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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate differences between aircraft and spacecraft, and the differences in propulsion systems. They build pinwheel airplanes and balloon rockets. An interactive activity quizzes students on thrust. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students identify the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Pathfinder and the rover, Sojourner. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 8th
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Students examine how spacecraft land on Mars. Using eggs or lightbulbs, they design a craft that withstand a drop from a table or ladder, competing in groups to see which module demonstrates the most successful landing. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students plan a simulated mission to a recently discovered planet. They conduct research on spacecraft design, distances in space, concerns for astronauts, and qualifications for life-sustaining planets, and present their findings in the format of a poster or oral presentation. Full Review »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students work together to develop their own model of a spacecraft. They complete illustrations and writings to document their work. They present their information to the class. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students discover problems that NASA must deal with on a daily basis. They work together to think of solutions and sketch their own idea of a spacecraft. They discover the concept of engineering. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students discover solutions to the problems that NASA used in a previous lesson. They write a paper comparing and contrasting their spacecraft idea to the one that was actually used to go to Saturn. They also discover Saturn's moons. Full Review »
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- 1st - 4th
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Students construct an edible Cassini spacecraft. Using ice cream, cake mix, and wafer candy, students follow directions to create a model featuring the major components of a spacecraft. They discuss the instruments aboard, sun sensors, and subsystems of the spacecraft. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine their prior notions of robots and then consider the characteristics and capabilities of a robot like the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft that would be sent into space to explore another planet. They compare robotic functions to human body functions. Pupils design, build, diagram, and explain their own models of robots for space exploration in the Saturn system. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students work with a partner to plot the trajectory of a spacecraft traveling between Earth and Mars in the 2018 and returning in 2020. They examine the key factors when planning a mission to and from Mars such as travel time, distances involved and the location of the planets. Full Review »
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