For Students Grades 5-8
Act Now!
Dream With Us! Design Challenge
Agriculture plays an important role in providing food, fuel, and other resources for life. How can uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and advanced technologies improve the agricultural industry? NASA Aeronautics and the Federal Aviation Administration are teaming up on the Dream With Us! design challenge to invite middle school and high school student teams to envision ways drones and technology can help. Middle School Deadline: Dec. 31
Launch Your Name Around Moon in 2026 on NASA’s Artemis II Mission
The collected names will be put on an SD card loaded aboard Orion before launch. NASA is inviting the public to join the agency’s Artemis II test flight as four astronauts venture around the Moon and back to test systems and hardware needed for deep space exploration. Participants can download a boarding pass with their name on it as a collectable. Deadline: Jan. 21, 2026
Read It!
What Causes the Seasons?
What is AI?
What Are Asteroids?
What is Lunar Regolith?
What Is a Black Hole?
How Does the Sun Behave?
What Is the Artemis Program?
NASA Spinoff 2025
What Is a Satellite?
What Is the International Space Station?
Astrobiology: The Story of our Search for Life in the Universe
Flag Day 2024
Who Was Katherine Johnson?
The Adventures of Commander Moonikin and Friends
Story Time with Astronauts
The Astro-Not-Yets Explore Microgravity
The Astro-Not-Yets Explore Sound
The Astro-Not-Yets Explore Energy
Read About the History of Aviation
NASA Knows Cool Stuff!
Learn amazing things about space stations, astronauts, airplanes and more!
Read Stories about NASA Knows Cool Stuff!
Play It!
Pick a NASA Image and Solve the Puzzle
Use Clues to Find NASA Spinoffs
Clear All the Stars to Win
Launch the Rocket
What Number am I Thinking of?
Build a Fleet of Rockets
Jumbled Jets
Drive a Rover on Mars
Build It!
Tornado in a Bottle
Make a Straw Plane
Build an Orion Desktop Model
Build Your Own Spectrograph
Make Asteroids You Can Eat!
Build a Lander, Make Moon Phase Cookies, and More!
Make a Scale Solar System
Celebrate First Flight!
Celebrate the anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight with a paper airplane challenge. The anniversary is Dec. 17.
Try the Challenge about Celebrate First Flight!
Watch It!
What Do Astronauts Eat in Space?
Far Out Video Series with Host Megan Cruz
Surprisingly STEM Highlights Exciting and Unexpected Jobs at NASA
Students Talk to Astronauts in Space
Color It!
Download the Astronaut Coloring Sheet
Color Nature with Nebula
Space Place Coloring Pages
Commercial Crew Activity and Coloring Booklet
Download the Artemis Coloring Page
NASA Coloring Books
Spacewalk Coloring Sheet
Explore It!
LunaSustain Online Experience
Help Scientists Search for Asteroids Around Dead Stars
Take a Virtual Flight with NASA
Code a Mars Rover Driving Game
Climate Change for Kids
Find Your Exoplanet Name
Trace Space Back to You
How To Do a Science Fair Project
Watching a Meteor Shower!
Check out the "What's Up for December?" video to get skywatching tips for the Geminid meteor shower peak! The meteor shower peak will be from Dec. 13-14.
Watch Now! about Watching a Meteor Shower!
Be a Stargazer!
Moon-o-Meter: What's Up Above?
Make a Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator
What's Up Monthly Skywatching Guide
Make a Star Finder
