Astrophysics Science Division Education & Public Outreach

Family Science Night (Washington, DC area) Come to the Goddard Visitor Center once a month to discover the wide variety of science and engineering being performed here at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.		Afterschool Universe Afterschool astronomy program for middle school age students (grades 6-8)
Big Explosions and Strong Gravity (Washington, DC area) A program for Girl Scouts		JWST - Worlds Beyond - Worlds Beyond is an educational art project that explores extrasolar planets. Worlds Beyond can be run as an after-school program, or done with an informal education group, like the scouts . Our site has information about our pilot program.

RXTE Satellite Paper Model - Make your own RXTE satellite.		JWST Grab-able Model - This is a 3D interactive model. JWST Paper Model - Build your own JWST, learning the function and purpose of each part of the satellite.
Swift Paper Model - This booklet contains all the instructions, drawings, and descriptions needed to build a paper model of the Swift satellite. Swift Glider - Now you can build a paper airplane designed to look like a Swift!		WMAP Grab-able Model - This is a 3D JAVA interactive model.

Cosmicopia - An abundance (a cornucopia, if you will) of information about cosmic rays, the Earth's magnetosphere, the Sun, space weather, and other exciting topics in space science.		Imagine the Universe! - This site is intended for students age 14 and up, and for anyone interested in learning about our universe.
StarChild - A site for ages 5-13.		Beyond Einstein - Learn about black holes, gravitational waves and more about our efforts to go beyond Einstein!
Blueshift - Each episode of this podcast provides a backstage pass to the science, missions, and people here at Goddard - we'll fill you in on groundbreaking discoveries, innovative technology, new missions, and other exciting stories.		APOD - Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Universe 101- Cosmology basics - Looking for cosmology answers? WMAP's tutorial, written by cosmologists for a high school level audience is here to help!		Cosmic Distance Scale - Want to know why we can't easily visit the nearest star? Or why we've never seen what our Galaxy looks like from outside it? This feature gives an impression of how immense our Universe is by zooming out to the furthest reaches of the Universe, while focusing on the large number of zeros that we see in astronomical distances when we measure them with a familiar unit like the kilometer. Educational standards are available.

Imagine the Universe! News - Featured news articles from high-energy astrophysics.		Suzaku in the News - News about the Suzaku satellite.
Cosmicopia News - News articles about cosmic rays, space weather, and the Sun.		JWST in the News - This section is primarily to archive feature articles on JWST.