NASA works with elementary teacher Cindy Jones to create an engineering kit to teach K-8 students about simple and compound machines.
Launch into the school year with these back-to-school resources from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
09.22.11 - Teachers from 14 NASA Explorer Schools have been selected to conduct experiments aboard a reduced-gravity aircraft.› View Video
09.21.11 - An investigation is stemming out of this world, planting an interest in students in more than a hundred schools across the nation.
09.21.11 - Striking images from space expand student understanding and lead to scientific investigation.
09.21.11 - With the planetarium show "Expanded View," creators combine education and entertainment to engage students.
09.16.11 - NASA's efforts to promote interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education took a giant leap forward this week at a digital learning badges event.
08.24.11 - Classroom visits are being redefined through a new Digital Learning Network (DLN) initiative, known as Virtual Visits, where NASA Langley employees can easily interface with classrooms nationwide right from the DLN studio or their own office.
09.13.11 - Doors of opportunity have opened to teachers who have been certified through the NASA Endeavor Science Teaching Certificate Project. Applications for Cohort 4 are being accepted through Oct. 15, 2011.
Would you like to have a piece of history for your classroom or lecture space? Limited numbers of space shuttle tiles and food packages are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
09.01.11 - Students draw inspiration from the Space Shuttle Program to win big in the Because It Flew art contest.
08.31.11 - Hundreds of students from Texas and New Mexico filled Johnson Space Center’s visitor’s complex to build and launch air rockets, glide mock space shuttles to safe landings, and meet NASA Associate Administrator for Education, Leland Melvin.
Did you know that NASA has over a dozen apps for use on mobile devices? Download these free apps to put NASA science in the palm of your hand.
08.22.11 - Even simple scientific experiments can yield amazing results and add to the collective knowledge of the research community.
Using a retired NASA radio telescope, students from across the country are keeping an eye on NASA's Juno spacecraft as it heads to Jupiter.
Check out this interactive feature to learn about the science, people and processes that transform a NASA spacecraft from an idea into a reality.
08.18.11 - For one day, the sights and sounds of NASA stood out among the din of New York City.
08.17.11 - Kevin Temmer's science fair how-to animation is a hit with teachers and students.
Close to 300 students in the Caribbean got a very long distance call from the International Space Station.
Langley Research Center's Summer of Innovation program aims to give students a chance to be involved with content otherwise not accessible.