SETI Institute Online
Join the search for extraterrestrial intelligence on the official SETI Institute site. Scroll down the sidebar to Who’s Out There? and take part in a space science adventure in which you imagine that you were hired to lead the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. In this activity, you will learn how to design a SETI research project, and then you will test your skills at searching for alien signals!

The Serendip Project
Visit this University of California, Berkeley project site dedicated to the search for life on other planets. Click on the Rationale for radio SETI link to read why scientists feel that radio waves may be our best hope to communicate with other forms of life in the universe. Imagine that beings from other planets could someday pick up television signals. What do you think their impressions of life on Earth would be? Defend your viewpoint in a brief debate with your class.