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

Students will investigate the action-reaction principal (Newton's third law of motion) by creating water-propelled engines and changing different variables to see how their engines perform.

Students use satellite data to help determine the greatest renewable energy potentials in any given region and develop graphing skills.

Students explore the relationship between magnetism and electricity to model how scientists determined that Jupiter's moon Europa has a subsurface ocean.

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.

Students build a rubber-band-powered rover that can scramble across the room.

Using only pasta and glue, students design a rover that will travel down a one-meter ramp and then travel an additional one meter on a smooth, flat surface.