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DROIDS FOR ASTRONAUTS -- AND KIDS: Inspired by the science fiction

classics Star Wars and Star Trek, NASA scientists are building a robotic

helper for astronauts. Today's issue of Thursday's Classroom includes

3rd-to-4th and 5th-to-8th grade-level news stories about the real-life

droids that may soon inhabit the Space Station. Students can make their

own droid from papier-mache or color original droid-art by Duane Hilton.

Click here for lesson plans:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VIKING LANDER: Twenty-five years ago NASA's Viking

Landers descended safely to the surface of Mars and revealed a truly alien

world. It was an important milestone in space exploration! But there's

more to the story ... beginning in the days of Galileo Galilei. Read all

about it in a pair of Martian history lessons suitable for 3rd-to-4th and

5th-to-8th graders. Click here for stories and lesson plans:

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