Saturday, December 9, 2023

🎁 Give the Gift of Wonder 😯

Unwrap new ways to engage students in STEM with NASA 

EDUCATION UPDATES | DECEMBER 2023

Here's a gift idea that doesn't cost a thing

Event: Send Your Name to Jupiter

Send a loved one's name to Jupiter with NASA's Europa Clipper mission. December is the last month to add your name to a microchip that will be flown on the spacecraft along with a poem written by the U.S. Poet Laureate, Ada Limón.

Explore related activities students can do in class or over winter break to engage in STEAM learning related to the Europa Clipper mission.

 

Plus, all the year's new STEM education resources unwrapped

We added tons of new education resources to our online catalog in 2023. Here's a reminder of what's new in case you missed it ...

Articles

Teachable Moments: NASA Balloon Mission Designed to See the Space Between Stars
Teachable Moments: The Science of Solar Eclipses and How to Watch With NASA
Teachable Moments: Asteroid Mission Aims to Explore Mysteries of Earth's Core
Teachable Moments: Exploring the Mystery of Our Expanding Universe
Teachable Moments: 10 Years of NASA's Pi Day Challenge
Teachable Moments: How InSight Revealed the Heart of Mars
 

Educator Guides

Lesson: Make a Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator - New for 2024
Lesson: How to Explore an Asteroid

Lesson | Grades 3-8

How to Explore an Asteroid

Lesson: Decoding Space Images With the DSN
Lesson: Pi in the Sky 10

Lesson | Grades 5-12

Pi in the Sky 10

Lesson: Model the Expanding Universe

Lesson | Grades 6-12

Model the Expanding Universe

Lesson: Mars Sample Return Coding Challenge
Lesson: Balancing Forces

Lesson | Grades 8-12

Balancing Forces

Lesson: Exploring the Doppler Effect With NASA
 

Student Activities

Project: Make a Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator - New for 2024
Lesson: Model How the Solar System Formed

Project | Grades 3-12

Model How the Solar System Formed

Lesson: Draw Your Own Psyche Spacecraft

Project | Grades 3-12

Draw Your Own Psyche Spacecraft

 

Expert Talks

Expert Talk: Observing the Universe

Learning Space With NASA

Observing the Universe

Expert Talk: Exploring Asteroids With Psyche

Learning Space With NASA

Exploring Asteroids With Psyche

Expert Talk: Make a Water Filtration Device

Learning Space With NASA

Make a Water Filtration Device

Expert Talk: Make a Mars Helicopter

Learning Space With NASA

Make a Mars Helicopter

Expert Talk: Make a Cardboard Rover

Learning Space With NASA

Make a Cardboard Rover

 

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