Outside the Classroom
Explore STEM Resources for Parents and Families, Youth Groups and Community Organizations, Museums and Planetariums, and Citizen Scientists.
Resources and Opportunities
GLOBE Mission Mosquito Webinar: GLOBE Chronicles of Change
Join the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) program’s Mission Mosquito team for a hands-on webinar that introduces participants to different data sources that can enrich GLOBE data collected locally. Educators will leave the webinar with a template they can use to reproduce this activity with their learners. Event Date: Jan. 30
Bring Space Exploration to Your Classroom With NASA’s Artifact Module
NASA’s Artifact Program offers your organization the opportunity to enhance STEM education and spark curiosity in future innovators by bringing authentic space artifacts into your classroom or exhibit. Enrich your curriculum with various historical items from NASA’s collection, from spacecraft models and mission equipment to astronaut gear and engineering instruments. Request Deadline: Jan. 31
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
ARISS-US is accepting proposals from U.S. schools, museums, and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host an amateur radio contact with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station between July 1 and Dec. 31. To maximize these events, ARISS-US is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. Proposal Deadline: Feb. 28
NASA's Astrophoto Challenge: Winter 2025
Join NASA's Universe of Learning for an exciting opportunity to use real astronomical data and tools to create your own beautiful images. Capture your own real-time telescope image using the MicroObservatory robotic telescope network. Or work with archival data files taken with multi-wavelength NASA missions from NASA (Webb, Hubble, Chandra, GALEX, and WISE). Entry Deadline: Feb. 28
Joint Polar Satellite System STEM Activity: Where in the World is Leo DelMar – An Oceanic Mystery
In this escape room-style activity, use clues – plus JPSS maps, data, and imagery – to solve the mystery of a missing person. You will be introduced to real satellite imagery of the ocean and test your graph reading skills.
Get Ready to GOES With Virtual Visits
Are you interested in enhancing your Earth and space science lessons with STEM experts? Connect your students with the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-R Series) weather satellite program during a Virtual Visit.
Spot the Station
See the International Space Station! As the third brightest object in the sky the space station is easy to see if you know when to look up.
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Competitive Grant Opportunity
NASA Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II)
Next Gen STEM, a project of NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement, enables informal education institutions to bring meaningful NASA connections and mission-inspired STEM content and programs into their communities via the TEAM II competitive awards program.
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Resources For Students Grades K-4
Play games, do puzzles, color, and make things!
Whether you are looking for activities to do as a family, teach specific mission-related or STEM concepts to students or want to get creative and learn how to draw Artemis, there is something for everyone.
Students Grades K-4
Resources For Students Grades 5-8
Build spacey things, play games and puzzles, watch videos, explore new topics, or read about NASA!
Come and let NASA take you on an adventure! NASA has all sorts of resources for students in grades 5-8. No matter where you are, there’s always something new to learn at NASA!
Students Grades 5-8
NASA STEM Artemis Moon Trees
NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement partnered with U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Services to fly five species of tree seeds aboard Artemis I as part of a national STEM Engagement and conservation education initiative.
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Partnering with NASA STEM Engagement
NASA STEM Engagement fosters an array of new partnerships that connect students from across the nation with NASA’s most exciting endeavors. These efforts reach students as young as prekindergarten through university undergraduates, including students from groups and communities underrepresented in STEM. Through partnerships between industry and NASA’s experts and resources, these agreements forge connections to the Artemis missions, the Mars Perseverance landing, STEM careers, and more.
Partnering with NASA STEM Engagement
Museum and Informal Education (MIE) Alliance
The Museum and Informal Education Alliance is an active community of practice that provides informal educators with access to NASA resources.
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Artemis Camp Experience
This set of hands-on activities tells the story of NASA’s Artemis Program that will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon. Intended for use in K-12 informal education settings such as after school programs, summer camps, STEM nights, and weekend workshops, this education resource is sure to bring the excitement of returning to the Moon to the Artemis Generation of Explorers.
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'First Woman' Graphic Novel and Camp Experience
This set of hands-on activities accompanies NASA’s “First Woman” graphic novel series, which tells the story of Callie Rodriguez, the first woman to explore the Moon. While Callie is a fictional character, the first female astronaut and person of color will soon set foot on the Moon. Intended for use in K–12 informal education settings such as after-school programs, summer camps, STEM nights, and weekend workshops, this First Woman Camp Experience Guide will bring the excitement of NASA’s science and technology.
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Visit NASA
The NASA visitor centers invite you to share in America's triumphant adventures in space. Our family of world-class facilities wants your family to experience our unique blend of education and entertainment. It's an insider's view that only we could offer.
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Are you looking for the latest NASA resources for teachers, parents, caregivers, and students? Subscribe to the NASA EXPRESS newsletter to get the latest NASA STEM opportunities delivered to your inbox every Thursday.
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Learn More About Citizen Science
NASA’s citizen science projects are collaborations between scientists and interested members of the public. Through these collaborations, volunteers (known as citizen scientists) have helped make thousands of important scientific discoveries. More than 410 NASA citizen scientists have been named as co-authors on refereed scientific publications. NASA citizen science projects are open to everyone around the world, not limited to U.S. citizens or residents.
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