On this page you will find grade appropriate activities for you to use before your trip, during your trip and after you trip. Feel free to download all activities and get the most out of your Space Center Houston Field Trip.

Visit Guides

These reproducible "Activity Guides" help your students have an enjoyable, educational experience at Space Center Houston. The "Activity Guides" are a fun way for students to search out detailed information from the exhibits.

Booklets are in pdf format. (Acrobat Reader required to open. Download a copy of Acrobat Reader here).

K-2nd Grade

3rd-5th Grade

6th-8th Grade

9th-12th Grade

Guide Reproduction

Pre and Post Lessons

All activities below are chosen to compliment a particular exhibit at Space Center Houston. Feel free to use these activities before and after your visit.

Living in Space:

• Space Food activity (K-5) (pdf)
• Whatever Will I Eat? Activity (pdf)
• NASA Activity: Space Food Guide (K-8)
• NASA Activity: Food Selection Activity (K-4) (part of guide)
• NASA Activity: Classifying Space Food (5-8) (part of guide)
• NASA Activity: Have Food Will Travel - Food Design Menu (3-5)

Tram Tour:

• Tram 5-question sheet (pdf)
• Straw Saturn V Rocket Activity (K-5) (pdf)
• NASA Activity: Designing a CEV (3-5)
• NASA Activity: NASA Spinoffs Search for Spinoffs Game (K-5)
• NASA Activity: NASA Spinoff Database (K-12)

Starship Gallery:

• Starship Gallery History of NASA Crossword Puzzle (pdf)
• Timeline Activity (pdf)
• NASA Activity: Making Regolith Activity (3-5)

Blast Off Theater:

• ISS Puzzles (K-2) (pdf)
• ISS Puzzles (3-5) (pdf)
• Expedition Crew Activity (pdf)

Northrop Grumman Theater:

• ISS Puzzles (K-2) (pdf)
• ISS Puzzles (3-5) (pdf)
• Expedition Crew Activity (pdf)

Space Shuttle Mock-up:

• Shuttle Mock-up activities (pdf)
• NASA Activity: Space Shuttle Glider Activity (5-12)

Astronaut Gallery:

• Mission Patch Activity (K-5)
• NASA Activity: Suited for Space Walking Educator Guide (5-12)

Part Task Trainers:

• NASA Activity: NASA Spinoffs Search for Spinoffs Game (K-5)
• NASA Activity: NASA Spinoff Database (K-12)
• NASA Activity: Space Shuttle Glider Activity (5-12)

Kids Space Place:

• Weight on Another Planet “How Much Do I Weigh?” Activity (pdf)