Exploring Planets in the Classroom Receives Two Awards for Educational Excellence

Hawaii Space Grant K-12 Education project, Exploring Planets in the Classroom, has received two prestigious awards for educational excellence. The Exploratorium recognized us with a “Ten Cool Sites Award” for November. In October, we earned an A+ rating from Education World for contributions “in making the web valuable for the education community.” Exploring Planets in the Classroom website contains over 25 hands-on science activities for exploring Earth, the planets, geology, and space sciences. The homepage also provides links to National Education Standards in Science, Math, Technology, and Geography.