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This flow-chart describes the engineering design process.
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Students use the engineering design process to build a structure to handle the greatest load and gain first-hand experience with compression and tension forces.
In this challenge, students will use a model robotic arm to move items from one location to another. They will engage in the engineering design process to design, build and operate the arm.
Students design and build a solar hot water heater and see how big a temperature change they can get.
Students work in teams employing an iterative design process to design and build a water filtration device using commonly available materials.
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.
Students design and test parachute landing systems to successfully land a probe on target.
Using only pasta and glue, students design a rover that will travel down a one-meter ramp and then travel an additional one meter on a smooth, flat surface.
Students study rocket stability as they design, construct and launch paper rockets using soda straws.
Students design and build a shock-absorbing system that will protect two "astronauts" when they land.
Students build a rubber-band-powered rover that can scramble across the room.
Students create a presentation for their peers by exploring planets, missions, and asteroids with NASA’s Eyes, a free, web-based interactive.
In this illustrated problem set, students use pi to collect samples from an asteroid, fly a helicopter on Mars for the first time, find efficient ways to talk with distant spacecraft, and study the forces behind Earth's beautiful auroras.
In this illustrated math problem, students use pi to determine the volume of a rock core collected by the Perseverance Mars rover.
In this illustrated problem set, students use pi to calculate the size of a Mars rock sample, compare the mirrors of two space telescopes, deduce an asteroid's makeup, and size up a solar eclipse.
