For Kids and Students

The school year has come to an end, and those long summer days are stretching ahead like an open runway. Parents and educators often worry about the “summer slide,” the concept that students may lose academic ground while out of school. But summer doesn’t mean students’ imaginations have to stay grounded! Are you hoping to […]

Posted June 17, 2024

Learning Resources

For Kids and Students

Grades 5 - 8

Flag Day – One Small Flag’s Incredible Journey

This article is for students grades 5-8. This story tells the tale of one small American flag fortunate enough to embark on an incredible journey. It wasn’t the first flag to ride into space, or the most famous flag that went into space — that honor probably goes to the Stars and Stripes planted on the […]

Posted June 13, 2024

For Kids and Students

Astronauts

Humans in Space

In-flight Education Downlinks

ISS Research

Learning Resources

New York Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station

Students from Syracuse City School District and Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, will have an opportunity this week to hear from alumna and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps aboard the International Space Station. The space to Earth call will stream live at 10 a.m. EDT April 18, on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, and the […]

Posted April 16, 2024

2024 Solar Eclipse

Eclipses

For Kids and Students

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Heliophysics Division

Science Mission Directorate

Skywatching

Solar Eclipses

NASA Launches Snap It! Computer Game to Learn About Eclipses

On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will be visible to over 30 million people across North America. To help kids learn about solar eclipses, NASA is launching Snap It! An Eclipse Photo Adventure. The Snap It! game – designed for kids ages 7 and up – lets players help out the Traveler, an enthusiastic character who […]

Posted March 8, 2024

STEM Engagement at NASA

For Kids and Students

NASA Pi Day Challenge Serves Up a Mathematical Marvel

Celebrate one of the world’s most famous numbers with a set of math problems involving real space missions, courtesy of the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. March 14 marks the annual celebration of the mathematical constant pi, aka the Greek letter π. Its infinite number of digits is usually rounded to 3.14, hence the date of […]

Posted March 7, 2024

Quesst (X-59)

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

For Kids and Students

Learning Resources

NASA Headquarters

Quesst: The Mission

Quesst: The Science

Quesst: The Team

STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA Grants to Engage Students in Quiet Supersonic Community Overflight

NASA has issued new grants to five universities to help develop education plans for the community overflight phase of the agency’s Quesst mission, which aims to demonstrate the possibility of supersonic flight without the typical loud sonic booms.

Posted February 27, 2024

For Kids and Students

Explore

Grades 5 - 8

What Is the Artemis Program? (Grades 5-8)

This article is for students grades 5-8. Artemis is NASA’s new lunar exploration program, which includes sending the first woman and first person of color on the Moon. Through the Artemis missions, NASA will use new technology to study the Moon in new and better ways, and prepare for human missions to Mars. Why Is […]

Posted November 22, 2023

For Kids and Students

Grades K - 4

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What Is the Artemis Program? (Grades K-4)

This article is for students grades K-4. Artemis is a new NASA program to explore the Moon. These missions will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon. With the Artemis program, NASA will study the Moon in new and better ways. Why Is This Program Called Artemis? The first astronauts […]

Posted November 22, 2023

For Kids and Students

Grades K - 4

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What Is a Black Hole? (Grades K – 4)

This article is for students grades K-4. A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out. The gravity is so strong because matter has been squeezed into a tiny space. This can happen when a star is dying. Because no light can get […]

Posted November 21, 2023

For Kids and Students

Laser Activity Board

Next Generation Science Standards Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer (MS-PS4) Grades 5-8. Students strengthen their understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum, specifically lasers and their applications, through a series of math, writing, and graphing challenges.

Posted October 16, 2023