EDUCATION: BASIC INFORMATION
Slooh, Thank You! A look through a telescope was an important early moment in my scientific education, as it is for many kids, especially today with the high cost of telescopes and so much light pollution in so many places. One solution is offered by Slooh, which runs a series of automated observatories around the world. It is a commercial endeavor, but for a modest cost students can engage in live telescope control and receive age-appropriate learning activities. Slooh isn’t just for students, either. Check it out at https://www.slooh.com.
The Archive of JPL’s Theodore von Kármán Lectures is an outstanding educational resource. JPL has posted many past von Kármán lectures, covering a wide range of topics; see: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/jpl-and-the-community/lecture-series.
Check out NASA’s Explore Flight “Museum in a Box!” For everyone, especially students in grades 5-12: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/museum-in-a-box-combined-lessons-02-09-11.pdf
BASIC INFORMATION
For Teachers: https://www.nasa.gov/stem/foreducators/k-12/index.html; NASA EXPRESS Newsletter: https://www.nasa.gov/stem/express
For Students: https://www.nasa.gov/stem/express and chat with other students and NASA experts at the NASA STEM Stars page; see: https://www.nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem/nasa-stem-stars/index.html
For the Media: https://www.nasa.gov/news/media/info/index.html
Join NASA’s Museum and Informal Education Alliance! For more information, see: https://informal.jpl.nasa.gov/museum/About
NASA has made a major investment in the advancement and promotion of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education. You can check out their offerings at https://www.nasa.gov/stem. See browsing tabs for students and teachers at different grade levels.
STEM for Educators: https://www.nasa.gov/stem/foreducators/k-12/index.html
The NASA Mars 2020 STEM Toolkit could be a valuable resource for teachers, and for lifelong learners as well. See: https://go.nasa.gov/mars-stem-toolkit.
NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement offerings under their NextGen STEM Program:
Small Steps to Giant Leaps: https://www.nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem/ssgl/index.html
Commercial Crew Program: https://www.nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem/commercial_crew/index.html
Moon to Mars: https://www.nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem/moon_to_mars/index.html
STEM on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem_on_station/index.html
NASA Aerospace Education Resources
Join NASA’s Aeronautics for Educators Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nasaaeronauticsforeducators
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Education Resources: https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/resources
Leveled Readers: https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/resources/leveled-readers
Museum in a Box: https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/resources/museum-in-a-box
NASA Aeronaut-X STEM for Next Gen: https://www.nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem/aeronaut-x/index.html
STEM Modules for Aeronautics for K-4: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/aero-prek.pdf
STEM Module: Quiet(er) Supersonic Flight: https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/stem/X59
STEM Module: “Seeing” Sound (Educator’s Guide): https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/chevrons-educator-guide-v6.pdf
STEM Module: X-57 Electric Airplane: https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/stem/X57
STEM Module: Advanced Air Mobility: https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/stem/AAM
Astronomy Teaching Aids for the Visually Impaired: NASA recently released the digital files for 3-D printing of tactile models of the Chandra data of X-Ray universe, see: https://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/misc/visually_impaired.html.
Check out the JPL STEM Education website: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu! It has sections aimed at teachers, K-12 students, college students, and getting an internship at JPL. The “Learn” section has a LOT of really good learning activities for your (grand)children and students, and the “Teach” section has a LOT of resources for K-12 teachers and (grand)parents. Don’t miss the “Events” section, either. The JPL team had done a great job in creating wonderful on-line resource for learning at all levels!
NASA Has a First “A” and the mission directorate concerned with “aeronautics” has a number of teacher and learning resources; see: https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/resources.
See also: Ferguson, Robert G., 2013, NASA’s First A: Aeronautics from 1958 to 2008, from the NASA History Series, SP-2012-4412. ISBN 978-1-62683-010-3. It’s available as a free download at: http://www.nasa.gov/ebooks!
NOTE: The latest monthly NASA Aeronautics STEM Newsletter is posted on the A+StW website’s “Archive: Other Stuff” page, see here. Sign up to get your own monthly NASA Aeronautics STEM Newsletter here.