Inspecting the new SPECS program space at Mountainside Middle School in Scottsdale recently were, from left, Aiden Becker, ...

Get to know the middle school (grades 6-8) Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for engineering. See examples of how the standards relate to real-world engineering at NASA JPL, and meet the ...

Have you ever thought about how and why something was designed? Who was considered a “stakeholder” for the design? And what biases are baked within the process of designing something? These are some ...

Now that we’ve planned our mission, it’s time to design – and test – our spacecraft. This week’s activities engage students in the engineering design process. Students must use creative thinking to ...

Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes. In Chapter 5, students learned how the process of dissolving ...