Favorites for Families '23
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:
For ages 5 and up, with help from a grownup
Make a Model Helicopter, Then Add to Your Design
In January 2023, we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the first successful flight of the Autogiro, an aircraft that paved the way for the birth of the helicopter. Here is a craft activity that shows you how to make your own helicopter our of egg cartons.
For ages 11 and up
Origami and Spacecraft
In May 2023, we explored jobs that used arts and craft in air and space. Engineers at NASA and other space companies have used origami to figure out future spacecraft designs! Learn more about origami and engineering and do some origami yourself.
For all ages, with help from a grownup
Space Launch System Rocket Video and Straw Rocket Design Challenge
Watch a video of astronaut Christina Koch describe different parts of the Space Launch System rocket and then make and launch straw rockets.
Outdoors
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!
For all ages
Deflect an Asteroid
In June 2023, we marked Asteroid Day by exploring the ways scientists and other experts protect Earth from asteroids and meteors.
For all ages
Eye-Spy Connections to Air Travel
In October 2022, we looked at the different ways air travel affected our lives - from allowing us to visit faraway places to allowing us to expand the foods we eat. Play this eye-spy game in your neighborhood to learn about more ways air travel impacts your life.
For all ages
Spot the International Space Station
In July 2023, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of American's first space station, Skylab. Skylab paved the way for the creation of the International Space Station (ISS) which is in space right now!
Anywhere with an Internet Connection
Are you at a library, community center, cafe, or anywhere with internet access? Try these activities:
For all ages, with caregiver help needed for ages 7 and under
Science Fiction Comic Strip
In February 2023, we explored how science fiction helps us think about what is possible for the future.
Practice creating your own science fiction comic strip.
For ages 9 and up
Meet skywriter Suzanne Asbury-Osborn and learn how to write like a skywriter
Did you know that skywriters use their planes to write messages and they have to write it backwards so the people on the ground can read it?
For ages 8 and up
Mars Packing List
In November 2022, we imagined what it would be like to move from Earth to another planet. What would you bring with you? Try out this activity where you get to imagine and draw your futuristic home on Mars. What would it look like? How would you decorate it?
Soar Together at Air and Space is made possible by the generous support of Northrop Grumman.
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