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

Students learn about scale models and distance by creating a classroom-size Earth-Moon system.

In this challenge, students will program a rover to use a color sensor on several rock samples, allowing them to simulate how the Mars Curiosity rover uses it's ChemCam instrument to analyze light emitted from geological samples on Mars.

This board-game activity teaches students the process of design, engineering and technology for a mission to Mars.

Students create a scale model of the solar system using beads and string.

Students gather data on a balloon rocket launch, then create a simple graph to show the results of the tests.

Students perform a simple science experiment to learn how a rocket works and demonstrate Newton’s third law of motion.

Students will design, build and test a crew exploration vehicle, or CEV, to carry astronauts to Mars – meeting size, mass and payload requirements.