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Resources and Opportunities
Space Weather Explorers Week: Nov. 18 – Nov. 22
Celebrate Space Weather Explorers Week by joining a special live webinar with Dr. Lara Waldrop of the University of Illinois. Dr. Waldrop will share her story of becoming a space scientist and the leader of a new NASA mission, the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, which will study Earth’s outermost layer, the exosphere. Event Date: Nov. 21
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.
Help Scientists Search for Asteroids Around Dead Stars
The new Exoasteroids participatory science project lets you help scientists discover debris disks and asteroids around white dwarfs using images taken by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) telescope
Celebrate the Heliophysics Big Year with Free Heliophysics and Math Webinars from NASA HEAT
The Heliophysics Big Year (HBY) is a global celebration of the Sun's influence on Earth and the entire solar system. The NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT) hosts a monthly webinar for formal and informal educators, science communicators, and other heliophysics enthusiasts to promote the understanding of heliophysics in alignment with monthly HBY themes. Register for an upcoming webinar today!
Free Online Course About Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites
Our solar system is made up of much more than the Sun and the major planets and their moons. Other small objects, including asteroids and comets, along with the pieces of them that have fallen to Earth as meteorites, provide important insights into the formation of our solar system. In this free course, you will learn about these objects and explore NASA missions, as well as jobs and hobbies, that gather information about them.
Travel Through Data From Space With New Chandra 3D Instagram Experiences
Celebrate 25 years of X-ray observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory by taking a virtual trip through objects in space. The new Instagram experiences use data from Chandra and other telescopes to give users a 3D view of the Tycho Supernova Remnant, the Vela Pulsar, the Helix Nebula, the Cat’s Eye Nebula, and the Chandra spacecraft.
Girls STEAM Ahead With NASA Program Cookbook
Create your own Girls STEAM Ahead with NASA events using NASA’s Universe of Learning resources. Like any typical cookbook, the Program Cookbook includes recipes for events that are ordered by topic.
Journey Through Stars with NASA in New Minecraft Game
NASA invites gamers, educators, and students to grab their pickaxe and check out its latest collaboration with Minecraft exploring a new world inspired by the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope.
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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
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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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
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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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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NASA Express Newsletter Sign-up
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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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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