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Any subject area can be customized to meet the needs of your educators and your state standards. The topics below are a guide to the areas of study, not an all inclusive list. For information on other subjects, please contact the KSC ERC.

Aeronautics

Enable a safer, more secure, efficient, and environmentally friendly air transportation system.

• Principles of Flight/History (K-12) - How does an airplane fly? What pilot, astronaut, or aeronautical engineer didn't start out with a toy glider? Learn about basic aeronautic concepts, study the history of aviation, explore the nature of flight and experience some real life applications of mathematics, science and technology.
• Principles of Rocketry (K-12) - How does the flight of a rocket differ from the flight of an airplane? Dreams of rocket flight to distant worlds fire the imagination of both children and adults. Learn the history of rocketry. Dreams of rocket flight to distant worlds fire the imagination of both children and adults. Learn the history of rocketry. Explore Newton's Three Laws of Motion to explain why rockets work and how to make them more efficient and of course, launch rockets.
• History of Flight (5-12) - How has the invention of flight changed our world?
• Early Childhood Education - A workshop designed specifically for grades PreK-2. Use the theme of rocketry to teach patterning, geometrics shapes, and nonstandard measurement, data collection and graphing through a number of hands-on activities geared for the younger student.

Exploration Systems

Develop capabilities and supporting research and technology that enable sustained and affordable human and robotic exploration; includes the biological and physical research necessary to ensure the health and safety of crew during long duration space flight.

• Microgravity (5-12) - What are the biological and physical effects of space flight? Define microgravity and study how it affects humans. Experiment with the forces and processes that microgravity scientists are investigating today. Examine their expectations for related research on the International Space Station.
• Living and Working in Space (K-12) - What are the challenges to be overcome before humans can live and work in space?
• Space Suits - Examine the characteristics of the space environment and the risks to the human body. Review the history of spacewalking and the evolution of the space suit.
• Toys in Space - Investigate the effects of gravity and microgravity on common items. Shadow the activities of astronauts as they demonstrate the behavior of selected toys in the microgravity environment of the space shuttle.

Space Operations

Extending the duration and boundaries of human space flight to create new opportunities for exploration and discovery.

• Mars Exploration - Experience the past and present history of NASA's exploration of the "Red Planet." Discover what NASA has learned about the planet's geology and potential support for life. Investigate the challenges of human travel to Mars.
• Robotics - Learn how NASA uses robotics. Engage in activities that simulate how robots assist astronauts in the exploration of space.
• Constellation Program: America's Fleet of Next-Generation Launch Vehicles - Learn about NASA's new design, testing and evaluation of hardware and related systems for the agency's crew launch vehicle - the rocket that will carry a new generation of space explorers into orbit.