From videos to ready-to implement classroom activities, we’re here to help you get your learners excited about air and space.
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.
https://youtu.be/HuOJNeYG6jk
Grade PK, Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Astronomy, Aviation, Solar System, Uncrewed spaceflight, Spaceflight
Teacher
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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.
https://youtu.be/k5v34wX84r8
Grade PK, Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2
Astronomy, Robotics, Science fiction, Technology and Engineering, Spaceflight
Student
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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.
https://youtu.be/r5h32sapkTM
Grade PK, Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Astronomy, Science, Spaceflight
Student
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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.
https://youtu.be/Wv-ZgCVWVdI
Grade PK, Grade 1, Grade K, Grade 2, Grade 3
Science
Teacher
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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.
https://youtu.be/QAKCcYAdAxg
Grade PK, Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Science, Astronomy, Stars, Sun
Student
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Flights of Fancy Story Time: "History Heroes"
In this story, the three friends and Mo are inspired by the Memorial Day Parade.
https://youtu.be/GEWptoV19bA
Grade PK, Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
African American or Black people, Asian American or Asian people, People, Women
Student
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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.
https://youtu.be/H43r4jVT0po
Grade PK, Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Aircraft, Aviation
Student
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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.
https://youtu.be/0D81ag7TcJ0
Grade PK, Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Science, Technology and Engineering, Life sciences
Student
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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.
https://youtu.be/idL6HgUInlY
Grade PK, Grade 1, Grade K, Grade 2, Grade 3
Moon (Earth), Satellites, Spaceflight
Student
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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.
https://youtu.be/T6Y-6ju2NFs
Grade PK, Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Life sciences, Science, Technology and Engineering
Student
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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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obalH1HfdCs
Grade 7, Grade 6, Grade 8
Science, Society and Culture
Student
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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.
https://youtu.be/s-ufX0TaSDM
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Solar System