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Audience

Educators, Students

Grade Levels

Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Higher Education

Subject

History, Human Space Exploration, Space Science, Spanish, Technology, Biographies, Historical Overviews, Solar System and Planets, Earth's Moon, Robotics, Rocketry, Virtual Reality

Type

Hands-on Activities, Interactive Multimedia, Lesson Plans / Activities, Mobile Apps, Other Multimedia, Play and Learn, Posters, Read About It, Videos, Websites

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. Read the fictional story of Callie, the first woman and person of color on the Moon. Download the interactive graphic novel and mobile apps.

Download the mobile apps available for Android and iOS to explore life-sized environments and 3D objects, including NASA’s Orion spacecraft and the lunar surface. Additional content includes videos, games, challenges to earn collector badges, and ways to participate virtually in NASA missions. Use the extended reality (XR) and web-based augmented reality (WebAR) for the full experience.

First Woman Graphic Novels and Experience

Primera Mujer Novela Gráfica y Experiencia [Version]

Reading Comprehension Guide (For Educators)

Reading Comprehension Guide (For Students)

First Woman Camp Experience

Primera experiencia de campamento de mujeres [Version]

First Woman Camp Experience #2: Expanding Our Universe

Primera experiencia de campamento para mujeres n.° 2: Expandiendo nuestro universo [Version]

Student Activity Videos

Camp Experience

Design a Spacecraft Drag System like NASA

NASA’s Deep Space Communications Game Instructions

RoboTools Engineering Design Challenge

Filling Up in Space: NASA Engineering Design Challenge

Camp Experience #2

Explore NASA’s Electrostatic Moon Duster Activity

Digging on the Moon

Print a Lunar Habitat

Finding Our Way on the Moon

“First Woman” Virtual Backgrounds

This graphic novel illustration shows the inside of a lunar space station, which is dominated by white walls that converge to form a rectangular tunnel. The walls are punctuated by computer screens displaying maps and information and blue linear accents. At left are a few research racks, or glass cases holding green plants.
An illustration of the inside of a lunar space station outfitted with research racks and computer displays.

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This graphic novel illustration shows the inside of a lunar space station, which is dominated by white walls that converge to form a rectangular tunnel tilted slightly off center. The walls are punctuated by computer screens displaying maps and information and blue linear accents. At left are a few research racks, or glass cases holding green plants. Floating throughout the lunar space station are five yellow-toned rubber duckies wearing orange-and-white launch-and-entry spacesuits with helmets that have clear visors, through which you can see their pale orange bills.

An illustration of the inside of a lunar space station, along with zero-g indicator suited rubber duckies floating throughout.

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This “First Woman” graphic novel virtual background features an illustrated scene from a lunar mission. At a lunar camp atop hilly, gray-colored terrain on the Moon, one suited astronaut in the foreground flashes the peace sign while RT, the robot sidekick with aqua-lit eyes on a linear “screen” face, waves in the foreground. Positioned slightly behind the robot, another suited crew member works on the electronics panel on one of two towering mechanical structures topped with gold, circular sun shields. A partially obstructed globe of the Earth, zeroing in on North America as seen at night, peeks out from behind lunar surface. The backdrop of this entire scene is a black sky studded with countless tiny white stars. Within the starfield are the words, “First Woman: NASA’s Promise for Humanity,” and the website “www.nasa.gov/specials/calliefirst.”

At a lunar camp, one suited astronaut flashes the peace sign while RT, the robot sidekick, waves in the foreground.

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