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

Students learn about scale models and distance by creating a classroom-size Earth-Moon system.

What is sea-level rise and how does it affect us? This "Teachable Moment" looks at the science behind sea-level rise and offers lessons and tools for teaching students about this important climate topic.

Students create a scale model of the solar system using beads and string.

In this activity, students will use sea-level rise data to create models and compare short-term trends to long-term trends. They will then determine whether sea-level rise is occurring based on the data.

Students use global temperature data to create models and compare short-term trends to long-term trends.

Students learn how scientists assess wildfires using remote sensing and solve related math problems, appropriate for various grade levels.

Students use the mathematical constant pi to determine what fraction of a signal from Voyager 1 – the most distant spacecraft – reaches Earth.

Students use the mathematical constant pi to measure the approximate size of the shadow that will fall on Earth during a total solar eclipse.