Students use measurement skills to determine the scale distance to space on a map.

Students imagine and draw an alien that can survive with traits and environmental conditions that scientists look for in the search for life beyond Earth.

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.

Students learn about and model weather patterns that make Antarctica ideal for scientific balloon exploration.

Quickly and easily model how colors reflect, absorb, and interact with each other in the classroom or online using your computer’s camera.

Students learn how Mars rovers use spectroscopy to study the chemical composition of rock samples on the Red Planet then model the process in the classroom.

Student teams use the engineering design process and everyday materials to design an insulator that will keep a small amount of water from rapidly changing temperature.

Students generate maps and physical models of simulated surface features on Jupiter’s moon Europa while learning how spacecraft make maps using radar.

Students use simple supplies to model how NASA tracks the location of spacecraft from Earth.