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Lesson: NASA Spinoffs (Elementary School)

Posted on 05/03/2021 at 03:40 PM by Virginia Smith

In this lesson, students will learn the impact of space technology on their lives because of inventions that originated from...

Posted on 03/03/2021 at 12:01 PM by Virginia Smith

In this lesson, students will learn about animals that have traveled to space in research missions. They will discover why...

Posted on 02/02/2021 at 05:53 PM by Virginia Smith

Students will construct a paper rocket and launch it with a straw. In the process, they will learn about concepts...

Posted on 12/09/2020 at 08:26 AM by Virginia Smith

In this astronomy lesson for young learners, students will make connections with their own experiences looking at a night sky....

Posted on 09/28/2020 at 03:56 PM by Virginia Smith

In this lesson, students will analyze and define the word "astronaut" and also identify purposes of a spacesuit as they...

Posted on 08/13/2020 at 06:18 PM by Virginia Smith

Cadet 2d Lt. Joshua Ling of Hawaii Wing Civil Air Patrol's West Oahu Composite Squadron discusses the Aerodynamics of an...

Posted on 07/16/2020 at 02:56 PM by Virginia Smith

In this lesson, cadets and students will learn about the basics of how flight works by creating a simple foam...

Posted on 06/09/2020 at 02:15 PM by Virginia Smith

In this lesson, students will learn about the physics of helicopter flight. They will conduct test flights of a paper...

Posted on 05/27/2020 at 09:44 AM by Virginia Smith

This lesson lets students explore the effects of gravity on plant growth, a process called geotropism or gravitropism. Since this...

Posted on 05/06/2020 at 02:23 PM by Virginia Smith

In this lesson, children will make a model of a wind sock and observe the direction of the wind. Young...