This presentation discusses NASA's past lunar missions, and what future plans it may have for the Moon. A pdf file with presentation notes and credits is included.
These pinhole projector eclipse postcards allow you to safely observe the North American Total Solar Eclipse on August 21, 2017. The two sided postcard features a map of the contiguous US and what percentage of the eclipse you’ll see at...
These vintage-style travel posters were produced by NASA to spur the imagination about newly discovered exoplanets (planets beyond our solar system). These large pdf files are printable for your Earth and Space event.
It can be challenging to know what ideas and experiences learners already have when they visit an informal education venue. What facilitation approaches will help them build productive and deep conceptual learning about Earth and space science? When educators anticipate...
This Explore Science: Earth & Space events video highlights just a few of our NISE Net partnering institutions and their incredible work hosting events in 2017 in their communities between March and August of 2017. There are two version of...
Included here are digital copies of promotional materials for your Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit. In addition to ready-to-print materials, you will find design files and images for customizing existing materials or creating your own! For customizable materials, be...
This is a collection of logos for creating your own Explore Science: Earth & Space promotional materials (ai, pdf, jpg, and png formats, in both English and Spanish, included). Individual logo files are located in the downloadable zip files.
Included here are links to each activity training and content training video for the Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit (2018 and 2017 kits), as well as a link to the entire Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit video album.
Welcome to your Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkit! This section contains everything you will need to begin planning and promoting your Earth & Space event. The downloadable planning and promotion guide will walk you through your event. Also included...
This comedic training video highlights a few facilitation strategies and best practices that facilitators and volunteers can use while engaging a variety of museum visitors with STEM related content. The video follows three competitors in the highly anticipated Edu-Cathalon as...
This is a form for the capture and use of photos, video, and/or audio of visitors at your Explore Science: Earth & Space event. Both pdf and .doc versions are included.
In collaboration with NASA, the NISE Network has assembled a set of engaging, hands-on Earth and space science experiences with connections to science, technology, and society.
This is an insert adapted from the book Solar Science: Exploring Sunspots, Seasons, Eclipses, and More published by the National Science Teachers Association (NTSA), authored by Dennis Schatz and Andrew Fraknoi. It explains how eclipses work, how to safely view...
This video gives a brief overview of the six successful Apollo moon landing missions, and the lunar landing sites chosen for each. (Downloadable video coming soon)
For the 2017 Eclipse, NASA and its science education partners have developed numerous products and programs designed to teach the science of eclipses, as well as to share stories and insights into the human experience of a total solar eclipse....
Breakfast Moon is a picture book for young readers. In a simple story, the book talks about when we can see the Moon, what it looks like, and how it changes over the course of a month. Included with a...