Remote Sensing
Worlds Apart
Unit at a Glance
Grades
Afterschool
Engineering Field:
Remote Sensing Engineering
- 8 activities
- 1 hour per activity
Unit Overview
How do scientists and engineers gather information from places in the solar system that are difficult to reach? In this unit, youth use the Engineering Design Process to design remote sensing devices that can help scientists learn about a newly discovered moon.
Watch this Engineering Everywhere Special Report!
Meet an engineer and a scientist from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and learn about technologies they use to study distant planets!
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Materials for this Unit
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