The Coupled Ion Neutral Dynamics Investigation (CINDI) is a joint NASA/US Air Force funded ionospheric (upper atmosphere) plasma sensors built by the Center for Space Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. This instrument package will fly on the Air Force's Communication/Navigation Outage Forecast Satelliet (C/NOFS) currently scheduled for launch in spring or summer of 2008. On this site you will find a collection of teaching and education resources for grades 6-9 about the CINDI project, the Earth's atmosphere, space weather, the scale in the Earth-Moon system, satellites and rockets and more.
1. What is CINDI? ( English version / Spanish version )
3. Cindi in Space Our 24-page really cool comic book about the CINDI mission and the science behind it. (Available in both English and Spanish versions.)
4. Activity: How High is Space?
Teacher Guide
Student instructions
Layers of atmosphere information
Atmosphere Information Sheet
Model pictures
6. Activity: Where Would CINDI Be?
Supporting slides combining Activities #4 and #6
7. Demo: The Bubbler and Radio Scintillation
8. Magnetosphere Information Sheet
9. Sun-Earth Connection Resources (links to other educational and data sites for SOHO, Space Enivornment Center, GEMS Guide, GEM Living With a Star material, etc.)
10. Activity: Paper Rockets
11. Activity: Industrial Strength Rocket Launcher (advanced students or for teachers)
12. Rocket Information Sheet ( English version / Spanish version )
13. Pegasus Rocket Information Sheet ( English version / Spanish version )
14. Video of a Pegasus launch back in 2003
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