< Water in Extreme Environments

How to Teach These Units

Take a little time to prepare and get ready to teach. The pages linked below give you an easy-to-follow checklist and resources that get you prepared for facilitating PLANETS activities.

STEM Night Activity: Find the Water

Learners use their senses to determine which cup contains water. Note that this activity is an adaptation of activities from the Water in Extreme Environments Science Curriculum. It is intended for use at a booth at family nights, STEM Events, Fairs, etc. It has material that is repeated from the curriculum.

Activity Downloads

Activity Timing

5 MIN. Find the water!

Setup: Prep Time 15 min

  • Print educator directions and Learner Handout.
  • Assemble listed materials and set up on a table.

*See Materials & Preparation in the Educator Guide linked above for full info.

Learning Objectives/Key Messages

  • NASA is sending spacecraft to many planets, moons, and asteroids around the solar system searching for, among other things – water!

  • Water is fundamental for life, so human explorers will need clean water to survive, and we might find other living things in water around the solar system.

  • Many times, we can’t see the water we are searching for, because it may be underground or locked into rocks or ice

Age/Ability

  • School age and up
  • Multimodal, accessible for all physical abilities