Join us for a demonstration of two science crafts to explore moving air and wind.
Watch and learn how to make a card shaped like an airplane and sednd it to a friend
Museum Educator Ann Caspari demonstrates how to make an astronaut helmet costume from a paper bag
A museum educator demonstrates fun crafts to do at home to explore air and space themes with young children
Upcycle materials from your home to make a play space laser and zap space junk
Make a simple telescope from a paper tube and use it to look at the clouds and stars
Use newspaper and paint to create a model of planet Earth that you can play with
Make costume wings and pretend you can fly
The solar system has smaller objects like asteroids, meteors and comets that make a big impact. In this story we learn more about these small but interesting objects.
In this story, Lou goes to an air show at the local airport, and the Three Friends are inspired by the fast flying jets and their cool maneuvers to create high flying kites
This story is about the incredible flying circuses in the pioneering days of flight.
This story is about the pioneering pilot Bessie Coleman, with sketches by museum educator Diane Kidd.
At Ruth's birthday party the friends play with balloons and bubbles that float in the air.
This story follows the Three Friends as they celebrate the 20th anniversary of the International Space Station and build their own space station.
The friends are inspired while cleaning their rooms to return to their fantasy space story and imagine how their robot and alien characters could clean up space junk.
"Family of the Sun," which tells the story of the planets in our solar system. After the story, do a craft to make a solar system playset.
A slideshow version of the Flights of Fancy Story Time Wright Brothers learning lab. An alternative to using the Smithsonian Learning lab website
When the Three Friends and Mo visit the zoo, they are inspired by animals that fly like hawks and eagles, little birds, bats, butterflies, and dragonflies to make winged costumes.
National Air and Space Museum. Museum educator Ann Caspari will read the original story Fly and Float, a story about seaplanes.
Gather your little ones for a special Halloween-themed story time with the National Air and Space Museum. Museum educator Ann Caspari reads an original story and leads us in a craft.