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Use playdough to see how dust and gas in our ancient solar system collided to form the planets.

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Model How the Solar System Formed

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Model How the Solar System Formed

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Learn how to make your very own pinhole camera to safely see a solar eclipse in action.

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In this challenge, you will build and program a light-powered device that can move to collect as much light as possible while not overheating.

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Make and Code a Light-Powered Device

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Make your own model of this folding NASA space technology designed to help capture the first images of planets outside our solar system!

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Space Origami: Make Your Own Starshade

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Space Origami: Make Your Own Starshade

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Mission to Mars Student Challenge - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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.

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 4-8 |
 
 30-60 mins 

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 Looking for Life 
Using the fundamental criteria for life, students examine simulated extraterrestrial soil samples for signs of life.

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 Describe Rocks Like a NASA Scientist 
Learn how to describe rock samples like a NASA scientist. Then, take a quiz to see if you can match edible rocks made of candy bars – and real rocks from Earth and space – to the correct description.

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 4-8 |
 
 30-60 mins 

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 Lava Layering: Making and Mapping a Volcano 
Students learn about Earth processes by simulating and examining lava flows from a volcano model made of play dough.

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 1-2 hrs 

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 Make a Volcano 
Make a volcano with baking soda, vinegar and play dough. Then, add multiple layers that you can investigate like a NASA scientist.

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 Heat Flow Programming Challenge 
Students use microcontrollers and temperature sensors to measure the flow of heat through a soil sample.

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 Solar Oven 
Students build a solar oven and learn about the importance of solar energy for establishing a Mars base.

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 6-8 |
 
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 Lessons and activities are aligned to NGSS and Common Core Math standards. These assignments can be done in any order and in part or in full as schedules allow.
 

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Mission This Week

 One of the most challenging parts of the Perseverance rover mission is collecting samples of Mars rocks and soil, placing those samples into tubes, and leaving them strategically on the surface, where they could eventually be collected and returned to Earth by a future mission.
Mission to Mars Student Challenge - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Once they have determined what’s known and what they want to learn, students will be ready to plan their mission.
Learning about Mars can help generate new questions about topics that have already been explored. Encourage students to engage their curiosity and think of ways they might get answers to their questions.
In addition to the lessons you select from below, encourage students to learn about Mars by perusing NASA’s Mars Exploration website.

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 Before they can launch to Mars, students need to learn more about where they're going and why. Moogega Cooper, a planetary protection engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, shares her tips for this key first step to planning a successful Mars mission. Watch en Español: Seleccione subtítulos en Español bajo el ícono de configuración.

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 What Do You Know About Mars? 
Students decide what they want to learn from a robotic mission to Mars.

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 Student Scavenger Hunt 

 Mission to Mars: A Scavenger Hunt 
Students can complete the scavenger hunt activity by reading the selected articles on the NASA Space Place website to find the answers to each clue. Once they have all the clues, they will be able to spell the secret word!

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 Mars in a Minute: Is Mars Really Red? 
This 60-second video answers one of the most frequently asked questions about our planetary neighbor.

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 Mars in a Minute: Is Mars Red Hot? 
What would it feel like if you could stand on Mars – toasty warm, or downright chilly?

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Her current work involves helping to develop the vision for the initial…Article1 day agoNASA, European Space Agency Unite to Land Europe’s Rover on Mars2 min readNASA and ESA (European Space Agency) announced Thursday they signed an agreement to expand NASA’s work on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover, an ESA-led mission launching in 2028 that will search for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet.…News ReleaseNASA Technology Grants to Advance Moon to Mars Space Exploration2 min readNASA has awarded nearly $1.5 million to academic, non-profit, and business organizations to advance state-of-the-art technology that will play a key role in the agency’s return to the Moon under Artemis, as well as future missions to Mars. Twenty-four projects…News ReleaseNASA Selects Commercial Service Studies to Enable Mars Robotic Science4 min readNine companies have been selected to conduct early-stage studies of concepts for commercial services to support lower-cost, higher-frequency missions to the Red Planet. NASA has identified nine U.S. companies to perform a total of 12 concept studies of how commercial…Article3 weeks agoNASA Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars6 min readThe Sun will be at peak activity this year, providing a rare opportunity to study how solar storms and radiation could affect future astronauts on the Red Planet. In the months ahead, two of NASA’s Mars spacecraft will have an…Article4 weeks agoMajor Martian Milestones1 min readThere’s good news from NASA’s Cloudspotting on Mars project! That’s the project that invites you to help identify exotic clouds high in the Martian atmosphere. Congratulations to the Cloudspotting on Mars team and all the volunteers who have helped spot Martian clouds!Article4 weeks agoWhy is Methane Seeping on Mars? NASA Scientists Have New Ideas5 min readThe most surprising revelation from NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover — that methane is seeping from the surface of Gale Crater — has scientists scratching their heads. Living creatures produce most of the methane on Earth.
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Explore the wonder of space exploration from home. Here you can find out how to make rockets, Mars rovers and Moon landers out of materials you have at home. Scroll down to explore educational activities families can do at home, video tutorials (available with subtitles en Español) and an FAQ. Be sure to check back. We're adding more all the time!
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Artemis - NASA
The lunar samples returned during the Apollo Program dramatically changed our view of the solar system, and scientists continue to unlock new secrets from those samples. Yet, we are just scratching the surface of knowledge about the Moon. Future samples from Artemis missions will continue to advance our knowledge of the history and formation of our solar system including Earth and the Moon.

