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NASA invites learning facilitators and educators of all kinds to explore this collection of resources and activities to help you incorporate the wonder of NASA science into your learning environments. Browse the grade-levels linked below and get: 

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Early Elementary (Grades K-2)

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Add some “space” to your classroom with free NASA Science posters, science notebooks, and other inspiring printables and visuals.

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Explore NASA Science lessons and activities to help make your curriculum out-of-this-world!

Learn!

Launch these activities and lessons to activate science learning!

Upper Elementary (Grades 3-5)

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Add some “space” to your classroom with free NASA Science posters, science notebooks, and other inspiring printables and visuals.

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Explore NASA Science lessons and activities to help make your curriculum out-of-this-world!

Learn!

Launch these activities and lessons to activate science learning!

Middle School (Grades 6-8)

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Add some “space” to your classroom with free NASA Science posters, science notebooks, and other inspiring printables and visuals.

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Explore NASA Science lessons and activities to help make your curriculum out-of-this-world!

Learn!

Launch these activities and lessons to activate science learning!

  • An Out-of-this-world Biology Project! Growing Beyond Earth® (GBE) is a classroom-based citizen science project about growing plants in space. Teacher resources help you introduce your students to space plant biology and prepare them to participate in the program, through which students have the opportunity to present their findings to NASA Researchers. Materials in English and Spanish.
  • Become an Ecosystem Observer: build student connections to local outdoor spaces and learn to make scientific observations with this 12-step module that includes teacher guides and student pages for every step. Source: GMRI Science Learning Resources
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  • Explore Active Digital Learning Experiences with Infiniscope: Kick off the school year with exciting, interactive, active learning resources from Infiniscope! Their digital lessons, virtual field trips, and visualizations are designed to spark curiosity and bring science to life. Aligned with NGSS, each resource is equipped with a 5-E inquiry lesson plan and detailed alignment documents, making it easy to integrate into your classroom. Browse their catalog for ready-to-use content that will inspire and engage students in active learning about Earth and space science, biology, physics, and more.
  • All Learners can be Scientists and Engineers! NASA missions are a perfect way to bring together science and engineering. In PLANETS units, learners in grades 3-8 engineer technologies like optical filters and use them to answer scientific questions like "Where was water on Mars?" Activities emphasize NASA planetary science and engineering and are designed to empower all learners and show that they can be scientists and engineers.

High School (Grades 9-12)

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Add some “space” to your classroom with free NASA Science posters, science notebooks, and other inspiring printables and visuals.

  • This Women in Science project (scroll down to the “For Educators” section) includes beautiful, inspiring posters and a mini-zine celebrating some of the women who have made significant contributions to science, technology, engineering, and math. 
  • Looking for a more art-integrated, STEAM environment in your classroom? Check out NASA's Earth Day Poster series. Each year’s poster includes a video of NASA's Science Mission Directorate Art Director, Jenny Mottar, explaining her inspiration—and the science—behind that year's poster concept and design. See 2024 Poster and Art Director Video here.
  • Take a virtual trip to alien worlds, and maybe even plaster your classroom with new, futuristic space tourism posters. View all Visions of the Future posters here.

Set…

Explore NASA Science lessons and activities to help make your curriculum out-of-this-world!

Learn!

Launch these activities and lessons to activate science learning!

  • Interact with Real Cosmic Data and Imagery! Data Stories are interactives for high school students that showcase new science imagery and data for a variety of out of this world topics. Ideas for exploration and scientific highlights are included with every story through accompanying video and text.
  • Empower Your Teaching with Infiniscope’s Active Learning and Creative Tools: Infiniscope offers powerful, free tools that allow educators to design next-generation digital learning activities. Whether you're looking to personalize content or boost learner engagement, Infiniscope has the tools to make it happen. Explore Tour It, a free, browser-based platform for creating immersive, place-based virtual field trips, or try Simple Author to build your own interactive digital learning activities with personalized pathways and real-time feedback. Join their network and start transforming your classroom today!
  • Adaptive Learning and Creative Tools from Infiniscope empower educators to develop next-generation, digital, adaptive learning experiences. Infiniscope provides free content and creative tools to educators who want to personalize learning for their middle and high school students. Join their network and get started here.  
  • An Out-of-this-world Biology Project! Growing Beyond Earth® (GBE) is a classroom-based citizen science project about growing plants in space. Teacher resources help you introduce your students to space plant biology and prepare them to participate in the program, through which students have the opportunity to present their findings to NASA Researchers. Materials in English and Spanish.
  • Explore Active Digital Learning Experiences with Infiniscope: Kick off the school year with exciting, interactive, active learning resources from Infiniscope! Their digital lessons, virtual field trips, and visualizations are designed to spark curiosity and bring science to life. Aligned with NGSS, each resource is equipped with a 5-E inquiry lesson plan and detailed alignment documents, making it easy to integrate into your classroom. Browse their catalog for ready-to-use content that will inspire and engage students in active learning about Earth and space science, biology, physics, and more.
  • Adaptive Digital Learning Experiences from Infiniscope: Designed for and aligned with NGSS, these on-demand interactive resources include an educator mode (toggle on at the top of the page) for access to the entire suite of educator resources for each lesson or collection.
  • Create customized virtual field trips and intelligently-tutored digital lessons tailored to your curriculum with Infiniscope’s easy-to-use tools and comprehensive training resources. Implement place-based learning and personalize content to deliver unique and engaging educational experiences. Join the community for free access.