Students will use the engineering design process to design, build, test and improve a model satellite intended to investigate the surface of a planet.

In this lesson, students build a paper helicopter, then improve the design and compare and measure performance.

In this video lesson, students learn to design, build and launch paper rockets, calculate how high they fly and improve their designs.

Students study rocket stability as they design, construct and launch paper rockets using soda straws.

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.

This six-part video series walks educators and students through the ins and outs of crafting a science fair project.

In this simple engineering design lesson, students turn a piece of paper into an aircraft wing and then try to improve upon their design.

Youth use creativity and problem solving to design and drop a parachute spacecraft.

Students learn how waves are used in communication between far-away spacecraft and the Deep Space Network on Earth. They then practice communicating using a similar process, and finally develop a method of communicating using repeated signals.