Students will create a beautiful piece of art while learning to recognize the geology on planetary surfaces. In this project-based activity, students use the elements of art - shape, line, color, texture, value - to make sense of images of planets, asteroids, comets, and moons, honing observation skills and inspiring questions.

Students will physically experience the molecular proximity of solids, liquids and gases. This activity addresses several misconceptions including that temperature determines states of matter and that gases contain fewer molecules than do liquids or solids.

This animated video shows how NASA's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn uses radio science to "peer" beneath the surface of the hazy moon Titan and study its mysterious lakes.

This presentation is meant to be used in conjunction with the lesson "Discovering Information About Mars." In this lesson, students gain background knowledge about environmental factors on Mars through taking notes while viewing a content presentation. To culminate, they clarify the challenges of living on Mars by generating a list of potential environmental problems.

Students design and build a solar water heater and see how big a temperature change they can get.

This demonstration uses a water balloon to show how Earth's oceans are absorbing most of the heat trapped on our warming world.

Students will construct a CD hovercraft and apply Newton's Laws of Motion to make them work. They will also investigate how hovercraft reduce friction, learn how the technology is used in training astronauts for space missions, and design their own hovercraft competitions.

Students are introduced to actions that either hurt or help Earth as they advance their game pieces around the board.

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

Students will model the Moon's orbit around Earth and how this causes the various phases of the moon that we view from Earth.

In this brief animated video, students learn how NASA monitors soil moisture from space via satellites.

In this brief animated video, students learn about increasing temperatures and associated effects on Earth.

Students learn how NASA monitor's Earth's vital signs via satellites and airplanes in this brief animated video.

Students learn about changes to Earth's systems and how this may be related to global climate change in this brief animated video.

In this STEM challenge, students modify a paper cup so it can zip down a line and drop a marble onto a target.

After discussing the International Space Station (ISS) and rockets, students will compare rockets by size.

In this STEM challenge, students build a rubber-band powered rover that can scramble across the room. Students will follow the engineering design process to design and build a rover out of cardboard, figure out how to use rubber bands to spin the wheels, and improve their design based on testing results.

Students construct - and where approproate, calculate - a scale model of the solar model of the solar system using beads and string. Students will observe the relative distances of the planets, asteroid belt and dwarf planet Pluto from one another and from the sun, and gain a better understanding of the vast differences between planets in the outer solar system compated with those in the inner solar system.