For 1st - 3rd grade, we have a presentation on "Our Solar System".  This presentation explores the wonders of our solar system, highlighting the Sun and the eight major planets, along with moons, asteroids, and comets. Viewers will learn key facts about each planet’s size, composition, atmosphere, and unique features.  Each student will create a "Pocket Solar System".

Built for grades 3rd – 5th, "Artemis - Going Back to the Moon" introduces basic space vocabulary (gravity, force, orbit), walks through the Artemis missions and NASA's Moon-to-Mars goals in kid-friendly language, and ends with a hands-on two-stage balloon rocket activity where students launch their rockets at a target "orbit zone," learning that too much or too little force means missing the mark—just like real NASA engineers.

For 5th grade through high school, we have a presentation that is meant to provide a fun introduction to the basic ideas of coding, giving students a “behind-the-scenes” view of basic motion controls. In groups, students then use their ELEGOO robots to acquire science targets and avoid hazards to learn about how real Mars exploration rovers, like the Curiosity mission, navigate and conduct investigations.  

"Artemis - NASA's Return to the Moon Through Science, Engineering & Mathematics" introduces 6th–8th grade students to NASA's Artemis program while reinforcing core physical science and math concepts (gravity, force, velocity, and orbits). It covers each Artemis mission, the SLS rocket, Orion spacecraft, and Gateway station, then culminates in a hands-on two-stage balloon rocket activity where students collect data and calculate velocity, connecting classroom STEM concepts to real NASA engineering practices. 

For high school, we are excited to add Decoding Dark Matter this year.   Humans have always been curious about our place in space. From developing early maps of the Earth to navigating by the stars, each generation builds on the advances of the last. Learn about how astronomers in Alabama are using modern technology and tools to make high precision measurements of stellar motion to map the invisible Dark Matter variations in the Milky Way.