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Launch rockets, build robots, explore your world and beyond! Our projects, toolkit and contests will take you into space without ever leaving Earth.

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Use geometric shapes called tangrams to build a rocket and other space-themed designs!

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Build a Rocket and More With Shapes

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Build a Rocket and More With Shapes

Use geometric shapes called tangrams to build a rocket and other space-themed designs!
TAGS:rockets tangrams geometry shapes space travel Spacecraft
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Learn the difference between land ice and sea ice, then do an experiment to see how the melting of each contributes to global sea level rise.

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How Melting Ice Causes Sea Level Rise

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How Melting Ice Causes Sea Level Rise

Learn the difference between land ice and sea ice, then do an experiment to see how the melting of each contributes to global sea level rise.
TAGS:Climate Change Earth Sea-Level Oceans Sea-Level Rise Graphing Earth Science Water Weather and Climate Energy Earth Day en Español video tutorial
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Make a volcano with baking soda, vinegar and play dough. Then, add multiple layers that you can investigate like a NASA scientist.

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Make a Volcano

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Make a Volcano

Make a volcano with baking soda, vinegar and play dough. Then, add multiple layers that you can investigate like a NASA scientist.
TAGS:Earth Geology Volcano Lava DIY Learning Space Earth Day en Español video tutorial Mars Rovers
Create a Moon Journal

Draw what you see in a Moon Journal and see if you can predict the moon phase that comes next.

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Look at the Moon! Journaling Project

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Look at the Moon! Journaling Project

Draw what you see in a Moon Journal and see if you can predict the moon phase that comes next.
TAGS:Earth Earth's Moon Moon Supermoon Moon Calendar journal observation Moon Phases en Español video tutorial Moons Sun
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Like a decoder wheel for the Moon, this calendar will show you where and when to see the Moon and every moon phase throughout the year!

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Make a Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator

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Make a Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator

Like a decoder wheel for the Moon, this calendar will show you where and when to see the Moon and every moon phase throughout the year!
TAGS:Earth Earth's Moon Missions Moon Supermoon Lunar Eclipse Moon Calendar Moon Phases Apollo en Español video tutorial Moons Sun
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Create a video game that lets players explore the Red Planet with a helicopter like the one going to Mars with NASA's Perseverance rover!

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Code a Mars Helicopter Video Game

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Code a Mars Helicopter Video Game

Create a video game that lets players explore the Red Planet with a helicopter like the one going to Mars with NASA's Perseverance rover!
TAGS:Mars Mars Rover Mars Helicopter coding programming helicopter Mars 2020 en Español video tutorial space travel Missions Rovers Spacecraft
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Imagine you and your family are astronauts orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station. How would you adapt to the challenges and keep doing important routines, like exercising, learning and taking time for fun?

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Imagine You're an Astronaut

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Imagine You're an Astronaut

Imagine you and your family are astronauts orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station. How would you adapt to the challenges and keep doing important routines, like exercising, learning and taking time for fun?
TAGS:Living in Space ISS International Space Station Astronaut Microgravity en Español video tutorial space travel
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Design and build a lander that will protect two "astronauts" when they touch down.

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Make an Astronaut Lander

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Make an Astronaut Lander

Design and build a lander that will protect two "astronauts" when they touch down.
TAGS:Earth's Moon Lander Design Project DIY Engineering Building The Engineering Design Process Moon 2024 Apollo #VirtualMoonshot May the Fourth en Español video tutorial space travel Mars Missions Spacecraft
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Modify a paper-cup spacecraft so it can zip down a line and drop a "lander" onto a target.

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Land a Spacecraft on Target

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Land a Spacecraft on Target

Modify a paper-cup spacecraft so it can zip down a line and drop a "lander" onto a target.
TAGS:Artemis Cassini Rosetta Lander Landing May the Fourth en Español video tutorial space travel Asteroids Earth's Moon Mars Missions Spacecraft