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Middle School Classroom Materials

Middle School Classroom Materials

Cassini has developed several classroom material sets focused on students in grades 5-8

GAVRT Radio Telescope

The Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT) provides curricula and training for middle and high school teachers to learn about the Deep Space Network, a group of radio telescopes responsible for worldwide radio communication to interstellar and deep space instrument and spacecraft. Here students can perform actual radio astronomy experiments, truly engaging in revolutionary scientific discovery.




  • Blend space exploration with reading and writing -- Reading, Writing & Rings!
  • Cassini Scientist for a Day -- Students get involved
  • Cassini Raw Images