Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Informal Education
Subject
Careers, Technology, Satellites
Type
Hands-on Activities, Videos
NASA Role Model: Allison Evans
NASA Center: Goddard Space Flight Center
Topic: CubeSats
Original Air Date: June 2, 2020
Aerospace engineer Allison Evans explains NASA internships. Evans shares her path to NASA, including retaking a college class and being a NASA intern. Now, she is building and testing CubeSats, which are spacecraft smaller than a loaf of bread.
STEM Short Activity Title: Build Your Own Spacecraft
Objective: Build an edible or nonedible satellite from household items. Design your satellite to help study Earth, take pictures of planets or keep an eye on our Sun.
Duration: 30 minutes
Materials Needed:
Suggested Edible Ingredients: crispy rice treats, sugar wafers, graham crackers, pretzels, gummy worms/candy, licorice twists, frosting, brownies, etc.
Nonedible Materials: Juice boxes, toothpicks, plastic cups, straws, paperclips, construction paper or other household materials.
Difficulty: Easy
“NASA STEM Stars” is a webchat series. Each chat introduces a science, technology, engineering or math career, addresses a STEM topic and highlights a NASA mission. The chat includes a STEM activity that students can do at home. After the interviews, experts answer students’ questions.