10th Grade Handouts

Artemis III Mission Patch Design Project | NASA Space Activity | All Grades

Created by
TWFScience

In this project, your students will research the Artemis III mission, decide which mission ideas matter most, and turn those ideas into an original mission patch. Students explore mission goals, spacecraft and systems, future Moon exploration, and the symbolism used in real mission patches. They mus

5th - 12th Astronomy, Engineering, Physical Science

NGSS MS-PS2-2, MS-PS2-4, MS-ETS1-1+3

Also included in: Artemis Missions, Moon Bases, and Future Space Colonization Unit Bundle

Living in Deep Space - Astronaut Survival Systems Project | NASA, Artemis II

Created by
TWFScience

In this project, your students will work in groups to figure out how astronauts survive during a space mission like the Artemis missions. Each student becomes the team expert for one major survival system—oxygen, water, food, temperature control, or waste management—and then teaches the class throug

7th - 11th Astronomy, Engineering, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-3, MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2+2

Also included in: Artemis Missions, Moon Bases, and Future Space Colonization Unit Bundle

Future Moon Base Planning Presentation Project | NASA, Artemis Mission

Created by
TWFScience

In this project, your students will work in groups to plan a future Moon base for the years after Artemis III. Each student becomes the team expert for one major Moon base system—habitat construction and maintenance, life support, food production, power, or transportation and safety—and then teaches

7th - 11th Astronomy, Engineering, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-3, MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2+2

Also included in: Artemis Missions, Moon Bases, and Future Space Colonization Unit Bundle

The Spacesuit Survival Mystery - Space Activity | Astronauts Surviving in Space

Created by
TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on astronaut survival and spacesuit technology. In this case file activity, students analyze space environment data, examine pressure and oxygen needs, evaluate temperature extremes, investigate

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Science Detective Mystery Bundle | Chemistry, Human Body, Environmental Science

The Rocket Launch Mystery - Space Activity | How Rockets Get Into Space

Created by
TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on how rockets leave Earth. In this case file activity, students analyze evidence about thrust, gravity, fuel burning, exhaust gases, rocket mass, staging, nozzle design, and repeated launch patt

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Artemis Missions, Moon Bases, and Future Space Colonization Unit Bundle

The Microgravity Mystery - Space Activity | Why Astronauts Float in Space

Created by
TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on why astronauts float in space. In this case file activity, students analyze evidence about gravity in orbit, free fall, sideways motion, floating tools, water behavior, astronaut movement, and

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Artemis Missions, Moon Bases, and Future Space Colonization Unit Bundle

The Asteroid Defense Mystery - Space Activity | Protecting Earth from Asteroids

Created by
TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on how scientists could protect Earth from an asteroid. In this case file activity, students analyze evidence about asteroid detection, orbit tracking, impact risk, spacecraft deflection, fragmen

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Science Detective Mystery Bundle | Chemistry, Human Body, Environmental Science

The Space Food Mystery - Space Activity | How Astronauts Eat and Store Food

Created by
TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on how astronauts eat and store food in space. In this case file activity, students analyze evidence about microgravity, food packaging, dehydration, long-term storage, food safety, nutrition pla

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Science Detective Mystery Bundle | Chemistry, Human Body, Environmental Science

Classification of Matter Cipher Puzzle - States of Matter Solid vs Liquid vs Gas

Created by
TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive science cipher activity focused on classification of matter, including elements, compounds, homogeneous mixtures, and heterogeneous mixtures.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by classifying each example of matter as an element, com

7th - 10th Chemistry, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-PS1-2, MS-PS1-4

Also included in: Chemistry Concepts Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Periodic Table, Nomenclature, Stoich

Periodic Table Basics Cipher Puzzle - Chemistry Activity | Groups, Families

Created by
TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive chemistry cipher activity focused on periodic table basics, including metals, nonmetals, metalloids, and common element groups.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by either classifying elements as metal, nonmetal, or metalloid or mat

7th - 10th Chemistry, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-PS1-2, MS-PS1-4

Also included in: Chemistry Concepts Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Periodic Table, Nomenclature, Stoich

Physical Properties of Matter Cipher Puzzle - Chemistry Activity | Physical

Created by
TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive chemistry cipher activity focused on physical properties of matter, including luster, viscosity, melting point, conductivity, malleability, and more.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by identifying the physical property described i

7th - 10th Chemistry, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-PS1-2, MS-PS1-4

Also included in: Chemistry Concepts Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Periodic Table, Nomenclature, Stoich

Solution Concentration & Dilutions Cipher Puzzle - Chemistry Activity | Physical

Created by
TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive chemistry cipher activity focused on solution concentration and dilutions, including molarity, percent by mass, percent by volume, parts per million, and dilution calculations.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by calculating the co

10th - 12th Chemistry, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS HS-PS1-2, HS-PS1-7

