Mission Aerospace Professional:Students will develop an understanding of the role of an Aerospace Engineer and explore other engineering careers applicable to space travel and/or colonization.This set of lessons is designed for North Carolina Essential Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Mission Apollo:Students will explore the different Apollo Missions that landed on the moon, what occurred during the missions, and what advancements were made.Mission Cratering: Students will learn about the formation of the moon, crater formation, lack of atmosphere/erosion on the moon compared to Earth, create their own craters, and identify cratering on The Giant Moon MapTM.We Came in Peace for All Mankind: This project is conceived as a team project where groups of students work together to research, report, design, construct, and explain a visitor complex for people visiting the Apollo lunar landing sites.No matter the outcome, each mission contributed to eventual success and meeting the President’s goal. Many missions failed to meet their goals, some with tragic results and some merely with loss of equipment. Failure is an (essential) Option: Much had to be learned to meet President Kennedy’s goal of landing a person on the Moon and returning safely to the Earth.The class product will be a video, edited to show the first steps on Mars, a follow-up press conference with the crew, interviews with Flight Director and Deputy Flight Director, and interviews with each of the teams that created the lander, Mars set, EVA suits, and video. Let’s Plan to Make History: Students will work together in teams to create a program concerning the first steps taken and words spoken on Mars.They are not intended to be a complete curriculum, nor do they have to be completed in sequence. The activities range from overarching, large projects to relatively simple lessons. Activities listed below include ideas for use of the map in classrooms, at home, in informal learning environments and at afterschool programs.