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Lesson .
Students design and test parachute landing systems to successfully land a probe on target.
Student teams use the engineering design process and everyday materials to design an insulator that will keep a small amount of water from rapidly changing temperature.
In this video lesson, students learn to design, build and launch paper rockets, calculate how high they fly and improve their designs.
Student Project .
Find and identify objects like Jupiter and other planets in the night sky using free software.
Students learn about Earth processes by simulating and examining lava flows from a volcano model made of play dough.
Students learn how scientists assess wildfires using remote sensing and solve related math problems, appropriate for various grade levels.
In this illustrated math problem, students use the mathematical constant pi to figure out how much data a spacecraft collects every day.
In this illustrated math problem, students use the mathematical constant pi to calculate the shape of an asteroid's orbit.
In this illustrated math problem, students use the mathematical constant pi to determine how far a team of rovers drive on the Moon.
In this illustrated problem set, students use pi like NASA scientists and engineers working on space communications, and Earth, Moon, and asteroid science.
In this illustrated math problem, students use pi to calculate the position of Earth in orbit as a signal is sent from a spacecraft in deep space.
Teachable Moment .
Learn how pi is used by NASA and how many of its infinite digits have been calculated, then explore the science and engineering behind the 2024 Pi Day Challenge.
Students use global carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration data since to plot major life milestones of themselves, their parents, and grandparents along a curve.
In this illustrated math problem, students use pi to compare the area of the Hubble Space Telescope and Webb Telescope’s primary mirror.
In this illustrated math problem, students use pi to figure out how much of the Sun’s disk will be covered by the Moon during an eclipse and whether it’s a total or annular eclipse.
