

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)
NASA Links
Aeronautics for Pre-K
NASA High Flyers Alphabet and Activity Book
Smart Skies
Museum in a Box
Aeronautics for Introductory Physics
NASA ARMD Education Page
NASA Aeronautics Research Onboard Lithographs
Virtual Skies
Beginner’s Guide to Aeronautics