The 2020 Moon Phases Calendar Is Here!

Fun to make and display, the calendar also teaches students about the phases of the Moon, their pattern and why they look the way they do.

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Moon Lessons

Explore a collection of standards-aligned STEM lessons all about Earth's natural satellite.

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Learn All About the Moon

Explore fun facts about the Moon in videos and slideshows – and make your own Moon rover game!

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Meet JPL Interns

He spent the summer dreaming up a potential future spacecraft for Mars – and ended up paving a path to a NASA-JPL career.

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Enter NASA's Scientist for a Day Essay Contest

The contest is back for its 15th year, inviting students in grades 5 through 12 to investigate three distant worlds and write an essay about one they would want to explore further.

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Make a Solar System Scale Model

Use spreadsheets, paper, travel times and even beads to teach students about the sizes of planets and distances between them.

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Build Your Own Space Mission

Create a virtual rover or orbiter and launch it into space!

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