In this lesson, students use their knowledge of moon phases to build a calendar they can use to find out when and where to see each phase of the Moon throughout the year. Calendar for 2023 now available for download!

Students use a planar model of a gravity well to create different orbital configurations around a central mass.

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

Students observe the process and results of transpiration from a plant in their schoolyard.

Students design a robotic insect for an extraterrestrial environment, then compare the process to how NASA engineers design robots for extreme environments like Mars.

Students use a spreadsheet model to understand droughts and the movement of water in the water cycle.

Students model different densities of Jupiter’s moon Europa to investigate what might lie beneath the icy surface.

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

Students predict and observe what happens when two objects collide to model collisions in space.