Get off My Planet - Stuff about space
Build your own Mars Helicopter
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/build_your_own_mars_helicopter.pdf
At Home AEX Activity for the young
International Space Station Activity Book
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/iss_activity_book.pdf
The Challenger Center - Stem at home - grades 3 to 9+ science lessons and planning trips to the Moon and Mars. https://www.challenger.org/challenger_lessons/stem-at-home/?blm_aid=10875905&fbclid=IwAR3PwOWuJc-61-BQh5wP3mnU7jcAa7bc09K61-at0B-WgLXV7WqlWOtTIpk
NASA and JPL - Living in space https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/imagine-youre-an-astronaut/?fbclid=IwAR3VJDPiTYVTngyOpdF1VEJAUOqUlta2NcXZAY3MdkwHPJp1Ksg3K6842UU
US National Lab and ISS - Science Lessons and Activities https://www.issnationallab.org/stem/learn-at-home/?utm_source=Ambassador+Announcement&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Learn-at-Home&utm_content=Learn+at+Home+website&fbclid=IwAR1eJeFfcEICnU5SOtRJa9vBV68CQIvNSAepZE2idIMjk5qgB3E-ohf3j1s
Making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in space https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=you+tube+living+on+the+internatinal+space+station&&view=detail&mid=2CCC15629648E0A84AD62CCC15629648E0A84AD6&rvsmid=0DAE71C4FD4A4A2DE2930DAE71C4FD4A4A2DE293&F ORM=VDQVAP
Living and Working on the Space Station https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=you+tube+living+on+the+internatinal+space+station&docid=608049076736033708&mid=0DAE71C4FD4A4A2DE2930DAE71C4FD4A4A2DE293&view=detail&FORM=VIRE (Living and Working on the International Space Station.)
Repairing the Hubble Telescope in Space https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=you+tube+hubble+repair&&view=detail&mid=8D56E0D990CD4B4A03418D56E0D990CD4B4A0 341&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dyou%2520tube%2520hubble%2520repair%26qs%3Dn%26form%3DQBVDMH%26sp%3D-1%26pq%3Dyou%2520tube %2520hubble%2520repair%26sc%3D0-22%26sk%3D%26cvid%3DC568674EA93C46BEA9EB7A3032F2BB60
Rocket Fuels
Rockets and Missiles 53 min
Rocket Staging
History of Rockets
How Do Rockets Work
National Association of Rocketry (NAR) offers Teachers and Youth Group Leaders Resources
The NAR offers Free Resource downloads (http://www.nar.org/educational-resources/) produced by members who have helped teachers and youth group leaders like yourself all over the United States.
National Association of Rockets (& LtCol Michael Castania, CAP, NJW)
A Good Time for a Productive Distraction
In NAR we would say anytime is a good time to build a rocket, but in this unsettled moment we are now enduring where much of the country is sequestered at home, building a rocket kit is a productive distraction. As a teacher, your school where you work and your children's school as well may be closed so this unexpected furlough is a chance for their enrichment and your professional development. Hopefully you will have the local retailers who sell rockets that are still open, at least enough to "pick up curbside," but if not there are many vendors online for shopping and delivery. Rockets need only household tools for assembly-white glue, sandpaper, tape, items you probably already have. In an day of concentrated effort and you will have your bird completed. There are plenty of videos online for help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxQ7vGgXx5Y, or see https://www.nar.org/educational-resources/model-rocket-building-techniques/. Then you can explore how to use the rocket in your class. There are resources at https://www.nar.org/educational-resources/. By the time the weather gets warmer you'll be able to go out and fly, hopefully with your class or a rocket club. The national crisis upon us will pass and we will have clear skies again. Let's build for that day!
