Students balance circular and gravitational forces to create a model of an object in orbit.

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

Students learn about the role of dark energy and dark matter in the expansion of the universe, then make a model using balloons.

Students use satellite data to help determine the greatest renewable energy potentials in any given region and develop graphing skills.

Students build a spectrometer using basic materials as a model for how NASA uses spectroscopy to determine the nature of elements found on Earth and other planets.

Students build a model that demonstrates an important contributor to sea-level rise – how water volume increases when the temperature of the water increases.

This demonstration uses a water balloon to show how Earth's oceans are absorbing most of the heat being trapped on our warming world.

In this illustrated math problem, students use the mathematical constant pi to find the "habitable zone" around a distant star and determine which of its planets are in that zone.

Students predict and observe what happens when two objects collide to model collisions in space.