Things to Do for Students Learning at Home
AIAA has suggestions to help both students and teachers expand their minds and experience new ideas.
Aerospace Micro-lessons
A great way to learn more about:
- Space-based technology in your daily life
- Juno at Jupiter
- Apollo 11 and the first human on the moon
- The Space Shuttle
- The Douglas DC-3
- Hovercrafts
- Exoplanets
- And more!
Our Latest Micro-lessons
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Aerospace Micro-Lesson #98
Iteration and Chaos in Mathematics
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Aerospace Micro-Lesson #97
Popping a Water Balloon in Space
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Aerospace Micro-Lesson #96
The Solar Dynamics Observer
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Aerospace Micro-Lesson #95
Living in Space
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Aerospace Micro-Lesson #94
The Earth's Hemispheres
Free Teacher Resources
Here’s a list circulating amongst teachers for free resources:
http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/
STEM at Home
Story Time From Space
- https://www.space.com/32987-best-kids-books.html
- https://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2017/1115-space-books-kids.html
NASA at Home
NASA Space Place
Living in Space by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
- https://www.childrensmuseum.org/legacy-games/cosmicquest/index.html
- Interactive Game: https://www.childrensmuseum.org/legacy-games/cosmicquest/living.html
- Virtual Activities: https://childrensmuseums.blog/2020/03/24/virtual-activities-for-families/
- Teacher Resources: https://www.childrensmuseum.org/legacy-games/cosmicquest/teacher.html
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