Amazing landscapes and water in different forms can be found throughout the solar system.
Discover where water is located in our solar system, and engineer a process to reuse this precious resource in an extreme environment!
Learn about water on Earth and across the solar system, then propose one extraterrestrial water reservoir for exploration.
3 Activities • 55–65 minutes class time per Activity
Explore water quality and filtration methods, then design a water filtration system for use in an extreme environment on Earth or in space.
8 Activities • 50–60 minutes class time per Activity
Play a game about water on objects in the solar system, and then engineer a way to filter water at home!
2 Activities • 30 minutes per Activity
In these Activities, youth answer the guiding question, Where, and how accessible, usable, and habitable, is water in the solar system?
In these Adventures, youth answer the guiding question, How can we design a water filtration system to support people in an extreme environment?
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In this Activity, youth explore which environments around the solar system might support life, and they work with family members to design water filters.
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