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Astronauts A to Z!

Astronauts Zoom! cover imageHow do astronauts live and work in space? Award-winning children’s science writer Deborah Lee Rose tackles these and other questions in a new picture book, Astronauts Zoom! Maryland fourth grader Maya Miller, an aspiring astronaut and engineer, has our exclusive eGFI review!

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Lunch in Outer Space!

NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37 flight engineer, uses a spoon to eat in spaceLike NASA engineering teams, students learn about and then follow the steps of the engineering design process to design and build original model devices to help astronauts eat in a microgravity environment—their own creative devices for food storage and meal preparation.

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Window On Our World

Astronaut Jessica Meir snaps photos in ISS cupolaBuilt for engineering and science discovery, the International Space Station’s cupola also delivers awe and inspiration. Get a glimpse of the engineering behind this iconic addition to the ISS along with classroom activities and resource links as we celebrate 20 years of human habitation in space.

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Jingle Bell Silencer Challenge

jingle bellsCan you muffle the sound of a jingle bell using a variety of Christmas-themed items? Explore your sense of hearing – and learn about the 1965 astronauts who played Jingle Bells in space – in this simple activity designed for preK-5 students.

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Ripening Fruit in Space

spaceship shaped like appleIn this NASA activity, students in grades 1-8 learn about the challenges of space nutrition and designing food packaging by observing, measuring, comparing, and contrasting the ripening of fruits and vegetables when exposed to air and the effect of chemical treatments to inhibit ripening.

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Get Me Off This Planet!

spaceship illustration on marsIn this lesson to teach middle school students how a spacecraft gets from the surface of the Earth to Mars, students first investigate rockets and how they are able to get us into space, then discuss the nature of an orbit as well as how orbits enable us to get from planet to planet.

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