For Students Grades 5-8
Act Now!
NASA GLOBE Observer Intensive Observation Period: Urban Heat Island Effect/Surface Temperature
Cities tend to be hotter than the rural areas that surround them. This Urban Heat Island Effect is the result of concrete, asphalt, and a lack of trees. The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program invites you to collect temperature data near you to help scientists better understand this phenomenon. Observation Dates: Now through Dec. 31
NASA 2025 Student Art Contest
Calling all artists in grades K-12! NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, invites you to take part in its 2025 Student Art Contest. This year’s theme is “Our Wonder Changes the World” and encourages students to explore themes focused on flight, planet Earth, and our journey from the Moon to Mars. Entry Deadline: Dec. 31
Power to Explore Student Challenge
The Power to Explore Student Challenge invites K-12 students to dream up a new space mission powered by a Radioisotope Power System (RPS) to any moon in our solar system. Entry Deadline: Jan. 31
Read It!
What Is the Artemis Program?
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?
What Is a Black Hole?
Why Do We Explore?
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
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
Play It!
Use Clues to Find NASA Spinoffs
Launch the Rocket
What Number am I Thinking of?
Build a Fleet of Rockets
Clear All the Stars to Win
Jumbled Jets
Drive a Rover on Mars
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
Be a Stargazer!
Make a Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator
What's Up Monthly Skywatching Guide
Make a Star Finder
