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Space: Everything You Need

Students will learn about space with these leveled activities and lessons for different skills and grade ranges.

Articles Satellites and Space Probes Grades: 6–8, 9–12 How do satellites stay up in space? What is the furthest a spaceship could go? Astronomer Cathy Imhoff answers students'questions about satellites... Read more >	Articles Science And Theories Grades: 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. Read more >
Online Learning Activities NASA Web Hunt Grades: 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. Read more >	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. Read more >
Space Exploration Grades: 6–8, 9–12 Offers details about the past, present, and future of space exploration. Read more >	Articles Sunspot Grades: 6–8, 9–12 Explains the causes, frequency, and life cycle of sunspots. Read more >
Black Holes Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Black Holes: the life cycle of a star. Read more >	Space Exploration and Travel Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Discusses space travel over the years. Talks about the future of space exploration. Describes the physical and emotional stresses that astronauts... Read more >
Articles Our Future in Space Grades: 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... Read more >	60 Days in Space Grades: 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,... Read more >
Articles Top 20 Space Firsts Grades: 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... Read more >	Articles Top 20 Space Firsts Grades: 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... Read more >
Astronaut Ellen Ochoa Grades: 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... Read more >	50 Years in Space Grades: 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. Read more >
A Final Trip to Hubble Grades: 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. Read more >	Astronaut Q&A Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Astronaut Brian Duffy talks about filming 3-D Movies in space. Read more >
Falling Rock Zone Grades: 6–8 Could speeding space rocks be headed your way? Read more >	New Planets in Earth's Backyard Grades: 6–8 A NASA telescope makes the biggest planet discovery ever Read more >
Proof of Life Grades: 6–8 A photo taken on Mars might be evidence that life once existed there Read more >	Rocks Roll In from Outer Space! Grades: 6–8, 9–12 Is there a space rock in your front yard? Read more >