Evolving Universe Overview
The Evolving Universe materials are part of the Adaptive Curriculum Enhancement (ACE) program developed by Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL). These materials have been adapted from the Genesis Cosmic Chemistry: Cosmogony module for use by visually impaired students. Click on the teacher guides below:

    Spongy Universe

    Dynamic Universe

    Tracing Origins Thought Experiments:

       Tracing the Origins of Pizza Ingredients

        Quarks: The Fundamentals of Our Universe

        Tracing the Origins of Our Universe

Feel The Impact Overview
Using imagery and data from NASA's Deep Impact mission to Comet Tempel 1, Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) is working with NASA space scientists at the University of Maryland, education consultants from Tactile Learning Adventures, and the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind (CSDB) on a NASA IDEAS program to develop Feel the Impact materials for visually-impaired learners. Click on the teacher guides below:

   Introduction to Comets

   Cratering in the Solar System

   Cratering Research

   What We Learned From Comet Tempel 1