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CubeSat Model Building
This lesson will help students visualize the size and scope of cube satellites (CubeSat). First, students will use a printable template to build cardstock CubeSat models to get an idea of the size and scale of these satellites (or design their own).
NGSS Standards
MS-PS4-3 Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.MS-ESS1-3 Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.Materials
template
cardstock
box cutters
tape
![micro satellite called CUBESAT 3D illustration. micro satellite called CUBESAT 3D illustration.
Earth map from NASA. free to use.
https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/collection/1484/blue-marble](https://i0.wp.com/superknova.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cubesat-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C150&ssl=1)
Key Words
Radio Frequencies
CubeSat
Satellite
Downloadable Materials
Teacher
English
Spanish
Student
English
Spanish
Acknowledgments
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