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NASA Goddard Flight Center | Goddard Institute for Space Studies Office of Education Contacts

Matthew Pearce, Education Specialist matthew.d.pearce@.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 , where they learn about and the 11 mission (featuring Amy Mainzer, NASA JPL astronomer). pbskids.org

Apollo Educational Resources – K - 5

NASA Knows! Series (Overview of 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 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 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 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 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 (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 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/