Students compare NASA satellite data observations with student surface measurements of snow cover and temperature. They practice data collection, data correlations, and making scientific predictions.

Students analyze NASA data from the Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer. In this NASA data instructional activity, students access an assigned website to examine information from the MISR on the Terra Satellite. They determine how...

Fourth graders gather data and simulate a Mars spacecraft mission using multi-sensory observations.

Students explore the mesosphere and lower thermosphere globally and achieve a major improvement in our understanding of the fundamental processes governing the energetics, chemistry, dynamics, and transport of the atmospheric region....

Students use the internet to gather information on the solar system. They identify the discoverer and unique characteristics of each planet. They compare and contrast each planet based on size, mass, and distance from the sun. They...

Jupiter has 67 moons! As the seventh in a series of 22, the exercise shows learners the size and scale of Jupiter and its Galilean moons through a model. They then arrange the model to show how probes orbited and gathered data.

Students complete a unit on orbiting spacecraft designed to study astronomical objects. They conduct Internet research on NASA missions, use a satellite dish to downlink information, and construct and launch a rocket out of paper and tape.

Learners design an experiment for NASA's STEREO/IMPACT mission to measure the interplanetary magnetic field. This instructional activity includes 3 excellent hands-on and critical thinking activities in which students explore magnetism...

Pupils complete different missions to examine the topic of x-ray sources. They use satellite images and websites to gather the information they need to complete the lesson. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson.

Eighth graders study magnetism.  In this solar wind instructional activity students complete several activities on space and weather.

Students use cross-multiplication to find the unknown respiration rate of an astronaut. In this multiplication lesson plan, students also use the same process to find missing values in proportions.

Students gather historical snow cover and temperature data from the MY NASA DATA Web site. They compare this data to data gathered using ground measurements from the ALISON Web site for Shageluk Lake. They graph both sets of data and...

Learners conduct an experiment.  In this salinity lesson, students learn about sea ice, why it is important and how changing amounts can affect the sea.  Learners conduct an experiment to find out the effects of salinity on the...

Students study inventions and how they have impacted us.  In this investigative lesson students study the history of two inventors then pretend that they are an inventor. 

Students identify and describe the moons of Saturn. They sort the moons by their characteristics. They write a paragraph describing the moons to end the activity.

Students explore Jupiter's Moons. They calculate and predict the location of Jupiter's 4 large moons. In addition, they draw Jupiter with its moons correctly shown for the time of the observation.

Students analyze an article written by an engineer at NASA proposing colonizing Mars with human explorers on the fastest track possible. They are invited to react to the article through several activities.