Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8
Subject
Mathematics, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement and Data Analysis, Numbers and Operations
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities
NASA is pushing the boundaries of human exploration forward to the Moon and on to Mars. The Space Launch System (SLS) is a powerful, advanced launch vehicle for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. With its unprecedented power and capabilities, SLS will launch crews of up to four astronauts in the Orion spacecraft on missions to explore multiple, deep-space destinations, like Mars.
In this activity, students will construct a scale representation comparing the heights of Martian volcano Olympus Mons and Hawaiian volcano Mauna Kea.