NASA, Khan Academy Team Up for STEM Education

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NASA, Khan Academy Team Up for STEM Education
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YouTube education sensation the Khan Academy debuted a ****** of tutorials on astro**my and space exploration made in collaboration with NASA (http://mashable.com/category/nasa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) Thursday.

The an**uncement (http://phys.org/news/2014-05-nasa-khan-academy-collaborate-stem.html) at the fourth annual White House Science Fair (http://mashable.com/2014/05/28/white-house-science-fair-obama/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) made it clear that the new tutorials are meant to generate more interest in science, tech**logy, engineering and math (also k**wn as STEM (http://mashable.com/category/stem/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)) education.

See also: What Is Citizen Science, and How Can You Get Involved? (http://mashable.com/2014/05/26/citizen-science/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


The tutorials (https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/nasa) on Khan Academy, a **n-profit, educational website (https://www.khanacademy.org/about), are divided into three different sections. Each section is intended to acquaint the user with different aspects of space, and NASA's understanding and exploration of it — from teaching users about the different protocols NASA uses to explaining the challenges of Mars exploration. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/29/khan-academy-nasa-stem/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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