Teaching Themes
Space: Everything You Need
Students will learn about space with these leveled activities and lessons for different skills and grade ranges.
Computer Lab Activities, Interactive Whiteboard Activities, Online Learning Activities
Journey Into Space: A Science Exploration
Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
Watch and learn about collisions in space with Dr. Mike Shara. Continue to leveled activities for different skills and grade ranges.
Sending Kids Into Space
Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
This is about space imulation programs for kids around the country.
Space Exploration
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
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Online Learning Activities NASA: Challenging the Space FrontierGrades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Once students accept their mission, they can blast off through time to study famous astronauts, the history of space exploration, and more through... |
60 Days in SpaceGrades: 3–5, 6–8 The secret to living in space is good housekeeping and a sleeping bag that keeps you from floating away, says Astronaut Tim Kopra, of Austin,... |
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Online Learning Activities, Writing Activities, Lesson Plans Celebrating 100 Years of Flight for Grades 3-5Grades: 3–5 Students identifiy the characteristics shared by pioneering pilots like the Wright Brothers and Amelia Earhart, and the space shuttle astronauts. |
Online Learning Activities, Writing Activities, Lesson Plans Celebrating 100 Years of Flight for Grades 6-8Grades: 6–8 Presents a lesson on the influence of the Wright Brothers, Amelia Earhart, and the space shuttle astronauts on history and culture. |
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Writing Activities, Book Resources, Lesson Plans, Extension Activities Reading and Writing About the Solar SystemGrades: 1–2 Immerse your students in books and poetry to teach about the solar system with some of these creative ideas. |
Articles Luna (spacecraft)Grades: 6–8, 9–12 Tells how one of the Luna Soviet space probes was the first to photograph the Earth's natural satellite. |
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Lesson Plans, Extension Activities Making Models of the Solar SystemGrades: 1–2, 3–5 Students learn the positions of the planets in the solar system as well as relative distances and sizes through modeling. |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The Magic School Bus Lost in SpaceGrades: 3–5 In this activity, your child learns the planets by making two models of the Solar System. The first shows the order of the planets, and the second... |
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50 Years in SpaceGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Fifty years ago on April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin, a 27-year-old Russian pilot, became the first human to go into outer space. |
Astronaut Ellen OchoaGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Dr. Ellen Ochoa is the first Hispanic woman to ever go into space, an inventor, and a mother. She is also a mentor, helping young girls pursue... |
A Final Trip to HubbleGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Astronauts aboard the shuttle Atlantis blasted into outer space on a dangerous and challenging mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. |
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Articles Our Future in SpaceGrades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 This is the home page for the special report on our future in space. It discusses the latest news and technology related to space travel. Take the... |
Online Learning Activities NASA Web HuntGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Retrace the remarkable steps that NASA has taken to explore space, and evaluate the discoveries that participants have made on each mission. |
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Articles Science And TheoriesGrades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 How long is a light-year? Which direction would a compass point in outer space? Astronomer Cathy Imhoff answers students'questions about science. |
Articles Top 20 Space FirstsGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Learn about some of the very earliest achievements in space, from the first satellite to orbit the earth in 1957, to the first person to walk in... |
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Articles Top 20 Space FirstsGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 From the first deaths in space to the first landing on Mars, find out about the many landmark events and outstanding achievements in space between... |
Articles AstronautsGrades: 1–2, 3–5 What does it take to be an astronaut? Scientists answer students'questions. |
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Articles Black HolesGrades: 6–8, 9–12 What is at the end of a black hole? Scientists answer students'questions. |
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