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NASA eClips™ Resources support standards-based instruction by increasing STEM literacy in formal and nonformal settings. The free video segments inform and engage students, through NASA-inspired, real world connections.

Three NASA eClips programs are tailored to meet the needs of students in grades 3-6. In addition, a student-produced resource has joined the NASA eClips library.

The NASA Our World videos (grades 3-5) help students to understand the differences between science, the natural world, and engineering, the designed world.

These video segments supplement elementary learning objectives not only in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, but can also be used to support oral and written communication through contextual vocabulary development.

NASA Real World videos (grades 6-8) connect classroom mathematics to 21st century careers and innovations and are designed to build a real-world, problem-solving context for mathematics.

Real World videos show how math skills are applied in a variety of situations to make observations, record measurements, and solve equations.

NASA Launchpad videos (grades 9-6) focus on NASA innovations and the technology that takes us into the future. These videos provide a backdrop for learning through the unique lens of NASA.

These segments emphasize design-based thinking and reflect interdisciplinary collaboration. They can be used to support project-based and problem-based learning experiences in science, mathematics, and career and technical education.

NASA Spotlites are short (90-60 second) student-produced videos designed to debunk nationally recognized science misconceptions.

Teachers may use the Spotlites video design challenge to increase students’ science literacy and communication skills. From research, to script, to screen, students build their own understanding of the science concept through creative video representations. This project may be used by digital media, science, and English teachers as an authentic, interdisciplinary task.