Students develop spreadsheet models that describe the relationship between the mass of a spacecraft using electric propulsion, the force acting on the spacecraft, and its acceleration.

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.

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.

Students create a presentation for their peers by exploring planets, missions, and asteroids with NASA’s Eyes, a free, web-based interactive.

In this illustrated problem set, students use pi like NASA scientists and engineers working on space communications, and Earth, Moon, and asteroid science.

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

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

Lead a discussion about asteroids and their physical properties, then have students mold their own asteroids out of clay.

Students explore different types of space missions and observation techniques that scientists use to study distant objects like asteroids.