The NASA Sci Files™ is an inquiry-based and standards-based, Emmy® award-winning series of 60-minute instructional programs for students in grades 3-5. Programs are designed to introduce students to NASA; integrate mathematics, science, and technology through the use of Problem-Based Learning (PBL), scientific inquiry, and the scientific method; and to motivate students to become critical thinkers and active problem solvers. The series includes an instructional broadcast, a companion educator's guide, an interactive web site featuring a PBL activity, plus a wealth of instructional resources.
Full Lesson Plan Guides
- Case of the "Wright" Invention (PDF)
- Case of the Barking Dogs (PDF)
- Case of the Biological Biosphere (PDF)
- Case of Disappearing Dirt (PDF)
- Case of the Electrical Mystery (PDF)
- Case of the Inhabitable Habitat (PDF)
- Case of the Phenomenal Weather (PDF)
- Case of the Shaky Quake (PDF)
- Case of the Wacky Water Cycle (PDF)
Lesson Plans by Segments
Case of the Physical Fitness Challenge
Case of the Galatic Vacation
Case of the Great Space Exploration
Case of the Ocean Odyssey
Case of the Prize-Winning Plants
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Case of the Mysterious Red Light (video coming soon)
Case of Zany Animal Antics (video coming soon)
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