Engineering Resources
Explore these files, interactives, and websites for more engineering ideas to share with students.
ICESat-2
ATLAS: Laser Focus Timing
Deputy Systems Engineer Phil Luers explains how the ATLAS transmitter and receiver subsystems come together to calculate the timing of photons, which, in turn, measure the elevation of ice.
Audience: Formal and Nonformal, 10 years old-Adult
ICESat-2
ATLAS: Laser Focus The Receiver
Opto-Mechanical Engineer Tyler Evans explains how the photons that bounce back from Earth are received and filtered by the ATLAS telescope.
Audience: Formal and Nonformal, 10 years old-Adult
ICESat-2
ATLAS: Laser Focus The Transmitter
Opto-Mechanical Engineer Tyler Evans illustrates how the laser is transmitted from the ATLAS instrument on the ICESat-2 spacecraft.
Ages: 10-Adult
Audience: Formal and Nonformal
NASA eClips
Engineering Design Packet: Elementary
Use this design packet to introduce students to a formal design process. Students answer questions about each step of their design process. A rubric is included to assist with evaluation. This open-ended packet can be applied to any design project and can be used to enhance existing curriculum.
Audience: Elementary
NASA eClips
Engineering Design Packet: Secondary
Use this design packet to introduce students to a formal design process. Students answer questions about each step of their design process. A rubric is included to assist with evaluation. This open-ended packet can be applied to any design project and can be used to enhance existing curriculum.
Audience: Middle and High School
GLOBE Mission Earth
Studying the Instrument Shelter
An activity for all ages (in both formal and nonformal settings) to investigate why an instrument shelter is designed the way it is.
NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative
Building a Thermometer
An activity for all ages (in both formal and nonformal settings) to build a thermometer and investigate how it works.
Recent tweets from NASA eClips
