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

Students draw and interpret topographic maps while learning about technology used to map Earth's surface, the seafloor, and other worlds.

Students build a spectrometer using basic materials as a model for how NASA uses spectroscopy to determine the nature of elements found on Earth and other planets.

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

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

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.

Students learn how Mars rovers use spectroscopy to study the chemical composition of rock samples on the Red Planet then model the process in the classroom.

Students will learn about the expanding universe and the redshift of lightwaves, then perform their own calculations with a distant supernova.