Students explore different types of space missions and observation techniques that scientists use to study distant objects like asteroids.

Students learn how NASA decodes spacecraft data, then students decode their own data to reveal space images.

Students learn how waves are used in communication with spacecraft and practice communicating using a similar process.

Students use simple materials to model a partial, annular, and total solar eclipse.

Lead a discussion about asteroids and their physical properties, then have students mold their own asteroids out of clay.

Students use art to describe and recognize the geology on planetary surfaces – now including Mars and asteroids.

In this activity, students will use sea-level rise data to create models and compare short-term trends to long-term trends. They will then determine whether sea-level rise is occurring based on the data.

Students use global carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration data since to plot major life milestones of themselves, their parents, and grandparents along a curve.

In this engineering challenge, students must stay within design limitations while creating a balloon and gondola system that can descend or ascend at a given rate or maintain its altitude.