Design the vehicles to be the first to race on the moon https://moonmark.space/moon-mark-and-intuitive-machines-partner-to-launch-first-ever-race-on-the-moon/
NASA Video, podcast and books https://www.nasa.gov/specials/nasaathome/index.html
NASA - Take tours of tours of various labs by selecting from a list. Lots of icons to click on. It is worth making the sound work, easy to move and navigate. https://www.nasa.gov/glennvirtualtours
NASA - Take a tour through Hubble Mission Control by watching several videos. Pause/finish one video before starting the next or both will play at the same time. Use full screen mode to see everything discussed. https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-360-degree-virtual-tour
NASA - Take a virtual tour of the Langley VA facility - Tour is a picture with a pretty good zoom feature and a lot of reading. Very informative links in the reading. Good if you are doing a term paper. Best way to find the "tours" is to type "virtual tours" into the search box in the top right. Best part for me was the "Galleries" Most are free to copy and use.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/langley/virtual-tour-goes-behind-the-scenes-at-nasa-langley
NASA - We might finally be back in the space business!! A short article
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/01/world/nasa-spacex-crew-dragon-launch-scn/index.html
JPL - View of Mars
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/details.php?id=1611
JPL - Plans to get samples from Mars
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/details.php?id=1609
AI 4 Mars - Help teach Mars Rovers how to classify terrain.
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/hiro-ono/ai4mars
Planet 4 - Explore the weather and geography of Mars' South Pole region.
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/mschwamb/planet-four
Protect our planet from solar storms.
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/lepnoir/protect-our-planet-from-solar-storms
Kepler's Second Mission - Discover new planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy.
https://www.zooniverseorg/projects/ianc2/exoplanet-explorers
Smithsonian https://airandspace.si.edu/gsearch/Lesson%2BPlans
Lesson plans on space and aircraft. (List on left)
Click on the objects for interesting side stories
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum - Lots of links and videos https://airandspace.si.edu/learn?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=ad&utm_campaign=k12resources&fbclid=IwAR17BQP6JJpKHkgNAkwIsoeIhH3pd5-mwbrJkKLIdLdaDDxgNDVMMj06dj4
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Virtual Tour - Get the layout of the building by rotating until you see a green square with the arrow. click on the arrow to go to that hall. hard to see exhibits - read articles by clicking on images on the right.
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/your-tour-through-national-air-and-space-museum
Smithsonian walk around the Shuttle Discovery - Let the audio play and when done press the arrow on either side of the screen. This is not a self-guided tour. Space Shuttle Discovery
National Air and Space Museum Join your hosts as they tell fascinating stories from one of the world's most visited museums, the National Air and Space Museum, which contains the largest and most significant collection of air- and spacecraft in the world.
- Mythbusters fan? Learn how Adam Savage, Smithsonian experts and makers across the country reimagined an incredible piece of Apollo engineering.
- Have you ever wished on a shooting star? Learn why meteor showers occur, when's the best time to watch and what you're actually looking at (spoiler: most meteors are A LOT smaller than you think).
- Don't miss a thing! Join the AirSpace hosts for a rewatch of the 1998 film Armageddon to see how many inaccuracies they could find, including a few things that seemed ridiculous, but actually turned out to be true!
How do Satellites Get and Stay in Orbit https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=you+tube+weather+satellites&&view=detail&mid=10AE2AC6F625374BE0FC10AE2AC6F625374 BE0FC&&FORM=VDRVRV
Satellite Types and Orbits
Scale of Solar System time, planets distance https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=you+tube+scale+of+solar+system&docid=608017543075008410&mid=B3673CCE2491AE7D75E CB3673CCE2491AE7D75EC&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
Celestial Objects
Magnetosphere
Rotation and Revolution
Gravity, Weight, and Mass
Three links that are fun and educational for the Middle School and Below set
https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-at-home-for-kids-and-families
https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/educators/programs/au/
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-search.cfm
Space Exploration Games: https://www.thegamer.com/best-space-exploration-games/
Space: the Final Frontier Activities: Launch students into orbit with Education World activities on the wonders and mystery of pace. https://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson212.shtml
Astronomy: Free interactive resources for teaching Earth and space science. Bring out your students' inner scientist with scientifically accurate models & activities. https://learn.concord.org/resources/subject/earth-space?gclid=CjwKCAjw7LX0BRBiEiwA__gNw26QXkD4HOnFo1byKA33b_zfYkKobM4NdvIpN60mPEAY1OYt1FvZVRoCel4QAvD_BwE
Newton's Laws of Motion
Discovery Channel - a wide variety of topics including some of the pandering shows but has links to some astronomy stuff listed below. https://www.discovery.com/
https://www.discovery.com/science/stuck-at-home--try-looking-up-
https://www.discovery.com/science/get-celestial-with-lowell-observatory-live-
https://www.discovery.com/exploration/all-of-the-places-on-the-web-where-you-catch-live-content-from-a
EarshSky.org - Lots of astronomy stuff including date specific events
Space.com - lots of space stuff but I would click on Space Flight and Science and Astronomy in the dark blue banner at the top.
