OSGC Educational Resources Blog

On Oct. 27, 2008, education curriculum specialist Paula Rodney presented a 30-minute instructional webcast highlighting many of the activities included in the Lunar Nautics Education Guide. This webcast has been archived and is now available on demand.

To view the webcast and to download the Lunar Nautics Education Guide, visit http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Lunar_Nautics_Designing_a_Mission.html

The Lunar Nautics Educator Guide has 40 activities geared toward students in grades 6-8 and in informal settings. Students assume roles of workers at Lunar Nautics Space Systems, Inc., a fictional aerospace company specializing in mission management, lunar habitat construction, exploration design, and scientific research. This guide features lessons that address the basics of Newton’s Laws of Motion, rocket design, microgravity and the moon. Students will design, test and analyze a model lunar lander, a robotic model and a soda bottle rocket. Other activities include building edible models of spacecraft and creating a solar oven to cook hot dogs. Students can also build a microgravity sled as part of an underwater activity.

The Lunar Nautics CD now has enhanced accessibility features designed with visually and hearing-impaired students in mind. Follow the above link to download the free educator and student guides and/or to order a copy of the CD from the Central Operation of Resources for Educators, or CORE.