LEARN Science

Learning and Educational Activities and Resources from NASA Science

With the 2024 Back to School season upon us, we’d like to help educators launch into the school year with Learning and Educational Activities and Resources from NASA Science (LEARN Science)! Browse the grade-levels linked below to discover awesome, ready-to-use activities and resources to help educators get: 

Ready…

Add some “space” to your classroom with free NASA Science posters, science notebooks, and other inspiring printables and visuals.

Set…

Explore NASA Science lessons and activities to help make your curriculum out-of-this-world!

Learn!

Launch these activities and lessons to activate science learning!

We also invite you to continue discovering NASA Science Events and Activities throughout the school year by following @DoNASAScience on Facebook & Twitter for more ways to engage. Thanks Teachers, for all you do!

Find resources by grade level:

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Early Elementary

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Upper Elementary

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Middle School

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High School

Early Elementary (Grades K-2)

Ready…

Add some “space” to your classroom with free NASA Science posters, science notebooks, and other inspiring printables and visuals.

Set…

Explore NASA Science lessons and activities to help make your curriculum out-of-this-world!

Learn!

Launch these activities and lessons to activate science learning!

Upper Elementary (Grades 3-5)

Ready…

Add some “space” to your classroom with free NASA Science posters, science notebooks, and other inspiring printables and visuals.

Set…

Explore NASA Science lessons and activities to help make your curriculum out-of-this-world!

Learn!

Launch these activities and lessons to activate science learning!

Middle School (Grades 6-8)

Ready…

Add some “space” to your classroom with free NASA Science posters, science notebooks, and other inspiring printables and visuals.

Set…

Explore NASA Science lessons and activities to help make your curriculum out-of-this-world!

Learn!

Launch these activities and lessons to activate science learning!

  • An Out-of-this-world Biology Project! Growing Beyond Earth® (GBE) is a classroom-based citizen science project about growing plants in space. Teacher resources help you introduce your students to space plant biology and prepare them to participate in the program, through which students have the opportunity to present their findings to NASA Researchers. Materials in English and Spanish.
  • Become an Ecosystem Observer: build student connections to local outdoor spaces and learn to make scientific observations with this 12-step module that includes teacher guides and student pages for every step. Source: GMRI Science Learning Resources
  • All Learners can be Scientists and Engineers! NASA missions are a perfect way to bring together science and engineering. In PLANETS units, learners in grades 3-8 engineer technologies like optical filters and use them to answer scientific questions like "Where was water on Mars?" Activities emphasize NASA planetary science and engineering and are designed to empower all learners and show that they can be scientists and engineers.

High School (Grades 9-12)

Ready…

Add some “space” to your classroom with free NASA Science posters, science notebooks, and other inspiring printables and visuals.

  • This Women in Science project (scroll down to the “For Educators” section) includes beautiful, inspiring posters and a mini-zine celebrating some of the women who have made significant contributions to science, technology, engineering, and math. 
  • Looking for a more art-integrated, STEAM environment in your classroom? Check out NASA's Earth Day Poster series. Each year’s poster includes a video of NASA's Science Mission Directorate Art Director, Jenny Mottar, explaining her inspiration—and the science—behind that year's poster concept and design. See 2024 Poster and Art Director Video here.
  • Take a virtual trip to alien worlds, and maybe even plaster your classroom with new, futuristic space tourism posters. View all Visions of the Future posters here.

Set…

Explore NASA Science lessons and activities to help make your curriculum out-of-this-world!

Learn!

Launch these activities and lessons to activate science learning!

  • Interact with Real Cosmic Data and Imagery! Data Stories are interactives for high school students that showcase new science imagery and data for a variety of out of this world topics. Ideas for exploration and scientific highlights are included with every story through accompanying video and text.
  • Adaptive Learning and Creative Tools from Infiniscope empower educators to develop next-generation, digital, adaptive learning experiences. Infiniscope provides free content and creative tools to educators who want to personalize learning for their middle and high school students. Join their network and get started here.  
  • An Out-of-this-world Biology Project! Growing Beyond Earth® (GBE) is a classroom-based citizen science project about growing plants in space. Teacher resources help you introduce your students to space plant biology and prepare them to participate in the program, through which students have the opportunity to present their findings to NASA Researchers. Materials in English and Spanish.
  • Adaptive Digital Learning Experiences from Infiniscope: Designed for and aligned with NGSS, these on-demand interactive resources include an educator mode (toggle on at the top of the page) for access to the entire suite of educator resources for each lesson or collection.
  • Create customized virtual field trips and intelligently-tutored digital lessons tailored to your curriculum with Infiniscope’s easy-to-use tools and comprehensive training resources. Implement place-based learning and personalize content to deliver unique and engaging educational experiences. Join the community for free access.