+
Website
NASA

Nasa: Rockets Educator Guide: How Rockets Work

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this article, learn how rockets work. Discover Newton's Law of Motion and learn how it supports rocketry.
+
Graphic
NASA

Nasa: Rockets Educator Guide: A Pictorial History

For Students 3rd - 8th
View pictures, descriptions, and dates of rockets throughout history. Learn about rockets and how they have evolved throughout time.
+
Unit Plan
NASA

Nasa: Living With a Star

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This NASA educator's guide provides teachers with activities, resources, and materials to educate students about the Sun.
+
Handout
NASA

Nasa: Bibliography on Martian Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides a selected Annotated Bibliography on Martian Exploration presents classical Mars reading material from Percival Lowell and Alfred Russel Wallace from the turn of the last century, Werner von Braun and Willy...
+
Website
NASA

Nasa: The Space Place: Lisa Space Mission Gives Humans a Sixth Sense

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains NASA's plan to engineer a space probe that could measure the gravitational waves that Einstein predicted exist in space. Learn more about this space probe named LISA. There is also a crossword to check your...
+
Website
NASA

Nasa: The Space Place: Lisa Space Mission Gives Humans a Sixth Sense

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explains NASA's plan to engineer a space probe that could measure the gravitational waves that Einstein predicted exist in space. Learn more about this space probe named LISA. There is also a crossword to check your...
+
Unknown Type
NASA

Nasa: Vector Addition by the Numerical Method

For Students 9th - 10th
A lab experiment involving readily available materials. Students analyze three forces acting upon one point to determine the resultant force. Questions and accompanying answers are provided.
+
Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: The Solar System

For Students 3rd - 5th
Discover information about parts of the Solar System, along with definitions just by clicking on highlighted vocabulary terms. Be sure to try the "Solar System Activities" to review the material from these pages.
+
Website
NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: Land Cover Classification

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the important resources our land offers us: food, water, oxygen, building materials, and more. Discover how scientists have been mapping land for years trying to prevent disasters and to collect environmental information.
+
eBook
NASA

Nasa: The Air We Breathe Picture Book

For Students K - 1st
This colorful picture book is designed to introduce students to Earth's atmosphere, and to help them understand its importance to life on Earth.
+
Website
NASA

Nasa: Is There Water on Mars?

For Students 9th - 10th
This educator guide allows teachers and students to explore whether or not there is water on Mars. Download this PDF file and use activities to help explore Mars.
+
Unit Plan
NASA

Nasa: Nearside of the Moon: Apollo Landing Sites

For Students 9th - 10th
This photo of the moon shows the landing sites for Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17.
+
eBook
NASA

Nasa: Classroom Activity: Our Very Own Star: The Sun

For Students K - 1st Standards
This PDF storybook for children tells the story of the sun. The easy-to-understand text and graphics make it a useful classroom tool for younger students.
+
Unit Plan
University of Washington

Live From Earth & Mars [Nasa]: Danger in the Air

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Live from Earth & Mars [NASA] is a lesson plan using both interactive and written materials. Can be used as a unit or individually.
+
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Edible Rovers High School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students act as Mars exploratory rover engineers, designing, building and displaying their edible rovers to a design review. To begin, they evaluate rover equipment and material options to determine which parts might fit in their given...
+
Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: The Planet Earth

For Students 3rd - 8th
Facts about the Earth including its orbit, its atmosphere, and its landforms. Includes a discussion question on seasons, with facts about them, and the answer. A linked page covers similar material in a "Level 2" version, and has a...
+
Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: The Planet Venus

For Students 3rd - 8th
Basic facts about the planet Venus including its temperature, its atmosphere, and its volcanoes. Includes a discussion question on temperature, with facts, and the answer. A linked page covers similar material in a "Level 2" version, and...
+
Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: The Planet Mercury

For Students 3rd - 8th
Basic facts about the planet Mercury including its size, its name, and its atmosphere. Includes a discussion question on its visibility from Earth, with facts, and the answer. A linked page covers similar material in a "Level 2" version,...
+
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Learn to Design an Ion Engine

For Students 9th - 10th
The goal of this electricity and electronics science fair project is to understand how ions are used to propel spacecraft in space, and to use a NASA online simulator to design your own ion engine. The Science Buddies project ideas are...
+
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers:nasa's Return to Flight: Testing Insulating Materials

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine online articles about the Columbia mission accident and liquid fuel propulsion. Conduct an experiment to determine the best material for insulation.
+
Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Bringing the Universe to America's Classrooms

For Students K - 1st
WGBH in collaboration with NASA presents digital media resources you can use to teach topics in K-12 Earth and Space Science. These free resources are organized into four grade bands. Each resource emphasizes engaging students in...
+
PPT
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Seasons on Earth and Mars

For Students 6th - 8th
Compare the seasons on Earth and Mars with NASA imagery. Use this resource to visualize how the axial tilt of a planet influences its seasons and to compare data about seasonal changes on Earth and Mars. Support materials include:...
+
Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Rock Around the World

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Classes from around the country collect rock samples and send them in to be analyzed by NASA scientists.
+
Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Ocean Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed website that was a companion to a 1995 traveling exhibit of the Smithsonian. Links to lesson plans and other educational materials are at the bottom of the page. Enter the exhibition to explore the world of the ocean.

Other popular searches