Welcome to the Langley Virtual Grab Bag!
Here you’ll find free activities and a poster available for download. Relevant links are also included at the bottom of this page.
Download the Activities:
Flight
Make Your Own X-59
Senses of Sound
Low Boom Litho
aero_maze.pdf
NASA Space Crafts: Make a Paper Airplane
Exploration
Forward to the Moon with Artemis Explorer Activities
Science
NASA Langley Research Center Science Directorate
Elementary Globe Coloring Pages
NASA GLOBE Clouds Family Guide
Other NASA Resources
NASA’s Langley Research Center’s Official Virtual Tour: Explore NASA’s Langley Research Center from the comfort of your own home with Langley’s official Virtual Tour! Discover historic wind tunnels, innovative engineering buildings, and much more through 360 videos and photos. https://oh.larc.nasa.gov/oh/. Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nasalarc.
NASA at Home: Let NASA bring the universe to you through NASA at Home. Discover e-books, science experiments, educational videos, podcasts, STEM activities and more: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/nasaathome/index.htm.
NASA Space Crafts: A series of quick and easy DIY arts and crafts projects with how-to videos for kids to complete at home or in the classroom. Kids have fun while learning about all things NASA: Draw a Rover and Helicopter on Mars, Learn to Draw Astronauts on the Moon, Make a Katherine Johnson Paper Doll and Make Your Own Paper Airplanes.
NASA Langley Scientists Contribute to Award-winning Children’s Book: The Council of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) awarded the Elementary GLOBE storybook What’s Up in the Atmosphere: Exploring Colors in the Sky the 2021 Louis J. Battan Authors’ Award, K-12. The book was sponsored by NASA through the SAGE III on ISS and CALIPSO missions and supported by a group of NASA Langley scientists and communicators. Info: https://go.nasa.gov/2Ql26Lt.
NASA STEM at Home: Choose from a collection of activities, DIY science, “free-range exploration” and other things to do at home. Access everything from activities you can do at home to amazing imagery and stories about how science and exploration are lifting our world: https://www.nasa.gov/stem
NASA’s Next Gen STEM: NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement executed a series of efforts to develop STEM products and opportunities that provide a platform for students to contribute to NASA’s endeavors in exploration and discovery. These mission-driven activities include over 20 evidence-based products and opportunities to engage students in authentic STEM experiences. NASA is working to provide mission-driven experiences that enhance STEM literacy and help build a vibrant and diverse next-generation STEM workforce. https://www.nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem/index.html
Next Gen STEM Commercial Crew Program: NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is working with Boeing and SpaceX to design, develop and test systems to send astronauts to the Space Station. Next Gen STEM has resources for K-12 educators that include engineering design challenges, coding, digital badging, virtual reality and more. https://www.nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem/commercial_crew/index.html
Next Gen STEM Moon to Mars: Next Gen STEM has activities focused on NASA’s Exploration Campaign for Moon to Mars. With a focus on NASA’s integrated transportation systems and platforms, namely the Orion capsule, the Space Launch System (SLS Rocket) and the Gateway Lunar Outpost, here you will find STEM resources such as engineering design challenges, supporting curriculum modules, digital badges and webinars for the middle and high school grade levels nationwide. https://www.nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem/moon_to_mars/index.html
Next Gen STEM Aeronaut-X: Discover how NASA’s technological breakthroughs of today transform tomorrow’s future with Aeronaut-X. Aeronaut-X STEM activities focus on cutting-edge aeronautics content that will encourage our future aviation explorers to take a deep dive into the world of a new generation of flight. https://www.nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem/aeronaut-x/index.html
Virginia Air & Space Science Center: The Virginia Air & Space Science Center is the official visitor center for NASA’s Langley Research Center. Located in Hampton, Virginia, the center features interactive STEM exhibits related to flight, more than 30 historic aircraft, space artifacts and a hands-on space gallery for explorers of all ages. Info: https://www.vasc.org/. Shop the Virginia Air & Space Science Center’s Online Gift Shop: https://sales.vasc.org/GiftShop.aspx. Find the Virginia Air & Space Science Center on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vaairandspacecenter.
Virginia Public Media + NASA At Home Show: Hosted by the NASA Langley Office of STEM Engagement, this series of NASA at Home features NASA-produced videos and resources for students in grades 4- 7. In each episode, a NASA Education Specialist reinforces science concepts by demonstrating hands-on activities that can be done at home using easy-to-find materials. Topics include NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, and the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. Each episode is correlated with Virginia Standards of Learning. Watch: https://vpm.org/articles/14425/nasa-at-home.
Virginia Space Grant Consortium: https://vsgc.spacegrant.org/course/. Find a Space Grant Consortium in your state here: https://www.nasa.gov/stem/spacegrant/home/Space_Grant_Consortium_Websites.html.
Learn to code with Tynker: https://www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/nasa-moon-2-mars or https://www.nasa.gov/feature/kids-can-join-nasa-s-journey-forward-to-the-moon-with-tynker-coding-challenge/.
Links to external organizations are included for informational purposes only. No official NASA or other endorsements are intended or implied.