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

Students play a strategy card game that requires them to use problem-solving to successfully explore the Moon and Mars. Plus, *NEW* Outer Worlds Expansion Pack now available!

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 will use the engineering design process to design, build, test and improve a model satellite intended to investigate the surface of a planet.

Students predict the scale of our solar system and the distance between planets, then check their answers using fractions.

Students will compute the approximate travel time to planets in the solar system using different modes of transportation.

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

Students model the position of the planets around the Sun and then model viewing them from Earth on any given date.

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