Butterflies in Space
With simple materials and a comprehensive set of free online resources, you and your students can investigate caterpillars and butterflies in the classroom, then…
Suited for Spacewalking
This NASA educator guide has 8 activities plus background sections packed with history and technical information about spacesuits and spacewalks. Some details are outdated…
STEMonstration 8: Water Filtration
Astronauts on the ISS drink water recycled from their own urine and sweat! It may sound gross, but it’s cleaner than bottled water! In…
Expeditionary Skills for Life
NASA partnered with 4-H to make this series of free videos and activities focused on skills that are vital for success but are not…
Plants in Space Teacher’s Guide
This teacher’s guide was published in 2012 to let middle and high school students imitate experiments with Brassica rapa that were taking place on…
Rover Parts
This is Activity #2 of 12 in NASA’s huge guide called the Mars Robotics Education Poster, which came out around the time that the Spirit…
Ants in Space
Ants in Space is a set of free online resources for an exciting, authentic science investigation based on the “Ants in Space” experiment on…
Train Like an Astronaut
This is one of many activities in NASA’s Train Like an Astronaut project. The activities were published in 2012 and were inspired by Michelle Obama’s…
DNA Minizines
Print and fold these cute “minizines” and enjoy their simple, playful explanations of important topics in genetic research: PCR, DNA, and CRISPR. These concepts are relevant to…
Space Nutrition
This NASA guide from 2012 covers nutrition as well as exercise and other important human health considerations for space travel. It combines a friendly…
Crystal Growth in Microgravity
Learners investigate the growth of crystals under different temperature conditions using heat pack hand warmers. This activity is from page 148 of the immense…
Microgravity: Earth and Space
Published in 2001, this Microgravity Educator’s Guide provides a thorough introduction and eight activities that each target specific grade ranges. Students create microgravity in…