https://www.space.com/comet-atlas-may-be-brightenting.html
Free college courses - Credits and certificates are extra - Several Weeks of material
- https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-aerospace-structures-and-materials
- https://www.edx.org/course/cosmic-rays-dark-matter-and-the-mysteries-of-the-2
- https://www.coursera.org/learn/satellite-communications
https://www.edx.org/school/smithsonianx - This one has a Star Trek
Master Class with Astronaut Chris Hadfield - College Level - 2hr 9m - $180
https://www.masterclass.com/classes/chris-hadfield-teaches-space-exploration?utm_source=Paid&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_term=Aq-Prospecting&utm_content=Image-Thrive&utm_campaign=CH&fbclid=IwAR3kRYG1F-W_o0YuyHtbj-KK4-cnLAITjYDSVaetwrMAc-VuXOJLh-wefGg
Hands-On Astronomy Activities: https://asppublications.org/education/hands-on-astronomy-activities/
Project: Make a Paper Mars Helicopter
Project: Code a Mars Helicopter Video Game
Mars Activities for Students Collection
Mars Lessons for Educators Collection
Walking Through an Exploded Star: https://chandra.cfa.harvard.edu/vr/casa/
Activity :In conjunction with the virtual tour, answer open questions on the WTES quiz (attached).
Planet Hunters :https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/nora-dot-eisner/planet-hunters-tess
Activity: Catalogue 5 to 10 interesting or relevant screenshots and offer a short explanation for each of them.
Become a home astronaut - practice you missions just like the astronauts in training
Combine any of these (or add your own suggestions) with CAP's two Astronomy STEM Books for a winning AE lesson. (AE Downloads and Resources) https://www.capnhq.gov/CAP.AEDownloads.Web/
1. Ever wondered what objects are up in the sky? Now you can get familiar with Astronomy by identifying stars, planets, and constellations. Also look up deep sky objects from the Messier and NGC catalogs. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details…
2. Like the others, point this at the sky to see what's above you. But then, when you're done, point it down on the ground to get a view of the sky on the other side of the world. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details…
3. You don't need to be an astronomer to find stars or constellations in the sky, just open SkyView® Free and let it guide you to their location and identify them. SkyView Free is a beautiful and intuitive stargazing app that uses your camera to precisely spot and identify celestial objects in sky, day or night. Find popular constellations as they fade in and out while you scan across the sky, locate planets in our solar system, discover distant galaxies, and witness satellite fly-bys.
Features:
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- Simple: Point your device at the sky to identify galaxies, stars, constellations, planets, and satellites (including the ISS and Hubble) passing overhead at your location.
- Night Mode: Preserve your night vision with red or green night mode filters.
- Augmented Reality (AR): Use your camera to spot objects in the sky, day or night.
- Sky Paths: Follow the sky track for any object to see it’s exact location in the sky on any date and time.
- Time Travel: Jump to the future or the past and see the sky on different dates and times.
- Social: Capture and share beautiful images with friends and family on social networks.
- Mobile: WiFi is NOT required (does not require a data signal or GPS to function). Take it camping, boating, or even flying!
- Supports Space Navigator™ binoculars, spotting scope, and telescopes.
What a fun way to teach yourself, your children, your students, or your cadets about our wonderful universe! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details…
4. Come explore with NASA and discover the latest images, videos, mission information, news, feature stories, tweets, NASA TV and featured content with the NASA app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.nasa
Want to get more involved with astronomy? Here is a great resource. American Astronomical Society (AAS) https://aas.org/
All sorts of topics - Check out transparent rockets - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su9EVeHqizY