SUNDERLAND, England – The Aldrin Family Foundation (AFF) announced a collaboration between the University of Sunderland and its project funders, Sunderland City Council’s children’s services partner Together for Children and the Reece Foundation, to distribute 20 Giant Moon Maps™ to primary schools across the Tyne and Wear region of northeast England. The large, floor-sized maps will expose around 3,600 UK students to the power of space education and help cultivate critical skills in science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM).

DENVER – Adams County School District 14 (Adams 14) has partnered with the Aldrin Family Foundation (AFF) to bring the excitement of space education to students through the integration of Giant Mars Maps™ as a part of the STEAM Learning Program at the new Alsup Elementary. 

Adams 14 officially opened the doors to the new Alsup Elementary building on July 19, 2021, inviting the community to explore the state-of-the-art school that was made possible with grant funding from the Colorado Department of Education’s Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) grant program. 

On Monday, Aug. 16, Alsup Elementary School hosted an interactive event to kick off its STEAM Learning Program, which included the unveiling of the Aldrin Family Foundation’s ​​Giant Mars Map, where students are able to learn valuable lessons while walking across the planet, exploring its features and topography, and being inspired by human attempts to explore it. Alsup STEAM student ambassadors launched model rockets in front of the school. 

Project Ianos to reach 3.8 million underrepresented students with powerful, STEM-based content inspired by human space exploration.

A team of leading education specialists, storytellers and space organizations, known as Project Ianos, has been selected by NASA as the recipient of a one-year grant to ignite curiosity among the next generation of explorers using the inspirational story of human space exploration.