This presentaton show multiple landforms from the ISS. It supports the Identifying Landforms from the International Space Station Lesson and Learning Lab
Take a walk around the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Space Hangar to get an inside-look at the most accomplished Space Shuttle.
Without air, balloons and birds and airplanes couldn't fly. But since you can't taste, see, or often even feel air, how can you prove it's really there?
Kepler's laws show the effects of gravity on orbits. They apply to any object that orbits another: planets orbiting the Sun, moons orbiting a planet, spacecraft orbiting Earth.
In this Explore on Your Own activity, students will watch a short video about landing spacecraft on Mars and then answer some questions.
Students will build their own model of the atmosphere to gain understanding of the layers and what can fly in each layer.
Find out how Bernoulli's principle helps explain lift.
Learn about the history and dynamics of hot-air balloons.
Helium and hot-air balloons float in air, but how? Is floating a type of flying?
Students will build a working model of a hot air balloon
Don't have solar glasses? Don't worry. Here are five unique ways to view an eclipse, including using a cracker!
Learn facts about a solar eclipse and how to safely view one.
Have you ever passed a pond or swamp and seen bugs walking on the water? Find out how they do it in this Smithsonian Lightning Lesson.
Get creative during a solar eclipse and find out how to use the Sun as an artistic tool.
Learn how eclipses work by making your own with some clay, toothpicks, binder clips, a yardstick and don't forget the Sun!
Astronauts cannot just flip on a faucet when they want to wash their hands. Learn about water conservation on the International Space Station.
Learn how to make a water filter using materials from around your home or classroom.
Here's a fun introduction to computer science! This video will show you how to use jewelry-making to learn about binary coding.
How can you remove a coin from the bottom of a stack of coins without touching the coins and also keeping the stack nearly motionless?
You do not need an expensive telescope to stargaze. Here are three easy methods to introduce you to stargazing.