KBLOG 45: Launch a Young Person’s Imagination Using NASA Resources

Aminia Filkins

The Challenge:

Most children have a space-curiosity phase; that is a time when they are intrigued by stars, planets, the moon and space travel. How do you cultivate and encourage that curiosity. Parents and teachers can feed that interest so that it can become a lifelong area of interest and even evolve into a career.

A Solution:

We are blessed to have Internet access to everything NASA! NASA has an amazing area of educational websites, webinars for parents and teachers, competitions and learning opportunities for the classroom, home and outdoors. I highly recommend, for your children and students’ sake that you sign up and subscribe to NASA EXPRESS. You will receive updates on NASA educational happenings such as online events, hands-on activities and webinars for teachers and parents. I love NASA EXPRESS

Resources:  

https://www.nasa.gov/stem-content/nasa-express/ - NASA EXPRESS

Sample recent NASA EXPRESS programs of interest

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/tag/search/dsn - STEM lessons and student activities

https://europa.nasa.gov/ - NASA mission to the Jupiter moon Europa

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTUZypZ67cdu_T8tlPUSdbyyfKDwJL_6E

 – Surprisingly STEM, NASA career exploration videos

https://rps.nasa.gov/STEM/power-to-explore/ -

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