Engineering downloadable resources
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JPL Education
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory STEM resources, lessons, projects, videos, and activities for K-12 learners and educators.
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ORISE STEM Lesson Plans for K–12 Teachers
The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education provides a library of free K–12 STEM lesson plans, PDFs, activities, games and student opportunities.
NASA JPL K-12 Educator Resources
A searchable NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory library of K-12 lessons, projects, videos, collections, and teachable moments.
Science Museum Group Rocket Mice
Rocket Mice is a Science Museum Group hands-on activity about air pressure, air resistance and gravity in which children make and launch a paper rocket from a plastic bottle.
FIRST LEGO League
A guided robotics and STEM program where children build, code, collaborate, and solve real-world challenges.
NSF Technology Educational Resources
Technology lessons, activities, videos, and web resources for classroom teachers, students, and families from the U.S. National Science Foundation.
ESA Back to School Student Space Projects
The European Space Agency’s teacher page presents student projects including Astro Pi, Moon Camp, and CanSat to inspire classroom space and engineering learning.
Museum of Science Young Learners
A Museum of Science guide to exhibits and experiences designed for young scientists, including animals, dinosaurs, space, and engineering play.
Science Friday Try This
A free archive of hands-on science and engineering challenges that help kids investigate real-world questions through experiments and making.
EDC IDEAS Maker Program
Education Development Center’s IDEAS project is an inventing, designing, and engineering maker program for students and informal STEM learning.
DuPage Children’s Museum Educator Resources
DuPage Children’s Museum provides STEAM lesson plans, early-learning facilitation guides, field-trip social stories and sensory maps for educators.
NASA Space Out This Summer STEM Activities
NASA’s official summer roundup introduces space-themed STEM activities and learning opportunities for children and families through NASA’s learning resources.
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