NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Goddard Institute for Space Studies Office of Education Contacts
Matthew Pearce, Education Specialist matthew.d.pearce@nasa.gov Rosalba Giarratano, Pathways Intern [email protected]
Apollo Educational Resources – PK- 2 On June 17, PBS KIDS will premiere READY JET GO!: ONE SMALL STEP, a one-hour special that will take young viewers on an adventure, as Jet Propulsion and his friends journey to the moon, where they learn about Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 mission (featuring Amy Mainzer, NASA JPL astronomer). pbskids.org
Apollo Educational Resources – K - 5
NASA Knows! Series (Overview of Apollo program for grades K-4) https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-was-apollo-program- k4.html
NASA Space STEM Forum (Lesson Plans) https://spacestem.nasa.gov/k-5-classroom
NASA Virtual Appearances https://go.nasa.gov/DEEP June 17, 2:00 PM EST “On the Moon Part 1” Landing on the moon is tricky! Students learn about historical NASA landings, current NASA missions and participate in the engineering design challenge: Touchdown. Activity instructions: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/pdfs/touchdown.pdf June 24, 2:00 PM EST “On the Moon Part 2” Look out below! NASA’s LCROSS mission made a deep hole on the moon looking for ice in the soil. Students will learn about the moon and the LCROSS mission and participate in the engineering design challenge: On Target. Activity instructions: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/pdfs/ontarget.pdf
NASA and PBSKids Design Squad Hands-On Challenges https://pbskids.org/designsquad/pdf/parentseducators/DS_NASA_on_the_moon_complete.pdf
NASA Original Source Documents (Reading Fluency, STEM/ELA/Art integration) https://spacestem.nasa.gov/apollo-info-and-original-sources
NASA eClips (Short videos and associated lesson plans) https://nasaeclips.arc.nasa.gov/video/ourworld/our-world-moon-phases
Apollo Educational Resources – 5 to 8
NASA Knows! Series (Overview of Apollo program for grades 5-8) https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-was-apollo- program-58.html
NASA Space STEM Forum (Lesson Plans) https://spacestem.nasa.gov/6-8-classroom
NASA Virtual Appearances June 17, 2:00 PM EST “On the Moon Part 1” Landing on the moon is tricky! Students learn about historical NASA landings, current NASA missions and participate in the engineering design challenge: Touchdown. June 24, 2:00 PM EST “On the Moon Part 2” Look out below! NASA’s LCROSS mission made a deep hole on the moon looking for ice in the soil. Students will learn about the moon and the LCROSS mission and participate in the engineering design challenge: On Target. https://go.nasa.gov/DEEP
NASA and PBSKids Design Squad Hands-On Challenges https://pbskids.org/designsquad/pdf/parentseducators/DS_NASA_on_the_moon_complete.pdf
NASA JPL - Make a Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/make-a-moon-phases-calendar-and-calculator/
NASA Original Source Documents (Reading Fluency, STEM/ELA/Art integration) https://spacestem.nasa.gov/apollo-info-and-original-sources
NASA eClips (Short videos and associated lesson plans) https://nasaeclips.arc.nasa.gov/video/ourworld/our-world-moon-phases
Apollo Educational Resources – 9 to 12
NASA Space STEM Forum (Lesson Plans) https://spacestem.nasa.gov/9-12-classroom
NASA and PBSKids Design Squad Hands-On Challenges https://pbskids.org/designsquad/pdf/parentseducators/DS_NASA_on_the_moon_complete.pdf
NASA Apollo 50th Web Site (History before and during Apollo missions, lessons learned) https://www.nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th/index.html
NASA Science Web Site (Information about Lunar Terrain, Lunar Origins, Exploration, etc.) https://moon.nasa.gov/about/in-depth/
NASA Apollo Program https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/index.html
NASA Apollo 11 mission https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo-11.html
NASA eClip Launchpad: Apollo 11 - Challenges of Landing on the Moon (video and associated lesson plans for 9-12) https://nasaeclips.arc.nasa.gov/video/launchpad/launchpad-apollo-11-challenges-of-landing-on-the- moon
Moon Interdisciplinary Resources (Music / Geography / Drama)
Compilation of songs inspired by the moon, by state https://moon.nasa.gov/galleries/lunar-tunes/infographic/
NASA JPL Space School Musical https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/space-school-musical/
Apollo Educational Resources – Educators
EPDC Digital Badges (Online Professional Development) Moon Munchies: Engineering (K-4) https://nasa-epdc.pensarlearning.com/microcontent/303030303030303030313031 On The Moon: Engineering (6-12) https://nasa-epdc.pensarlearning.com/microcontent/303030303030303030313032 NASA's BEST: Lunar Buggy Activity https://nasa-epdc.pensarlearning.com/microcontent/303030303030303030333834
EPDC Webinar Moon to Mars Resource Overview June 10 at 6:30 p.m. EDT https://www.txstate-epdc.net/events/
NASA Express Mailing List (All kinds of NASA opportunities for students of all ages and for educators) https://www.nasa.gov/stem/express
NASA Apollo anniversary event map https://spacestem.nasa.gov/events
Downloadable Apollo anniversary logos https://www.nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th/media.html
Moon Images https://moon.nasa.gov/galleries/images
Moon Posters https://moon.nasa.gov/galleries/graphics
Multimedia, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality
3D printing models of moon’s landscape and virtual reality tours of Apollo landing sites (Google Cardboard or VR Googles needed) https://trek.nasa.gov
Exploration of landing sites and geography of the moon https://moon.nasa.gov
Tour of the Moon (NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio) https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4619
Staring Into Darkness (NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio) https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11230
Peeking Into Lunar Pits (NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio) https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=11612
Revisiting The Moon Landing (NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio) https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11679
Apollo 17 (Real time journey – audio, video, photos) https://www.apollo17.org
Moon to Mars Links
Moon to Mars Information https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars
Engineering is Out of this World - SLS in the Classroom http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/outreach/classroom.html
SLS Facts Sheet https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/factsheets.html
Spacecraft Structures Guide https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/EDC_Spacecraft_Structure s.html
Adventures in Rocket Science NASA BEST Students https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Adventures_in_Rocket_Sci ence.html
NASA BEST Students https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/best/activities.html
Orion Desktop Model https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Orion_Model.html
Orion Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/NASAOrion/