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.

Students code microcontrollers to send and receive radio signals, simulating communications between Earth and spacecraft.

Students use simple supplies to model how NASA tracks the location of spacecraft from Earth.

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

Using real data from NASA’s GRACE satellites, students will track water mass changes in the U.S.

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

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

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 math problem, students use the mathematical constant pi to determine the water output of a dam to assess its potential environmental impact.