Lessons

Mission Bravo Oscar

In this standards based lesson, watch as students work in groups modeled after real-life mission teams at Blue Origin with a shared goal of a successful rocket launch.

Partner: Estes Education

Grade Levels: 5-11 / Age: 10-18

Mission Bravo Oscar 1-Day Mission

Engage students at summer camps and youth programs with a condensed Blue Origin STEM mission that can be completed in a single day!

Partner: Estes Education

Grade Levels: 5-11 / Age: 10-18

Rocket Ratios

In this standards based lesson, use a model of Blue Origin's New Shepard to teach your students critical skills like ratios, proportions, and scale drawings with this unit plan!

Partner: Estes Education

Grade Levels: 6-9 / Age: 11-14

Does Mass Matter?

In this lesson, students will answer the question, Does the mass of a model rocket affect the altitude, velocity and duration of the rocket’s flight? Your students are part of a group of engineers working for Rockets R US which has been contracted to build rockets that will carry the PocketLab Data Analyzer to astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS).

Partner: Estes Education

Grade Levels: 6-8 / Age: 11-13

Rock-it with Data Science

Hacking STEM is excited to partner with Blue Origin’s nonprofit, Club for the Future, to highlight how a data science process is used to help determine a Go/No-Go for launch of a Blue Origin New Shepard Rocket in this NGSS, ISTE, and CSTA standards aligned lesson.

Partner: Microsoft Hacking STEM

Grade Levels: 6-10 / Age: 11-15

Day of Data: Rockets

We're excited to collaborate with NASA to bring you the Day of Data: Rockets program, where your students explore how data powers our astronauts, our space missions, and our world. Celebrate data with on-demand conversations with astronauts, lesson plans, and virtual experiences. Prepare your students for the future by tapping into their creativity and curiosity with NASA and Microsoft Hacking STEM. Take them on a journey to outer space!

Partner: Microsoft Hacking STEM

Grade Levels: 3-7 / Age: 8-12

Project Ianos: Space Themed Expeditions

Project Ianos materials blend immersive, hosted videos with a standards-aligned curriculum of hands-on activities. Designed by teachers for teachers, each Expedition and its associated Missions focus on a specific aspect of human spaceflight.

Partner: Project Ianos

Grade Levels: 5-8 / Age: 10-13

Challenger Virtual Missions

Kick off your Earth and space science unit with our interactive Destination Mars and Destination Moon simulations, where students experience real-world STEM careers, and are placed into teams to conduct research and collaborate to find solutions to urgent challenges.

Partner: Destination Moon and Destination Mars

Grade Levels: 5-8 / Age: 10-13

Big Chicken Space Advertisement

Create an advertisement to attract customers to your new space-related business. This can be a billboard, magazine cover, brochure, social media ad, or other advertising medium of your choosing.

Partner: Big Chicken

Grade Levels: 6-12 / Age: 11-18

Space Constitution

Create a constitution to govern a human population living and working in space in this standards based lesson.

Partner: Club for the Future

Grade Levels: 4-8 / Age: 9-13

Engineering for Space

In this standards based lesson, sketch a prototype design for a new technology that could be used to help meet the needs of people living and working in space.

Partner: Club for the Future

Grade Levels: 4-8 / Age: 9-13

Space Marketing

Create artwork for a business venture related to space and use it to describe your idea in this standards based lesson.

Partner: Club for the Future

Grade Levels: 4-8 / Age: 9-13

Astro Cup

In this standards based lesson, your mission is to take on the role of an acoustic engineer and investigate different materials that will keep your crew capsule noise at a quiet, comfortable level.

Partner: Club for the Future

Grade Levels: 6-10 / Age: 11-15

Flip Space Activities

Flip is a simple, free, and accessible video discussion experience for educators, learners, and families. Check out Club for the Future's partner page to explore space-related topics.

All Ages

Wonderopolis

Welcome to Wonderopolis, a place where natural curiosity and imagination lead to exploration and discovery in learners of all ages. Each day, we pose an intriguing question—the Wonder of the Day—and explore it in a variety of ways.

All Ages

Student Astronaut Challenge

The Student Astronaut Challenge is an aero-space based competition sponsored by Florida State University and presented with cooperation from NASA and the Kennedy Space Center. The focus of the competition is the mobile Space Flight Simulator which was designed to replicate the retired NASA Space Shuttle.

Age: 11-18

Conrad Challenge

The Conrad Challenge is a purpose-driven innovation competition creating the next generation of entrepreneurs who will change the world!

Age: 13-18

NASA Space Place

NASA Space Place's mission is to inspire and enrich upper-elementary-aged kids' learning of space and Earth science online through fun games, hands-on activities, informative articles and engaging short videos. 

Age: 7-12

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Launch rockets, build robots, explore your world and beyond! Our projects, toolkit and contests will take you into space without ever leaving Earth.

All Ages

NASA at Home

Find crafting ideas, science experiments with household items, and videos to watch as a family. 

All Ages

Rocket Lab

Straw Rockets is an excellent opportunity for students to practice the engineering design process. This activity provides students with a template that creates a rocket that can be launched from a straw. They are then challenged to modify the design to see how the changes impact the rocket performance.

Age: 7-13

Science Buddies

Space Exploration STEM Activities for Kids

All Ages

STEM Works

Variety of STEM and Space activities

All Ages

National Geographic Kids

Fun experiments and videos for at home science experiments!

All Ages

Space Racers

Space-themed activities, coloring sheets, videos and games for your pre-schooler.

Age: 3-5

Smithsonian Science Education Center

The Smithsonian offers several free lessons and resources for at-home learning. You can search for activities by grade to perfectly fit your student’s needs.

All Ages

Explora!

Albuquerque’s science center and children’s museum offers a wealth of activities for all ages that you can do at home. From coding algorithm card games to simple floating and sinking activities for young children, there’s something for everyone in this resource center. 

Age: 3-12

Exploratorium

The Exploratorium is a public learning laboratory exploring the world through science, art, and human perception. Their science activities can be done at home.

Age: 6-17

GoNoodle

STEM activities and videos for elementary students.

Age: 5-9