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Malapert massif (informal name) is thought to be a remnant of the South Pole – Aitken basin rim, which formed more than 4 billion years ago.  More recently, this magnificent peak (lower left) was selected as an Artemis III candidate landing region. NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University 

How much water is on the Moon, and why is that important for future exploration?

Water is a critical resource for long-term exploration.
Permanently shadowed regions of the Moon, including craters at the South Pole, are rich in frozen water. Finding it on the Moon, extracting it and converting it means water for drinking, oxygen for breathing, and rocket fuel to power missions farther into the solar system. Finding and using resources in space makes exploration more affordable when we do not have to send everything from Earth. This is also important to help NASA get ready for our next giant leap – human exploration of Mars.NASA wants to understand how much water exists below the surface and if it can be extracted. The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) will be the world’s first lunar water-hunting rover and is planned to launch aboard a CLPS provider lander in late 2024.

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Elevation (left) and shaded relief (right) image of Shackleton, a 21-km-diameter (12.5-mile-diameter) permanently shadowed crater adjacent to the lunar south pole. The structure of the crater’s interior was revealed by a digital elevation model constructed from over 5 million elevation measurements from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter.NASA 

How can we growing a lunar economy?

For the Artemis missions, American innovation is leading the way, and the future at the Moon holds promise for a robust lunar marketplace.
NASA’s strategy stimulates the commercial space industry, which drives new ideas, brings down costs, and grows the business opportunities that can foster a lunar economy and serve other customers for the benefit of humanity.
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Student Project: 18 Ways NASA Uses Pi | NASA/JPL Edu
Investigating alien ice Scientists studying extreme environments, such as those on comets and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, want to learn how processes unfold on their surfaces. In the case of icy environments, one way to do that is by using lasers in the laboratory to explode ice samples and then studying the chemical reaction that takes place. Scientists use pi to calculate the beam width of the laser and understand how much energy is hitting their ice sample.› Use pi like a NASA scientist to solve this puzzler!› Learn more about the image

14. Fueling up spacecraft Just like cars, spacecraft require fuel to get where they’re going and to maneuver throughout their journey. But in space, there’s no refueling along the way. Determining how much fuel a spacecraft will need and how much it has used is a delicate task. Engineers use pi to compute how much fuel is available in spacecraft tanks, which are commonly spherical, and how quickly that fuel travels through their cylindrical fuel lines. Even donut-shaped (toroidal) tanks, which can hold a lot of propellant but take up much less space, require the use of pi.› Use pi like a NASA engineer to solve this puzzler!› Learn more about the image

15. Measuring the size of Pluto's heart While studying the surfaces of other worlds and even Earth, scientists use pi to determine the size of features on the surface. To size up circular shapes, such as craters, the math is simple, while unusual shapes, like Pluto’s “heart,” require trigonometry or calculus.› Learn more about the image

16. Revealing crater clues Craters can tell scientists a lot about the surfaces of planets, moons and other bodies. Just by determining how circular a given crater is – using pi and the crater’s perimeter and area – planetary geologists can reveal clues about how the crater was formed and the surface that was impacted.› Use pi like a NASA scientist to solve this puzzler!› Learn more about the image

17. Revealing what planets and asteroids are made of How do scientists find out what other planets and asteroids are made of if they can’t visit them in person? Using pi, of course.
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