4‑H at Home Activity Guide
Help kids continue doing and learning all year long with the 4-H at Home Activity Guide.
Space Exploration
About the Activities
Explore the wonders of Space with easy at home experiments and short educational instructional videos. These activities were developed to take place over the course of a few days, relying on kids' natural curiosity to learn.
Grades: 3-5
Topic: STEM, Aerospace
Estimated Time: 30 minutes per activity
Brought to you by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension & Utah State University Extension
Supplies
Click on the titles below to view the supplies needed to complete each activity. All supplies needed can be found in or around the house.
Activity Steps
Watch the videos below for step-by-step instructions to complete each activity and learn more about Mars and space exploration.
Reflection Questions
Questions for your kids and teens.
- Why is it important to test and make adaptions when conducting science experiments?
- How can germinating seeds without soil be useful to our everyday lives here on earth?
- What is an example of something that has proven accuracy in our everyday lives here on earth?
- Why do you think it important to observe and collect data when conducting science experiments?
Investigate and Explore
Take what you've learned to the next level to learn more and explore the possibilities.
Since space exploration first began, scientists have been conducting experiments and gathering data - just like you! Your interest in space could lead you to study aerospace engineering, agriculture, physics, health, and nutrition.
One day, you could be a nutritionist monitoring an astronaut's health to ensure they receive the right combination of nutrients during long-term spaceflight. You could work as a chemist and experiment with fertilizer formulas to add the right amount of nutrients to plants to help astronauts grow vegetables on the International Space Station.
STEM careers are all around us!
Related Activities
If you enjoyed the 4-H Space Program, you can find more aerospace and STEM activities on 4-H at Home.
Shop 4-H Curriculum and Products
Shop 4-H offers university-backed STEM curriculum, educational kits, products and supplies to expand your knowledge of space, rocketry and more.
Galactic Quest Kit
Grades: 3-9
The 2021 STEM Challenge takes youth on an out-of-this world adventure.
Family Kit: 1-4 youth | Educator Kit: 12 youth
Please allow 1-2 weeks for shipping.
$19.95 | $32.95
Mars Base Camp Rover
Grades: 3-8
Youth use engineering skills to build a vehicle that can explore the surface of Mars while participating in the Mars Base Camp Red Planet Odyssey unplugged activity.
$4.95
Explorers Of The Deep Stem Challenge Kit
Designed by Rutgers University, Explorers of the Deep, focuses on the mysteries and adventures of ocean exploration—with robots! Ocean exploration helps scientists prepare for and adapt to changing ocean conditions.
$24.99
Aerospace Pin
Once you've completed your Mars Base Camp or Aerospace mission, you've earned the right to display your accomplishment proudly with your 4-H Aerospace pin.
5/8" x 3/4", antiqued finish medal.
$2.49
Weather and Climate Science
Grades 3-5
The 4-H Weather and Climate Science curriculum is for youth who enjoy learning about science, especially weather and climate. Level 1 introduces basic weather words and ideas. Activities focus on understanding the signs of weather, and youth will also begin to learn the difference between weather and climate and how these ideas are related.
$9.95
There's No New Water!
This water conservation and water quality curriculum is grounded in a simple yet powerful concept that water is a finite natural resource whose quantity and quality must be responsibly preserved, protected, used, and reused.
$15.95
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