Students use satellite and rover images to learn about the various features and materials that cause color variation on the surface of Mars, then create their own “Marscape.”

Students will design, build and test a crew exploration vehicle, or CEV, to carry astronauts to Mars – meeting size, mass and payload requirements.

Students work in teams employing an iterative design process to design and build a water filtration device using commonly available materials.

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 use math concepts related to transits to discover real-world data about Mercury, Venus and planets outside our solar system.

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

Students learn about Earth processes by simulating and examining lava flows from a volcano model made of play dough.

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.