Touch Tomorrow: Gordon Library and Space Exploration!: Tips for Educators

By Laura Faye Tenenbaum,
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
"A three-page, interactive PDF file gives step-by-step instructions for six ways to use NASA’s Global Climate Change Website in your classroom."

"Do your students want to take part in a Martian mission? Use our Mars scavenger hunt in your next lesson! Students can complete the scavenger hunt activity by reading the selected articles on the NASA Space Place website to find the answers to each clue. Once they have all the clues, they will be able to spell the secret word!"

"Print-ready PDF files of Space Place's popular hands-on activities. Print these out and you no longer need to be connected to a computer to have a fun, educational experience. Perfect for the classroom, after school, and camps."

This brochure is offered as a tool for science, technology, engineering and mathematics educators who are working with students with disabilities. Some activity descriptions are supplemented with case study examples addressing a particular disability. In addition, contributing educator-authors have provided a variety of lessons learned from formal education (Pre-K through 12th-grade), home school education, and informal or "free-choice" education learning venues, such as science centers, museums and planetariums.

Browse lesson plans and activities for elementary, middle, and high school.

Explore standards-aligned lessons from NASA-JPL in science, technology, engineering and math for students for grades K-12.

NASA Kids' Club provides a safe place for children to play as they learn about NASA and its missions. On this site, you will find games of various skill levels for children pre-K through grade 4. These games support national education standards in STEM.

Space for Kids features space news, information, animations and downloads for kids aged between 6 and 12.