Living and Working in Space Teaching Poster

Introduces students to the environmental conditions, the challenges that must be overcome to live and work there, and advances in spacesuit technology. Students consider various reasons for going to space and compare conditions in space with those on Earth.

Grades 5-8 • No charge
Teaching Poster - PDF Format

Milestones of Flight Teaching Poster

Introduces students to seven of the most historic aircraft and spacecraft in the Museum's collections and asks students to consider the technological advances of these craft as well as their impact on society.

Grades 4-6 • No charge
Teaching Poster (Back) - PDF Format

Embracing The Impossible: Popular Response to the Aerial Age Teaching Poster

Students review primary source materials to understand how people felt about the new technology of flying in the early 1900s.  Then, they choose an invention today and document the popular response to it.

10 pages • No charge

Teaching Poster (1.2MB) - PDF Format

Explore The Universe Teaching Packet

The packet includes background information and an activity that challenges students to think about the structure of the universe by considering size, distance and age. The open-ended nature of this activity makes it appropriate for a wide range of grade levels.

Grades 4-12 • No charge
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Exploring the Planets Teaching Poster

Students can examine drawings of four probes to observe how specific design features enable the probe to carry out its mission in a particular environment. Students then select a planet and design a probe to explore it.

Grades 3-6 • No charge
Available in PDF format only
Exploring the Planets Teaching Poster - PDF Format (2.14M)

Reflections on Earth: Exploring Earth from Space Teaching Poster

In this introduction to remote sensing, students use satellite images to investigate changes over time and then use scale to calculate distance and area. Easy-to-photocopy classroom lessons on the back.

2'x3' color poster • Grades 6–12 • No charge
Limited supply — one per teacher
Teaching Poster in PDF Format (450 K)

Reflections on Earth: Biodiversity and Remote Sensing Teacher Guide

With lessons for interpreting satellite images and field studies, students learn to measure and monitor forest biodiversity on a local, regional, and global scale.

45 pages • Grades 6–10 • No charge
Teacher Guide in PDF Format (1.1 MB)

How Things Fly Teaching Poster

Classroom and gallery activities in this guide prepare students for a visit to the How Things Fly gallery, an interactive exhibition on the physics of flight. Topics include air pressure, gravity, and buoyancy.
Grades 4–8 • No charge
How Things Fly Teaching Poster in PDF Format (973 KB)

African American Pioneers in Aviation Teacher Guide

Lessons that guide students to use primary source documents to explore the challenges and successes of African American pioneers who established a place in aviation and the space industry for subsequent generations.

45 pages • Grades 5–9 • No charge • Internet access only
www.nasm.si.edu/blackwings
Teacher Guide in PDF Format (5.9 MB)

African Americans in Aviation: The 1940's -- A Decade of Change Teacher Poster

Classroom activity introduces students to African American aviators who flew during the 1940's. Students study primary source materials--photographs, government documents, a letter, a newspaper story and the colorful reprint of a 1940's poster that is the front--to answer research questions.

10 pages • Grades 5–12• No charge
Teacher Guide in PDF Format (1.65 MB)

From Airmail to Airlines Teacher Guide

Lively classroom activities for students that explore changes in air transportation from 1920 to the present. Designed as a companion to transportation units in the curriculum and can be used alone or with hands-on activities during a Museum visit.

40 pages • Grades 3–5 • No charge
Teacher Guide in PDF Format (973 KB)

And a Star to Steer Her By Field Trip Guide

Introduces students to the tools and techniques used to navigate by the stars. Provides classroom activities and background information.

24 pages • Grades 5–9 • No charge • Available Only Online in PDF
Field Trip Guide in PDF Format (1.9 MB)

Sky Quest Teaching Poster

What can we see in the night sky with our naked eyes? What can we see with a telescope? Activities for the classroom will prepare students for the Planetarium show, Sky Quest.

Grades K–3 • No charge • Available Only Online in PDF
Sky Quest Teaching Poster in PDF Format (980 kb)

Cosmic Voyage Teachers Guide

Activities in this guide provide students with concrete experiences to help them understand measurement, scale and how scientists work. The activities work well alone or as a supplement to the IMAX ® film Cosmic Voyage. The film is also available on video and DVD from Warner Home Video. See your local video store for ordering information.

53 pages • Grades 4–12• No charge
Cosmic Voyage Teachers Guide in PDF format (1.09 MB)

Destiny in Space Teachers Guide

This guide examines our future prospects for space exploration. Activities, information, and resources cover a range of topics some of which are: muscle response to weightlessness, robotic guides, suiting up for space, communication and gardening in space. The film is now available on video and DVD from Warner Home Video. See your local video store for ordering information.

66 pages • Grades 4–12 • No charge
Destiny in Space Teachers Guide in PDF format (1.12 MB)

Destiny in Space Teaching Poster

This poster helps students find answers to the questions: How might robots help in space exploration? What tools help us explore the universe? Will we visit other planets? How do you work in a space shuttle? How can we live in space? What can we learn from space exploration?

Grades 4–12 • No charge
Destiny in Space Teaching Poster in PDF format (153 kb)