Captain’s logs and ship’s logs have a rich history, and provide insight into how life on seafaring vessels went (and still go today). Continue this tradition by keeping track of what, where, and how you read this summer. 

Challenge yourself to complete at least five tasks from the list below. How many can you complete?

Your mission is to complete at least two of the escape rooms or murder mysteries.

How much do you really know about the ocean? Here is your chance to test your knowledge with our ocean trivia quiz!

Use a camera or phone to take pictures of the following things. 

Small gestures make the most difference on a daily basis. It's easy to get so preoccupied with our own lives that we forget about others, but with just one simple act of kindness, we can change the way someone else's day goes, and we can better ourselves and the world in the process. This challenge is designed for you to take the time to do something for someone else — and hopefully they will pay it forward to the next person!

Books can take you around the world and back, even if you're only in your backyard! Show us all the fun and exciting places you read by marking each place you read. Get out and read!

Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

NASA is taking the first step in the next era of human exploration with the Artemis spaceflight program! In ancient Greek mythology, Artemis was the goddess of the Moon and twin sister to the sun god Apollo. Much like NASA’s Apollo program, which took humans to the Moon in the 1960s and 1970s, the Artemis program will take humans, including the first woman and the first person of color, back to the Moon and prepare us for traveling to Mars and beyond for the first time.

The following activities are all about the Artemis program and NASA’s plans for a new generation of crewed spaceflight. Complete three of the six activities to earn your “Moon, Mars, and Beyond” badge.

Read one book during week one to get the prize for that week.  Enter the title of the book you read.

Read one book during week 2.  Enter the title of the book you read. 

Read one book during week 3 to get the prize for that week.  Enter the title of the book you read.

Read one book during week 3 to get the prize for that week.  Enter the title of the book you read.

NASA is taking the first step in the next era of human exploration with the Artemis spaceflight program! Going back to the Moon and building a permanent presence on the lunar surface is a crucial step towards putting humans on Mars for the first time.

Learn all about NASA’s plans for lunar exploration and earn the "Back to the Moon" badge by completing four of the eight activities below!

Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

NASA is taking the first step in the next era of human exploration with the Artemis spaceflight program! The Artemis program is all about sending humans back to the Moon in preparation for an even more challenging goal: human travel to Mars, the Red Planet!

Earn this badge and learn more about Mars by completing three of the five activities below!

Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

NASA is taking the first step in the next era of human exploration with the Artemis spaceflight program! Space travel requires massive amounts of planning, design, prototyping, and testing to ensure the vehicles and tools sent with astronauts into space are safe and reliable.

Dive deeper into NASA’s planning and prototyping process for the Artemis missions and earn this badge by completing three of the five activities below!

Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

Take part in the Reading Challenge and read!

Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

Take part in the Reading Challenge and read!

Take part in the Reading Challenge and read!

Take part in the Reading Challenge and read!