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• Engineering Challenges- Explore the Engineering Process
  • http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/
• NASA For Students features interactive lessons, games, and activites for students in grades 5-8
  • https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/index.html
• NASA For Students features interactive lessons, games, and activites for students in grades K-4
  • https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/index.html
• Math Skills By Grade or Subject w/ practice problems and games:
  • https://www.ixl.com/math/
• How Do Airplanes Fly
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyeX6ArxCYI
• Chegg Prep
  • https://www.chegg.com/flashcards 
• Math Tutorials By Subject
• • http://www.mathispower4u.com/

Module 1- Up, Up, and Away: Flight, Airplanes and Airports Resources for Module 1 STEM Flight Activities

• http://www.getcaughtengineering.com/take-flight-with-stem/
• https://premeditatedleftovers.com/naturally-frugal-mom/flight-unit-study-resources/
• http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/lessonplans/flight.html
• NASA Flight Lessons (K-8)
  
• https://wright.nasa.gov/lesson.htm
• NASA Aerospace Lessons (K-8)
  
• https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/aeroact.htm
• Flight Lesson Plans
• Airplane Anatomy:       Helping Orville and Wilbur Assemble the 1903 Flyer (K-3)
  
• https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/wright-brothers/online/classroomActivities/K-3_teacher_instructions.cfm
• Lesson Plan for       Wright Brothers Biography: An Illustrated Timeline (Grades 4-7)
  
• https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/wright-brothers/online/classroomActivities/4-7_teacher_instructions.cfm
• How Birds Fly- A lesson in flight from our       feathered friends (Grades 3-8)
  
• https://journeynorth.org/tm/crane/flightlesson.html
• Students Design Hot Air Balloons For Aerial Observation (Grade 8+)
• https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_balloons_lesson01_activity1
• Lighter Than Air: Building a Hot Air Balloon (Grades 3-8)
• Explore how hot air balloons travel and more
  
• https://airandspace.si.edu/files/pdf/lesson-plans/stem-in-30/hot-air-balloon-plan.pdf
• How Far Can It Fly? Lesson Plan: Hot Air Balloon (Grade 3-8)
• Students learn flight principles and play a       simulation flight game
  
• https://educators.brainpop.com/lesson-plan/far-can-fly-lesson-plan-hot-air-balloon/
  
• https://www.brainpop.com/games/hotairballoon/
• Hot Air Balloon Challenge (Gr. 8+)
• Students build and fly hot air balloons*       requires heavy teacher involvement
  
• https://betterlesson.com/lesson/639037/hot-air-balloon-challenge
• NASA Bag Balloon Lesson Plan (Grades 4-6)
• https://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/summer/education_resources/physicalscience_grades4-6/PS_bag-balloon.html

Module 2- Atmosphere and the Rockets That Break It! – Resources for Module 2 STEM Weather Activities

• https://www.schoolingamonkey.com/stem-weather-activities/
• http://stem-works.com/activities
• http://stem-works.com/activities -Extreme Weather:       Hurricanes &Tornados, Tsunamis & Floods, Thunderstorms
• The Weather Channel:      Weather Lesson Plans and Activities(K-5)
• http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/jclark/ElementaryWeather_new.pdf
• Rockets Unit (3-5)
• https://www.teachengineering.org/curricularunits/view/cub_rockets_curricularunit
• NASA Rocketry Lesson      Plans- Scores of Lesson Plans ranging from Grades PreK-8 (K-8)
• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/rocketry/lessonplans/index.html
• NASA Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics Activities
• A wide variety of       aerospace activities and lesson plans have been generated by active       teachers, educators, and NASA engineers and scientists. These lessons are       arranged by subject, grade level, and creator.
  
