The 50th anniversary of the moon landing means a bunch of great new resources are available for teaching about space. This week we’ve gathered those for you—and topped them off with TWO great space-related prizes.
To enter our random drawing, take a look at our out-of-this-world space prize packs and submit a comment to this blog by Thursday, August 8, to let us know which you’d want to win. (Update: Congratulations to Lou and Heather, our lucky winners!)
Would you like to win Super-Stellar Prize Pack #1? It includes:
Daring Dozen (Charlesbridge)
Space Race (B.E.S.)
Moon Mission (Kids Can Press)
Armstrong (North South)
Or do you prefer our Race-You-to-the-Moon Prize Pack #2? It includes:
Go for the Moon (Roaring Brook)
Moon! Earth’s Best Friend (Henry Holt)
The Race to Space (W&P)
Countdown (Peachtree uncorrected proof)
Real Lives: Explorers and Pioneers (B.E.S.)
Submit your comment, then check out the free teaching resources in 3… 2… 1… blast off!
Start with the official NASA poster and printables at nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th/media.html and the free activities at spacestem.nasa.gov/k-5-classroom. Plus get the teacher’s guide at nasa.gov/stem-ed-resources/nasa-stem-forward-to-the-moon-educators-guide.html. You’ll also find out lots more info about events around the country, where to see moon rocks in your area, timelines, mission documents, and much more.
Learn how you and your students can interact with NASA through citizen science projects. Download and print a free poster from ISTE.
Want to branch out? Check out STEMonstrations on the International Space Station at nasa.gov/stemonstrations.
And finally, download teacher-astronaut Christa McAuliffe’s lost STEM lessons from the Challenger Center at challenger.org/challenger_lessons/christas-lost-lessons/.
Whew! That’s a whole galaxy of choices. Have a blast!
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I would be “over the moon” if I could win pack 2!
It would be awesone to win either pack! If I have pick….going with #2.
I already love Mailbox TO THE MOON AND BACK … prize packet #2 would be an awesome resource to have on hand as I move from 2nd grade to kindergarten. (:
What a great prize!!! The Stellar Pack would be a hit with the stars in my class this year!
I love the Moon Mission book best, although, I think they are all amazing!
I would love to win pack #2!
I would love to win pack #1 for my Middle School students!
I would love the Race to theMoon package! ❤️????????????????
It would be out of this world to win number 2!
Pack #2 could “land” in my classroom
I would love you to the moon and back if you would give me pack #2!
I would love you to the moon and back if you would give me pack #2!
The kids would find either packet out of this world if it landed in room 10!
Definitely the Race-You-To-The-Moon Pack
#2 would be amazing to win!!!
Race You to the Moon Prize Pack #2 would be a great addition to my classroom! My kiddos love learning about space!
I love books about the moon and space missions. I was in high school when Apollo 11 landed on the moon. I have been fascinated since!
Race-You-to-the-Moon Prize Pack #2 would be great
My students’ dreams for visiting space would be ignited by reading a selection from either of these stellar sets of books. They would race to pick up a book from the Race-You-to-the-Moon Prize Pack #2!
I like prize pack #1. These books all look great.
I would like to win Race-You-to-the-Moon Prize Pack #2.
I would like to win prize pack #2.
I am actually old enough to remember the moon landing and first steps! Prize Pack #2 would help getting first graders as excited as I was when I watched Neil Armstrong.
I would like to win prize pack 2 race you to the moon!
I teach fourth grade I think prize pack #1 would be the
Most appropriate. I teach Florida history and live within 2 hours of Cape Kennedy.
These books would add to my curriculum.
Thank you.
Race to the moon ???? for me!
I would love Pack 2 for my children with language disorders!