This family activity trains you on how to pick up samples of Moon rocks like the Apollo astronauts.

We visit the Wright brothers’ bicycle shop at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan, and see how their fascination with solving the problem of human flight led to the invention of the airplane.

Students will be better able to discuss and describe what happens when air heats, and test their hypothesis with a hands-on demo

Students will customize a hot air balloon using a non-typical shape and calculate volume

Students will build a working model of a hot air balloon

Students will build and test composite materials to determine if they increase strength without significantly increasing weight.

Use the information in this presentation to learn about how to classify rocks and go on a sample lunar mission of your own. These slides support the Lunar Explorer Training Unit

Students will use ratio analysis with lift versus to help design the best aircraft possible.

Regolith slides and activity that explore how regolith is created and its presence on the Earth, the Moon, and Mars. These slides support the Lunar Explorer Training Unit

Study geologic formations to learn more about what Al Worden saw as he flew over the Moon. Part of the Lunar Explorer Training Unit