More NEAR Activities

Pictorial Voyage: Journey with NEAR from your home on Earth to the distant reaches of the Solar System.

Magnetometer: Science information about this important instrument.

X-Ray/Gamma-Ray Spectrometer: Meteorite Composition and Asteroid Classification Lab Activities.

Educator's Guide: for older students, prepared by Steve Bowser and Joy Maloney at U. Md.

NEAR Quiz: also for older students; review "Overview" sections first!.

Spacecraft Coloring Book: for the very young.

NEARlink: by Space Explorers, focuses on math, science and technology in the classroom.

Projects: by NASA Summer Interns Jessica Edmonds and Emily Peters, Northwestern University.

Ping-pong Altimetry Lab: the basic concepts behind the use and working of a laser altimeter.