Are you traveling this summer? Or getting ready to go back to school?
Check out our favorite activities and videos from this past school year for ways your family can learn together anytime, anywhere you are!

At Home

Are you spending time at home or visiting friends or other family members? Try these indoor activities together.

An illustrated title card with the text "A Race in Space" and a drawing of a rocket.

Have a space inspired dance party

All Ages

Check out our Music Time playlist for music videos with songs written and performed by scientist Dr. Jim Thorne and illustrations by museum educator and artist Diane Kidd. 

Digital illustration of a red-covered family scrapbook, which is open and showing two pages of the scrapbook. Taped into the scrapbook are three photos with various groupings of people in the photos. There is also some writing around the photos. The scrapbook is laying on a table, which has photos, glue, scissors, a cup of coffee and other office materials.

Learn how to uncover stories from your family mementos

Ages 10 and Up

See if you can use these skills to learn more about your family history. 

How to Read an Aviation Logbook

How to Read a Scrapbook

Recycled materials taped together to look like a space station. They consist of a cardboard box wrapped in aluminum foil, a food container cover taped to a chopstick, a paper tube, a plastic cup and an empty coffee filter box.

Work as a team to create a craft space station

All Ages

Watch a Flights of Fancy Storytime video about three friends who learn about the International Space Station and collaborate to build one together. 

Then it's your turn! Follow the instructions and work together with your family members to create your own space station.

Outdoor 

Summer plans have you on the go? Are you at the park, the beach, camping or just your backyard?  Give these outdoor activities a try!

Two children stand on the grass about 6 feet away from each other. One holds a ball that represents the Earth. One holds a ball that represents the Moon.

Create a solar eclipse

All Ages

The last 12 months have been chock full of solar eclipses! Try making your own eclipse by lining up materials you can find around your home that will represent the Sun, Moon and Earth.

Apollo 11: Buzz Aldrin on the Moon

Take pictures of your surroundings

Ages 10 and Up

Watch a video about how astronauts observe the Earth from the International Space Station and how photographs help them see change over time. Then practice your observations skills in your neighborhood and take photos.

Anywhere with an Internet Connection

Are you at a library, community center, café, or anywhere with internet access? Try these activities:

Five sketches of the moon showing it waxing and waning.

Draw the Moon and create a Moon mobile

Ages 8 and Up

The Moon is one of the biggest objects in the night sky, and is bright because it reflects the Sun's light. It's also the subject of inspiration for many songs, poems, paintings and art. Take some time to look closely at it and draw what you see!

Khaki and orange colored biplane craft suspended in air against a black background.

Did you travel in an airplane this summer?

Ages 10 and Up

Learn more about the parts of an airplane and different types of airplanes through these activities!

Airplane vs. Monoplane

Airplane Anatomy

Four patches from space missions or historic flights.

Make a Family Patch

All Ages

Learn about the meaning of patches that you see on astronaut and pilot clothing, and then create a patch that represents your family.

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