.S. Some cities that will be able to view the eclipse include: Reno Carson City Santa Fe Anchorage Los Angeles* San Francisco* Seattle* National parks in the western US, including the Grand Canyon in Arizona *Can be partially seen at this location.

NASA's Year of the Solar System: Discovering New Worlds
Join NASA in celebrating this theme for the month of March! Learn more about how distant worlds are being discovered through the Kepler and other missions. Find related background information and activities designed for use by organizations and clubs as well as classroom teachers through this link.

Astronomical Event: Transit of Venus
Observe a rare transit of Venus, just like the 1769 transit observed by Captain Cook! Visit the URL to learn how to -- safely -- watch this event.

NASA's Year of the Solar System: Got Life?
Join NASA in celebrating this theme for the month of March! Explore life in our solar system! Find related background information and activities designed for use by organizations and clubs as well as classroom teachers through this link.

Mars Science Laboratory Arrives at Mars
The Curiosity rover will investigate whether Mars ever was (or is still today), a place where microbes could live. (Visit the mission webpage for more details: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/.) Use the module Mars: Inside and Out to engage children ages 8-13 in Mars science! Visit http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/mars/ to download hands-on activities and more!