Launchpad: Engineering Design to Support Scientific Discovery

Engineering design and technology development support scientific discovery. Learn about the roles engineers and scientists play when working together on NASA missions like the James Webb Space Telescope and how science and engineering take turns pushing each other to move exploration forward.

Background Information

Grades K through 5

• NASA All about Webb's Mission

Grades 6 through 8

• NASA / JWST Webb Launch and Deployment

Grades K through 8

• NASA NASA Beginning Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST): Engineering Design Process

Grades 6 through 12

• NASA GSFC Web Space Telescope

Grades 9 through 12

• NASA James Webb Space Telescope.

Activities

Grades K through 8

• NASA NASA Beginning Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST)

Grades 6 through 12

• National Institute of Aerospace / Mad Science / JWST Seeing Starlight
• Arizona State University Astrobiobound! The Search for Life in the Solar System
• McREL Collaborative Decision Making: NASA's Deep Impact Mission
• McREL; Eurekus: STEAM Powered Discovery; NASA Discovery and New Frontiers Programs NASA MissionMakers -- OSIRIS-Rex Maker Model - 01 Spaceflight Engineers
• NASA JSC ISS Learning, Achieving, Believing, and Succeeding (L.A.B.S) Educator Resource Guide: International Space Station

Grades K through 12

• NASA James Webb Space Telescope STEM Toolkit