NASA Helio Club is a collection of six club sessions, or lessons, that complete a comprehensive module created for a middle-school audience (ages 10-14) to introduce basic heliophysics concepts to learners. Designed for both after school clubs and classroom environments, each session takes approximately two hours, or approximately two class-periods. Each session includes a full collection of educator instructions, learner handouts, and assessment tools.

Capstone Project: In this optional capstone project, learners are challenged to use what they learned about NASA missions throughout the club sessions to design their own mission. This project introduces even more NASA missions, examines the different ways of collecting data on missions, and models the steps that scientists and engineers take to conceptualize and execute a mission.

• Capstone Instructions ↗
• Capstone Slides ↗
• Capstone Handout: Project Directions↗
• Capstone Handout: Mission Proposal Letter ↗
• Capstone Handout: Criteria for Success↗

The capstone project is most effective if you run the entire club. Find the full club/curriculum here ↗

The NASA Helio Club Youth Guide ↗  includes the handouts for all six sessions, plus additional resources for the capstone project. Other resources include Educator Background Information ↗ and a complete Materials Checklist↗  for all sessions. All content is connected to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).