Remote Sensing Beta Test – Engineering Context-Setting Activity: How Do Engineers and Scientists Work Together on NASA Missions?

20 min. Introduction
25 min. Video and Card Game
10 min. Reflect

55 min. Total

Prep Time: 30 min 

• Invite a family or community member for this Activity. 
• Copy cards for each group of 4. 

NASA: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

Remote: far away or distant 

Remote sensing: collecting information at a distance 

Sensing: collecting or becoming aware of information 

Remote Sensing Vocab List

Remote Sensing FAQs

Collaboration, Critical Thinking

Youth learn about the ways that scientists and engineers rely on each other during NASA missions by watching a video and playing a card matching game. 

How do scientists and engineers work together on a NASA mission to learn about another planet without going there?

• Draw connections between questions asked by scientists and those asked by engineers. 

• On NASA missions, engineers design technologies to help planetary scientists gather data to answer their questions. 
• Remote sensing technologies gather data from a distance.