In this standards-aligned unit, students learn about Mars, design a mission to explore the planet, build and test model spacecraft and components, and engage in scientific exploration.

Students play a strategy card game that requires them to use problem-solving to successfully explore the Moon and Mars.

What is sea-level rise and how does it affect us? This "Teachable Moment" looks at the science behind sea-level rise and offers lessons and tools for teaching students about this important climate topic.

Students learn the difference between land ice and sea ice and make a model to see how the melting of each impacts global sea level.

Whip up a moon-like crater with baking ingredients as a demonstration for students.

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.

In this advanced programming activity, students will construct a light-wavelength detector to model future technology for communicating with spacecraft.

Students explore the science behind an intriguing planetary feature by creating saline solutions and then observing what happens when the solutions evaporate.

These 60-second videos answer some of the most frequently asked questions about our planetary neighbor, Mars, and the spacecraft that explore it.