STEM Activities and Resources
Explore digital and hands-on activities for K-12 students and educators focused on space communications and navigations!
SCaN Fun Pad
The SCaN Fun Pad provides various activities for all ages! Download and print the fun pad at the links below to learn more about Space Communications and Navigation.
DSN Resources for Students
Learn about how our Deep Space Network supports planetary and deep space science.
Create with SCaN
Writing and coloring activities, along with a scavenger hunt, to help learn more about space communications.
Laser Maze
This activity explores light reflection and refraction through an engineering design challenge.
Money Mass-ematics
Students review their knowledge of unit conversion by occupying the role of a NASA resource analyst.
Laser Activity Board
Students strengthen their understanding of lasers through a series of challenges.
Quantum 101 Comic
Curious about quantum? Learn the basics of quantum physics and how NASA plans to use quantum to communicate in space through our Quantum 101 comic.
Build Your Own Coding Antenna
Practice your engineering skills by decorating and assembling your own ground station antenna, then use it as a wheel cipher to help NASA decode three secret messages.
Talking with Light
In the Talking with Light Fun Fact sheet, you can learn more about laser communications, how they work, and what NASA missions will be using lasers to communicate with Earth!
Wave-Particle Duality Experiment
Recreate one of the most important experiments in the history of physics and analyze the wave-particle duality of light with this easy classroom demonstration designed for high school level physics students.
Navigation Activities
NASA navigates throughout the solar system and beyond, revealing the mysteries of the universe. In these workbooks, you’ll use basic mathematics concepts to explore space navigation.
Space Communications and Navigation
Learn more about NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program, our communications networks, and the future of space communications technology.
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