7-12 This group problem solving activity involves students preparing a list of survival equipment to take with them after a crash on the moon. In this lesson students to use the Internet to research plate tectonics on Mars. Electromagnetic Radiation On Trial Gr. Eyes in the Sky Gr. 6-12 This unit is designed for industrial technology classes.
Students use technology to learn about orbiting spacecraft designed to study astronomical objects.
Flight Paths of Orbiting Satellites Gr. Here Comes the Sun Gr. In this activity, students use a simple gnomon or a plastic hemisphere to determine the altitude of the sun and to track the sun's path during the day. How Satellites See Gr. The lesson includes access to data and images from these three NASA astronomy satellites, contrasting the way the sky appears in three very different electromagnetic wavelengths or colors of light.