NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Goddard Institute for Space Studies Office of Education Contacts Matthew Pearce, Education Specialist [email protected] 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/ .