These Science Lessons Are Out of This World!

Many of the topics also include an interactive at-home activity to keep kids excited and engaged.

By Jennifer Swartvagher April 26, 2020

Looking for new ways to spice up your homeschool science curriculum? Even though the Kennedy Space Center is temporarily closed, they are offering a new roster of free online content for children from elementary school to high school. This educational resource will continue to be available throughout May 2020.

Many of the topics also include an interactive at-home activity to keep kids excited and engaged.

Following is the new schedule of featured topics for upcoming virtual lessons:

5/4 Earth/Moon/Sun distances

5/5 Alan Shepard (HAL)

5/6 Build a Mars Rover

5/7 Canadarm & End Effector

5/8 Aeronautics: Foam Glider

5/11 International Space Station

5/12 Geodesic Sphere

5/13 Inertia (Kugel Sphere & Microgravity)

5/14 Straw Rockets

5/15 Rover Tracks (MB1 Engineering & Ops)

5/18 Heat Shield

5/19 Neutral Buoyancy Lab

5/20 NASA Now/Orion EFT-1/SpaceX Dragon/Starliner

5/21 Fasten Your Seatbelt

5/22 Crew Dragon

5/25 Crewed Launches

5/26 LCC- Countdown to Launch

5/27 Build Your Own Crew Vehicle

5/28 Diaper Dissection (Spin-off)

5/29 Conservation of Momentum

The education team at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will be sharing the video experiences Mon. through Fri. at 12 p.m. ET. The interactive presentations can be viewed on Facebook and on Instagram. The visitor complex also has downloadable activities.kennedy-space-center-free-online-content

—Jennifer Swartvagher

Featured photo: Brian McGowan on Unsplash

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