Education

NASA “Museum in a Box”

The “Museum in a Box” program brings the physical sciences of flight to students in grades pre-K-12. These self-contained activities provide hands-on/minds-on lessons with an aeronautics theme to inspire future scientists, mathematicians and engineers.

This group of exercises provided by NASA is perfectly suited for expanding your in-classroom exploration of the themes in ABOVE AND BEYOND.

The following lessons, listed with their recommended grade levels, are available to download from https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/resources.

NOTE: Please check the supply list for each activity. All materials must be provided by the user.

Dressing for Altitude

Why Do We Really Need Pressure Suits? (5-12)

History of Flight

Designing an Aeronautics Museum Gallery (5-12), First Flyers (PK-4), If These Airplanes Could Talk (5-12)

Parts of an Airplane

Getting on an Airplane (K-2), Parts of an Airplane (K-4, 5-8, & 9-12)

Principles of Flight

Axes/Control Surfaces (K-4 & 5-12), Bernoulli’s Principle (K-4 & 5-12), Foam Wing (K-12), Four Forces (K-4 & 5-12), Kites (K-4 & 5-12), Principles of Flight in Action (9-12)

Structures and Materials

Composites (K-12), Space Shuttle Tiles (2-4, 5-8, & 9-12), Space Shuttle Tires (K-4 & 5-12), Space Shuttle Tires Supplemental Lessons (K-12)

Propulsion

Ball Launcher (5-12), Rockets Away (K-12), Wind Power (9-12)

Future Flight

Aerolab (5-12), Fuel Cell Activity (5-12), Solar Power (5-12)

Careers in Aeronautics

Careers in Aeronautics (5-12)

Airspace

Contrails (K-12), Noise: Good Vibrations (K-8 & 9-12), Noise: Quieting the Popper (5-12), Noise: Seeing Sound (K-8), Noise: Speed of Sound (9-12), Pollution: Making Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide (K-12), Weather to Fly By (K-8)