Enter NASA's Scientist for a Day Essay Contest

The contest is back for its 15th year, inviting students in grades 5 through 12 to investigate three distant worlds and write an essay about one they would want to explore further.

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Make a Solar System Scale Model

Use spreadsheets, paper, travel times and even beads to teach students about the sizes of planets and distances between them.

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Meet JPL Interns

She never imagined making it to NASA, now Samalis Santini De Leon is on the team tasked with landing the next Mars rover.

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Teachable Moments

Turn the latest NASA missions and science news into STEM lessons for students.

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Projects for Students

Students can make everything from origami spacecraft to rovers to clouds with these kid-friendly activities.

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Build Your Own Space Mission

Create a virtual rover or orbiter and launch it into space!

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