Students explore the science behind an intriguing planetary feature by creating saline solutions and then observing what happens when the solutions evaporate. Now updated with findings from Mars!

Students learn to describe meteorites and rocks using candy bars as familiar models.

Students modify a paper cup so it can zip down a line and drop a marble onto a target

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

Explore space and science activities that students can do with NASA at Home, including video tutorials for making rockets, Mars rovers, Moon landers, and more.

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.

Students build their own comet models using craft materials.

Build an icy model of a comet out of dry ice -- complete with shooting jets! -- as a demonstration for students.

In this cross-curricular STEM and language arts lesson, students learn about planets, stars and space missions and write STEM-inspired poetry to share their knowledge of or inspiration about these topics.