From videos to ready-to implement classroom activities, we’re here to help you get your learners excited about air and space.

Leader
Select
Topic area
Select
Grade level
Select
Resource type
Select
Language
Select
Activity/Lab Video

Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Family of the Sun"

Family of the Sun, which tells the story of the planets in our solar system. After the story, do a craft to make a solar system playset.

More Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Family of the Sun"
Less Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Family of the Sun"
Grade Level
Grade PK, Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3
Topics
Astronomy, Aviation, Solar System, Uncrewed spaceflight and Spaceflight
Leader
Teacher, Student and Parent/Caregiver
Rights
cc-by-nc
Activity/Lab Video

Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Clean Up This Space"

The friends are inspired while cleaning their rooms to return to their fantasy space story and imagine how their robot and alien characters could clean up space junk.

More Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Clean Up This Space"
Less Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Clean Up This Space"
Grade Level
Grade PK, Grade K, Grade 1 and Grade 2
Topics
Astronomy, Robotics, Science fiction, Technology and Engineering and Spaceflight
Leader
Student, Teacher and Parent/Caregiver
Rights
cc-by-nc
Activity/Lab Video

Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets"

The solar system has smaller objects like asteroids, meteors and comets that make a big impact. In this story we learn more about these small but interesting objects.

More Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets"
Less Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets"
Grade Level
Grade PK, Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3
Topics
Astronomy, Science and Spaceflight
Leader
Student, Teacher and Parent/Caregiver
Rights
cc-by-nc
Activity/Lab Video

Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Flap, Flap, Soar! Three Friends at the Zoo"

When the Three Friends and Mo visit the zoo, they are inspired by animals that fly like hawks and eagles, little birds, bats, butterflies, and dragonflies to make winged costumes.

More Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Flap, Flap, Soar! Three Friends at the Zoo"
Less Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Flap, Flap, Soar! Three Friends at the Zoo"
Grade Level
Grade PK, Grade 1, Grade K, Grade 2 and Grade 3
Topics
Science
Leader
Teacher, Student and Parent/Caregiver
Rights
cc-by-nc
Activity/Lab Video

Flights of Fancy Story Time: "The Sun’s Star Friends"

In this story, the Sun visits their star friends that can be found in our neighborhood of the Milky Way.

More Flights of Fancy Story Time: "The Sun’s Star Friends"
Less Flights of Fancy Story Time: "The Sun’s Star Friends"
Grade Level
Grade PK, Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3
Topics
Science, Astronomy, Stars and Sun
Leader
Student, Teacher and Parent/Caregiver
Rights
cc-by-nc
Activity/Lab Video

Flights of Fancy Story Time: "History Heroes"

In this story, the three friends and Mo are inspired by the Memorial Day Parade.

More Flights of Fancy Story Time: "History Heroes"
Less Flights of Fancy Story Time: "History Heroes"
Grade Level
Grade PK, Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3
Topics
African American or Black people, Asian American or Asian people, People and Women
Leader
Student, Teacher and Parent/Caregiver
Rights
cc-by-nc
Activity/Lab Video

Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Learning to Fly"

The Three Friends have trouble playing a flight video game and then have more fun creating play cockpits where they can pretend to be pilots.

More Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Learning to Fly"
Less Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Learning to Fly"
Grade Level
Grade PK, Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3
Topics
Aircraft and Aviation
Leader
Student, Teacher and Parent/Caregiver
Rights
cc-by-nc
Activity/Lab Video

Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Which Way Is the Wind Blowing"

The three friends help a neighbor whose hat blows away and find out about weathervanes and wind direction. They make windsocks and spinning garden decorations.

More Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Which Way Is the Wind Blowing"
Less Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Which Way Is the Wind Blowing"
Grade Level
Grade PK, Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3
Topics
Science, Technology and Engineering and Life sciences
Leader
Student, Teacher and Parent/Caregiver
Rights
cc-by-nc
Activity/Lab Video

Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Shhh! Satellites"

Earth is trying to sleep but the Satellites keep bothering Earth with noisy signals. They are talking in all different languages and sending all kinds of information.

More Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Shhh! Satellites"
Less Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Shhh! Satellites"
Grade Level
Grade PK, Grade 1, Grade K, Grade 2 and Grade 3
Topics
Moon (Earth), Satellites and Spaceflight
Leader
Student, Teacher and Parent/Caregiver
Rights
cc-by-nc
Activity/Lab Video

Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Make a Wish on the Wind"

Our three friends are inspired by seeds floating on the wind. Afterwards do a whirligig craft.

More Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Make a Wish on the Wind"
Less Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Make a Wish on the Wind"
Grade Level
Grade PK, Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3
Topics
Life sciences, Science and Technology and Engineering
Leader
Student, Teacher and Parent/Caregiver
Rights
cc-by-nc
Activity/Lab Video

STEM in 30: STEM in Real Life: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and More at the National Air and Space Museum

Teachers, tune in to this special, 50th episode of STEM in 30 to learn all about STEM in real life.

More STEM in 30: STEM in Real Life: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and More at the National Air and Space Museum
Less STEM in 30: STEM in Real Life: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and More at the National Air and Space Museum
Grade Level
Grade 7, Grade 6 and Grade 8
Topics
Science and Society and Culture
Leader
Student and Teacher
Rights
cc-by-nc
Activity/Lab Video

STEM in 30: Perseverance, What it Takes to Explore the Red Planet!

Take a trip to the red planet to learn about the science of launching and landing a rover on another planet as well as the science that will be done once it is on the ground.

More STEM in 30: Perseverance, What it Takes to Explore the Red Planet!
Less STEM in 30: Perseverance, What it Takes to Explore the Red Planet!
Grade Level
Grade 6, Grade 7 and Grade 8
Topics
Solar System
Leader
Student
Rights
cc-by-nc