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All of the links in this section are open education resources that SNN has visited and reviewed. Most of the links are from federal government agencies and nonprofit organizations that manage libraries, museums, and galleries throughout the country. There are also international organizations included in the database, a database that will continue to expand as SNN reviews additional educational resources. You can search alphabetically, by name or by category - social studies, science or fine arts. Some resources will be in multiple categories. Explore!

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NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

NASA Glenn Research Center
NASA's Glenn Research Center - Cleveland, Ohio

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center - Maryland

Nat Geo Wild
Nat Geo Wild (National Geographic Channel)

National Aeronautics Association (NAA)
founded in 1905 to promote innovation and safety in aviation;

National Air and Space Museum
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian museum on the National Mall in Washington

National Air and Space Museum: Udvar-Hazy Center
National Air and Space Museum: Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles Airport, a Smithsonian museum

National Aquarium
National Aquarium - Baltimore, Maryland

National Arboretum
United States National Arboretum in Washington D.C.

National Archives
National Archives

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: founded in 1909

National Audubon Society
National Audubon Society

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum - Cooperstown, New York

National Constitution Center
National Constitution Center - located in Philadelphia

National Electronics Museum
National Electronics Museum in Baltimore, Maryland

National Environmental Education Foundation
National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF)

National Geographic Society
National Geographic Society

National Ice Center
U.S. National Ice Center - Naval Ice Center

National Institute of Aerospace
National Institute of Aerospace in Hampton, Virginia

National Institutes of Health, NIH
National Institutes of Health, NIH

National Law Enforcement Museum
new museum opened in October 2018 in Washington DC

National Marbles Tournament
National Marbles Tournament in Wildwood, New Jersey, established in 1922

National Marine Sanctuaries - NOAA
National Marine Sanctuaries - 13 protected marine and Great Lakes waters

National Maritime Historical Society
The National Maritime Historical Society in Peekskill, New York

National Museum of African American History and Culture
National Museum of African American History and Culture, a Smithsonian museum on the National Mall in Washington that opened in 2016

National Museum of American History
National Museum of American History, a Smithsonian museum

National Museum of the American Indian
National Museum of the American Indian. a Smithsonian museum on the National Mall in Washington

National Museum of the Great Lakes
National Museum of the Great Lakes located in Toledo, Ohio near Lake Erie.

National Museum of the Marine Corps
National Museum of the Marine Corps, located near Quantico, Virginia and the Marine Corps base

National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force
National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Savannah, Georgia

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio at Wright Patterson Air Force Base

National Museum of the United States Navy
located at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.

National Natural Landmarks
National Natural Landmarks (597 as of 2009) - National Park Service

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA

National Optical Astronomy Observatory
center for research and development for ground-based astronomy

National Park Service, NPS
National Park Service, NPS

National Poppy Day
National Poppy Day by the American Legion held the Friday before Memorial Day to "Remember the fallen and support the living"

National Portrait Gallery
National Portrait Gallery

National Postal Museum
National Postal Museum

National Public Lands Day
National Public Lands Day

National Public Radio, NPR
National Public Radio

National Railroad Museum
National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin

National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places - maintained by the National Park Service, NPS

National Scholastic Chess Foundation
National Scholastic Chess Foundation - founded in 1990 "to provide the benefits of a chess education to students of all ages"

National Science Foundation, NSF
National Science Foundation

National September 11 Memorial & Museum
National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City

National Solar Observatory
National Solar Observatory; operated under an agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF)

National Trails Day
National Trails Day by the American Hiking Society

National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB
National Transportation Safety Board - primary role to investigate transportation accidents

National Warplane Museum
National Warplane Museum - located in Geneseo, New York and home of Whiskey-7, an operable C-47 cargo plane flown on D-Day

National Water Center - NOAA
National Water Center on the campus of the University of Alabama

National Weather Service
National Weather Service

National Wild and Scenic Rivers System
rivers designated as wild and scenic because of the 1968 passage of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, celebrating 50 years in 2018

National Wildlife Refuges
National Wildlife Refuges - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS

National World War II Museum
The National World War II Museum - New Orleans

Nautilus Live
Nautilus Live - Explore the ocean live with Dr. Robert Ballard and his team of scientists

Naval History and Heritage Command
located in the Washington Navy Yard in southeast Washington DC

Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (Iowa)
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, home to a herd of wild buffalo (USFWS)

Nebraska
Nebraska state government website

Nebraska tourism
Visit Nebraska: state tourism website

Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art
Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art (Pennsylvania)

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri

Neon Museum
The Neon Museum in Las Vegas - opened in 2012 to preserve iconic neon signs

Nevada
Nevada state government website

Nevada tourism
Nevada tourism website

New Hampshire
New Hampshire state government website

New Hampshire tourism
Visit New Hampshire - state tourism website

New Jersey
New jersey state government website

New Jersey tourism
Visit New Jersey tourism website

New Mexico
New Mexico state government

New Mexico tourism
New Mexico True: state tourism website

New York
New York state government website

New York City Fire Museum
New York City Fire Museum

New York Public Library
New York Public Library - 92 locations in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island

New York tourism
State of New York tourism website

Newbery Medal winners
American Library Association (ALA)

Newseum
an online only museum devoted to journalism and journalists

Niagara Falls National Heritage Area
Niagara Falls National Heritage Area, established in 2008 by the National Park Service

Niagara Falls State Park
Niagara Falls State Park - New York

Niagara Parks - Canada
Niagara Parks at Niagara Falls - Canada

Ninety-Nines
The Ninety-Nines, International Organization of Women Pilots; founded in 1929; Amelia Earhart was the first president;

NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries
NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries

NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan

Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize

NORAD - North American Aerospace Defense Command
NORAD - North American Aerospace Defense Command

Norman Rockwell Museum
Norman Rockwell Museum in Massachusetts

Normandy 1944
Normandy 1944: primary source written histories of the Normandy invasion, WWII, and the Holocaust by Frank Everards

North Atlantic Treaty Organization - NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization - NATO

North Carolina
North Carolina state government

North Carolina tourism
Visit North Carolina - state tourism website

North Country Trail Association
North Country Trail - 4600-mile trail from North Dakota to the Vermont/New York border

North Dakota
North Dakota state government website

North Dakota tourism
North Dakota tourism website

Northwest Ordinance (primary source doc)
Northwest Ordinance adopted in 1787 paved the way to add more states to the United States;


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