Students design and build a shock-absorbing system that will protect two "astronauts" when they land.

Students cut out, color and sequence paper rockets in a simple mathematics lesson on measurement.

Students construct balloon-powered rockets to launch the greatest payload possible to the classroom ceiling.

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.

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

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

In this intermediate-level programming challenge, students use microdevices along with light and mirrors to build a relay that can send information to a distant detector.

In this activity, students learn how light and energy are spread throughout space. The rate of change can be expressed mathematically, demonstrating why spacecraft like NASA’s Juno need so many solar panels.

In this illustrated problem set, students use pi to compare the sizes of Mars landing areas, calculate the length of a year for a distant solar system object, measure the depth of the ocean from an airplane, and determine the diameter of a debris disk.