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Make a Planetary Exploration Balloon
In this engineering challenge, students must stay within design limitations while creating a balloon and gondola system that can descend or ascend at a given rate or maintain its altitude.
Science
Grades 3-12
30 - 60 mins
Lesson .
Exploring the Doppler Effect With NASA
Students gain first-hand experience with the Doppler effect and how it's used by NASA’s Deep Space Network.
Science
Grades 9-12
30 - 60 mins
Lesson .
Rad Reflection: A ‘Pi in the Sky’ Math Challenge
In this illustrated math problem, students use pi to compare the area of the Hubble Space Telescope and Webb Telescope’s primary mirror.
Math
Grades 7-5
<30 mins
Lesson .
Pi in the Sky 10
In this illustrated problem set, students use pi to calculate the size of a Mars rock sample, compare the mirrors of two space telescopes, deduce an asteroid's makeup, and size up a solar eclipse.
Math
Grades 5, 7-12
30 - 60 mins
Teachable Moment .
10 Years of NASA's Pi Day Challenge
Learn how pi is used by NASA and how many of its infinite digits have been calculated, then explore the science and engineering inside the 2023 Pi Day Challenge.
Science
Grades K-12
Teachable Moment .
X-Ray Vision and Polarized Glasses Unite to Uncover Mysteries of the Universe
A NASA space telescope mission is giving astronomers a whole new way to peer into the universe, allowing us to uncover long-standing mysteries surrounding objects such as black holes. Find out how it works and how to engage students in the science behind the mission.
Science
Grades K-12
Teachable Moment .
Telescopes Get Extraordinary View of Milky Way's Black Hole
Find out how scientists captured the first image of Sagittarius A*, why it's important, and how to turn it into a learning opportunity for students.
Science
Grades K-12
Lesson .
The Science of Color
Quickly and easily model how colors reflect, absorb, and interact with each other in the classroom or online using your computer’s camera.
Science
Grades 2-8
<30 mins
Teachable Moment .
NASA Says Goodbye to Space Telescope Mission That Revealed the Hidden Universe
As NASA says goodbye to its Spitzer Space Telescope, we take a look back at the observatory's more than 16 years of stellar discoveries.
Science
Grades K-12
Lesson .
Kinesthetic Radial Model of the Solar System
Students model the position of the planets around the Sun and then model viewing them from Earth on any given date.
Science
Grades 6-12
30 - 60 mins
Lesson .
Dropping In With Gravitational Waves
Students develop a model to represent the collision of two black holes, the gravitational waves that result and the waves' propagation through spacetime.
Science
Grades 6-8
30 - 60 mins
Lesson .
Pi in the Sky 4
In this illustrated problem set, students use the mathematical constant pi to solve real-world science and engineering problems related to craters on Mars, a total solar eclipse, a daring orbit about Saturn, and the search for habitable worlds.
Math
Grades 6-12
30 - 60 mins
Teachable Moment .
How Scientists Captured the First Image of a Black Hole
Find out how scientists created a virtual telescope as large as Earth itself to capture the first image of a black hole's silhouette.
Science
Grades K-12
Teachable Moment .
Gravitational Waves Detected for the First Time
Find out how researchers proved part of Albert Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, then create a model of the Nobel Prize-winning experiment in the classroom.
Science
Grades K-12
Teachable Moment .
Celebrate Pi Day Like a NASA Rocket Scientist
Get students using pi to do some of the same engineering and science that’s done at NASA.
Science
Grades K-12

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