• Lessons Include:
  
   
• Airplane         Parts Definition (6-9)
   
• Newton's         First Law and Airplanes (8-9)
   
• Aileron         Roll Problem (8-9)
   
• Rudder –         Yaw (6-9)
   
• Airplane         Parts/Functions (6-9)
   
• Airplane         Parts (7+)
   
• Calculating         Range for a Constant Velocity (7-8)
   
• Density and         Lift (6-8)
   
• Forces on         an Airplane and Resulting Motion (7-12)
   
• Why Invent         That? (6-8)
   
• Cruising         Aircraft and Balanced Forces (7-8)
   
• Designing         an Aircraft Model (6-8)
   
• Fundamental         Terms (6-8)
   
• Teamwork in         Aerospace (6+)
  
• https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/BGA/BGAindex.html
• NASA Newton's Third Law      and Aircraft Propulsion
• A hands on lesson in propulsion
  
• https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/BGP/Shari_N/propulsion_act.htm

• NASA Beginner's Guide to Propulsion Activities
• A wide variety of aerospace activities and       lesson plans have been generated by active teachers, educators, and NASA       engineers and scientists. These lessons are arranged by subject, grade       level, and creator. Teacher's are encouraged to click on the TEACHER hyperlink       to obtain information concerning the learning standards addressed by each       activity. Clicking on the STUDENT hyperlink will take you directly to the       activity.
  
• Lessons Include :
  
   
• JET Engine         Activity (5-8)
   
• What Would         You Fly?(5-8)
   
• Propulsion         Pop! (5-8)
   
• Fundamental         Terms (6-8)
   
• Charles and         Gay Lussac's Law (7-10)
   
• Reaction of         Gases (6-8)
   
• Range and         Fuel Consumption (6-8)
   
• Turbine         Engine Identification (6-8)
   
• Air         Temperature and Kinetic Energy (7-9)
   
• Turbine         Engine Parts – Inlets (7-9)
   
• Thrust to         Weight Ratio (7-9)
  
• https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/BGP/BGPindex.html
• NASA Atmosphere Lessons
• My       NASA Data (MND) offers new and revised lessons that are aligned with NGSS       Earth Systems phenomena that focus on data collection and analysis for       grades 3-12.
  
• https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/atmosphere/lesson-plans
• NASA How To Build A      Weather Satellite Lesson Plan (K-8)
• https://pmm.nasa.gov/education/lesson-plans/how-do-you-build-weather-satellite
• NASA Weather and      Climate (K-8)
• Lessons, videos and awesome tools to explore       the earth’s weather, climate and atmospheric conditions
  
• https://pmm.nasa.gov/education/weather-climate
• Build It Better- Design      A Tornado-Proof Structure
• http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/build-it-better/

Module 3 – Beam Me Up Scotty! Space and Spacecraft- Resources for Module 3

• NASA Earth, Earth’s      Moon, and Mars’ Balloons (Grades K-4)
• https://mars.nasa.gov/files/mep/Earth_Moon_Mars_Balloons_K-4_Lesson_8_2013.pdf
• NASA STEM Lessons From Space:      Science-
• A       galaxy of lesson plans and resources
  
• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem-on-station/science
• NASA STEM Lessons From Space: Technology
• A       galaxy of lesson plans and resources
  
• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem-on-station/technology
• NASA STEM Lessons From Space: Engineering
• A       galaxy of lesson plans and resources
  
• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem-on-station/engineering
• NASA STEM Lessons From Space: Mathematics
• A galaxy of lesson plans and resources
  
• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem-on-station/mathematics
• NASA Apollo Landing Sites      (K-12)
• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Apollo_Landing.html
• NASA Cassini Huygens: Reading,      Writing and Rings (1-2)
• 10       Interdisciplinary lessons in language Arts and Science
  
• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Cassini_Huygens_Reading_Writing_and_Rings_1-2.html
• NASA Cassini Huygens: Reading,      Writing and Rings (3-4)
• 12       Interdisciplinary lessons in language Arts and Science
  
• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Cassini_Huygens_Reading_Writing_and_Rings_3-4.html
• NASA Comet Mystery Boxes (K-8)
• A       tactile introduction to comets
  
• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Comet_Mystery_Boxes.html
• NASA Comet On A Stick!
• The       student pages explain the activity, define "comet," list facts       about comets for students to model, and prompt students to improve their       models by asking them questions about their creations.
  
• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Comet_on_a_Stick.html

• NASA Diameter Of The      Moon
• This       activity requires that students calculate the diameter of the moon by       comparing it to a two-centimeter cardboard disc
  
• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Diameter_Moon.html
• NASA Planetary      Differentiation
• In       this activity, students will simulate differentiation using pennies,       sand, water and toothpicks.
  
• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Differentiation.html

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