Our World: NASA at Jamestown

See how astronauts today compare to explorers of old. Find out how NASA technologies are being used to help archaeologists in Historic Jamestowne to learn more about the artifacts they are uncovering without damaging the artifacts.

Background Information

Grades K through 8

• Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Jamestown Settlement
• NASA Four Centuries at Jamestown
• NASA Lessons Learned from Historic Landing Sites & Base Locations: Jamestown
• NASA Earth Observatory Four Centuries at Jamestown, Virginia
• NASA eClips NASA's Guide Lites Interactive Lesson Testing...1, 2, 3...Testing: Nondestructive Evaluation

Grades 6 through 12

• NASA Sustaining Life on Long-Term Crewed Missions Will Require Planetary Resources

Activities

Grades K through 8

• NASA Exploration Then and Now