Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades K-4, Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12
Subject
Mathematics, Space Science, Solar System and Planets, Missions to Planets and Moons, Jupiter, Planetary Moons
Type
Educator Guides, Lesson Plans / Activities
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will travel 1.8 billion miles to explore Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa. Bring the excitement of the mission into the math classroom with these lessons and activities.
In the Frozen Formula problem set, students in grades 4-6 use the mathematical constant pi to calculate the volume of the alien ocean on Jupiter’s moon Europa.
In the Calculating Solar Power in Space activity for grades 6-8, students explore the practical applications of exponents and division to investigate what it takes for NASA spacecraft to travel deep into the solar system using only solar power.
In the Collecting Light activity for grades 6-12, students learn how engineers use the Inverse Square Law to design solar panels for deep space missions like Europa Clipper.