H2012 "Humans in Space" youth art competition. This 1st place work is entitled Moon Workers, by Albert Choi, 10, United States. Credit: Albert Choi

• NASA's dedicated page for Educators of students in grades 5 through 8: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/5-8/index.html
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratories Education Page for Teachers: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/teachers/
• Additional NASA Resources for K-12 teachers: http://education.ssc.nasa.gov/k12.asp
• The Virtual Microscope: http://www.virtualmicroscope.org/

Resources for students:

• NASA's dedicated page for Students in grades 5 through 8:http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/index.html
• AstroVenture, Grades 5 through 8: http://astroventure.arc.nasa.gov/more.html#5
• NASA Planetary Geology: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbysubject/Planetary_Geology_landingpage.html
• NASA: ARES Fingerprints of Life: http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/ares/education/program/fingerprints.cfm
• NASA Astrobiology in your Classroom (pdf): http://nai.arc.nasa.gov/library/downloads/ERG.pdf
• NASA Space Kids: http://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/osskids/
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratories Education Page for Students: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/students/
• NASA The Spacesuit: An interactive tutorial about the spacesuits that keep astronauts safe and healthy http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/nasa_spacesuit/
• Rocket Science 101 (NASA): With this game designed for computers and iPads, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to launch a spacecraft. http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/RocketScience101/RocketScience101.html
• The Virtual Microscope: http://www.virtualmicroscope.org/