Also included in: Chemistry Concepts Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Periodic Table, Nomenclature, Stoich

The Moon Crater Mystery Space Activity | How Lunar Craters Form & Impact History

Created by
TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on lunar craters and impact history. In this case file activity, students analyze Moon surface images, examine crater formation models, evaluate Earth–Moon comparisons, investigate impact evidenc

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Science Detective Mystery Bundle | Chemistry, Human Body, Environmental Science

The Aurora Mystery - Space Activity | Northern and Souther Lights, Space Weather

Created by
TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on auroras (Northern and Souther Lights) and space weather. In this case file activity, students analyze solar activity evidence, examine Earth’s magnetic field patterns, evaluate upper atmospher

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Science Detective Mystery Bundle | Chemistry, Human Body, Environmental Science

The Exoplanet Discovery Mystery - Space Activity | Transit Method, Star Wobble

Created by
TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on exoplanets and how scientists discover planets around other stars. In this case file activity, students analyze starlight data, examine repeating transit patterns, evaluate star wobble evidenc

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Science Detective Mystery Bundle | Chemistry, Human Body, Environmental Science

The Moon Phases Mystery - Space Activity | Earth Moon Sun System, Lunar Eclipse

Created by
TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on Moon phases and the Earth-Moon-Sun system. In this case file activity, students analyze phase patterns, examine crescent, quarter, and full moon evidence, evaluate viewing angle models, invest

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Science Detective Mystery Bundle | Chemistry, Human Body, Environmental Science

The Space Colony Mystery - Space Activity | Space Life-Support, Space Habitats

Created by
TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on human survival beyond Earth. In this case file activity, students analyze habitat needs, examine life-support systems, evaluate resource management, investigate environmental dangers, rank pos

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Artemis Missions, Moon Bases, and Future Space Colonization Unit Bundle

Average Velocity, Displacement, & Time Cipher Puzzle - Physics Activity

Created by
TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive physics cipher activity focused on average velocity, displacement, and time calculations using the formula average velocity = displacement / time.In this structured challenge, students must problems clues by calculating the missing variable, extrac

10th - 12th General Science, Physical Science, Physics

Also included in: Physics - Force, Motion, and Energy Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Velocity, Momentum

Acceleration, Velocity, & Displacement Cipher Puzzle - Physics Activity

Created by
TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive physics cipher activity focused on acceleration, velocity, displacement, and time calculations using constant-acceleration formulas.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by calculating the missing variable, extracting the number from t

10th - 12th General Science, Physical Science, Physics

Also included in: Physics - Force, Motion, and Energy Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Velocity, Momentum

Gravitational Potential Energy Cipher Puzzle - Physics Activity | Solve PE=mgh

Created by
TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive physics cipher activity focused on gravitational potential energy calculations using the formula PE = mgh.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by calculating the missing variable, extracting the number from their answer, and then conv

10th - 12th General Science, Physical Science, Physics

NGSS HS-PS3-1

Also included in: Physics - Force, Motion, and Energy Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Velocity, Momentum

Kinetic Energy Cipher Puzzle - Physics Activity | Solve Mass Velocity KE = ½mv²

Created by
TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive physics cipher activity focused on kinetic energy calculations using the formula KE = ½mv².In this structured challenge, students solve clues by calculating the missing variable, extracting the number from their answer, and then converting that num

10th - 12th General Science, Physical Science, Physics

NGSS HS-PS3-1

Also included in: Physics - Force, Motion, and Energy Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Velocity, Momentum

Momentum Cipher Puzzle - Physics Activity | Solving for Mass, Velocity, & p=mv

Created by
TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive physics cipher activity focused on momentum calculations using the formula p = mv.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by calculating the missing variable, extracting the number from their answer, and then converting that number into

10th - 12th General Science, Physical Science, Physics

NGSS HS-PS2-1, HS-PS2-2

Also included in: Physics - Force, Motion, and Energy Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Velocity, Momentum

Net Force Cipher Puzzle - Physics Activity | F=ma, Newton's Second Law of Motion

Created by
TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive physics cipher activity focused on net force calculations using the formula Fnet = m × a.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by calculating the missing variable, extract the number from their answer, and then convert that number into

10th - 12th General Science, Physical Science, Physics

NGSS HS-PS2-1

Also included in: Physics - Force, Motion, and Energy Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Velocity, Momentum

Newton’s Second Law of Motion Cipher Puzzle - Physics Activity | F=ma

Created by
TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive physics cipher activity focused on Newton’s Second Law of Motion calculations using the formula F = m × a.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by calculating the missing variable, extract the number from their answer, and then convert

10th - 12th General Science, Physical Science, Physics

NGSS HS-PS2-1

Also included in: Physics - Force, Motion, and Energy Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Velocity, Momentum