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Design and build a Mars habitat using LEGO bricks! Mars is an exciting place to explore, but humans would…

Design and build a Mars habitat using LEGO bricks! Mars is an exciting place to explore, but humans would face many challenges trying to live there. Participants choose at least THREE challenges and build solutions for them into their LEGO Mars habitat.

Get ready to go on an adventure to explore light and magnetism! In this jam packed lesson, students will…

Get ready to go on an adventure to explore light and magnetism! In this jam packed lesson, students will explore electromagnets, using flashlights to transfer messages, and investigate the brightness difference between the Sun and the stars in the sky!

Explore the power of electricity using LEDs (light-emitting diodes). Build your own traffic light circuit where one LED lights…

Explore the power of electricity using LEDs (light-emitting diodes). Build your own traffic light circuit where one LED lights up at a time, just like a real traffic light!

Use a plastic bottle, a balloon (or two!), and your creativity to build an air-powered car. Follow the provided…

Use a plastic bottle, a balloon (or two!), and your creativity to build an air-powered car. Follow the provided design below or experiment with a design of your own. Along the way, you’ll put Newton’s Laws of Motion into action as you explore forces, motion, and engineering design. Let’s see whose car goes the furthest!

Create your own miniature next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA)! Download the 3D model files (.OBJ or .STL) and…

Create your own miniature next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA)! Download the 3D model files (.OBJ or .STL) and use your own 3D printer to produce a detailed articulated model of next genertaion of radio telescope.

Experiment with the reflectivity of different objects in this hands on experiment! See how your results compare to others…

Experiment with the reflectivity of different objects in this hands on experiment! See how your results compare to others by working together to create a graphical representation of your observations!

Create your own miniature Very Large Array (VLA)! Download the 3D model files (.OBJ or .STL) and use your…

Create your own miniature Very Large Array (VLA)! Download the 3D model files (.OBJ or .STL) and use your own 3D printer to produce a detailed model of one of the VLA’s iconic radio telescope antennas.

Learn the life cycle of a massive star and create a snazzy keychain to remember it by! Each bead…

Learn the life cycle of a massive star and create a snazzy keychain to remember it by! Each bead represents a different step in a star’s cycle of life, from a small protostar to a black hole! The steps in the life cycle also depend on the star’s initial starting material.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to move through space as a galaxy? In this activity,…

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to move through space as a galaxy? In this activity, participants use movement and teamwork to model different types of galaxies, exploring how they are shaped, how they move, and how astronomers study their behavior in space.