Educational resources

Would you live on the Moon?

Brief description: Can you imagine how it would be to live on the Moon? See how a future day in...

What materials to build your home on the Moon?

Brief description: When you think of building, you probably think of bricks – but Moon rock is an entirely different...

What is the best place to live on the Moon?

Brief description: An entirely new landscape awaits when you land on the Moon. Will you choose one of the poles...

What is a F3Z file?

What is a F3Z file?   A .f3z file is an Autodesk Fusion 360 file that can contain one or...

What experiments can you do on the Moon?

Brief description: The aim of the Moon mission is to research how to live on other planets. That means not...

Webinar 2018/2019 – Where next? The past, present and future Moon exploration missions

Brief description: James Carpenter, from ESA’s Human and Robotics Exploration Directorate, working in areas focusing on space exploration, will give...

Webinar 2018/2019 – Design your own moon camp

Brief description: Mark Chester, Autodesk Academic Partner and 3D Design Expert, will show how to use 3D modelling software to...

Water on the Moon – Filtering lunar ice cores to extract water

Brief description: In this resource, pupils will spend a day recording approximately how much water they use for different activities....

Water on the Moon

Brief description: Since the Moon is as dry as Earth’s driest desert, we’ll have to bring water with us. The...

Waste management on the Moon

Brief description: One Earthling’s trash is another astronaut’s treasure. We can turn waste products into valuable sources of heat and...

Using Fusion 360 in your browser

Using Fusion 360 in your Browser .   Unable to download Fusion 360? Try running the software in your browser...

Up up up! Build and launch your own rocket

Brief description: In this set of four group activities pupils build three different rockets. The first is a simple paper...

Traveling on the Moon

Brief description: How best to travel on the moon with rocks, boulders and craters in our way? And when settlements...

Tinkercad Lessons: Design an Oxygen Tank

Tinkercad Lessons: Design a Shelter on the Moon

Tinkercad Lessons: Design a Rover

Tinkercad Lessons: Design a Rocket

Tinkercad classrooms and sharing a project

Brief description: Learn how to set up a classroom for students in this step-by-step introduction to Autodesk Tinkercad Classrooms, and...

The past and future of lunar exploration

Brief description: Al Worden, Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 15 mission talks about the US space programme during the...

Tell-tale signs of a shooting star – Comets, meteors and craters in the Solar System

Brief description: To many ancient civilisations, the tale of a shooting star was an omen of things to come. In...

Teach with the Moon

Spacecraft Materials Kit

Brief description:  Pupils can use the ESA Spacecraft Materials Kit to experimentally investigate a variety of different materials. A set of five...

Space Bears – Lab-experience with Tardigrades

Brief description: In this set of experimental activities, students will investigate the survival abilities of tardigrades, also known as water...

Robots on the Moon

Brief description: Getting stuff done on the Moon requires more effort than what the first settlers can manage by themselves....

Robotic Arm – Become a space engineer for a day

Brief description: In this activity, students will learn how their arm works and build a robotic arm inspired on it....

Resources on the Moon

Brief description: It’s common knowledge that the Moon is a cratered ball of rock. Stunning as it is in the...

Radiation on the Moon. How much sunscreen do you need on the Moon?

Brief description: Just one year on the moon maxes out the amount of solar radiation we can handle over a...

Preparing for lunar exploration: Frank De Winne

Brief description: ESA Astronaut and Head of the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Frank De Winne tells us all about...

Preparing for a lunar spacewalk

Brief description: Developing the safest and most efficient way to return to the Moon starts on Earth. European astronauts and...

Powering the Moon

Brief description: A lunar day lasts for 14 Earth days, but night can be just as long. Is solar energy...

Power from Water – How to produce oxygen and hydrogen on the Moon

Brief description: In this set of three activities, students will learn about electrochemistry. In the first activity, they will build...

Power from Sunlight – Powering space exploration with solar energy

Brief description: In this set of activities, students will learn about two concepts that influence solar panel design for space...

Paxi on the ISS – Natural and artificial satellites

Brief description Join Paxi aboard the ISS with astronaut Thomas Pesquet to discover natural and artificial satellites.https://youtu.be/PqJpgizriFMLanguages available:   Subtitles...

Paxi on the ISS – Microbes

Brief description:Join Paxi aboard the ISS with astronaut Thomas Pesquet to discover all about microorganisms on Earth and in space.https://youtu.be/xjsnFle_U1ELanguages...

Paxi Explores The Moon

Brief description: Join Paxi as he explores the Moon. In this video, targeted at children aged between 6 and 12,...

Paxi And Our Moon Phases And Eclipses

Brief description Join Paxi as he explores the Moon. In this video, targeted at children aged between 6 and 12,...

Orion ESM – The European Service Module

Brief description: What does it take to send astronauts into space? Learn how the European Service Module (ESM) Airbus built...

Online Course: Designing for 3D Printing

Are you interested in learning more about using Tinkercad to design specifically for 3D printing? Then check out this free...

Moon Shelter – Investigating different shelters on Earth and in space

Brief description: In this set of activities, pupils will analyse the importance of having shelter for protection on Earth and...

Moon Rover – Building a solar powered rover

Brief description: In this activity, students will compare the advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy sources and non-renewable energy sources...

Moon Constitution – How would a future lunar community be organised?

Brief description: In this resource, pupils will debate some organisational and social characteristics of a future settlement on the Moon...

Moon Camp Tinkercad Tutorial: Space treadmill

Brief description: Can astronauts run in space? Learn to design a space treadmill following this video step-by-step tutorial.https://youtu.be/7AbGYMkz0jELanguages available:This video...

Moon Camp Tinkercad Tutorial: Rocket

Brief description: Ready for take off? Learn how to code a 3D Ariane 6 model with Tinkercad Codeblocks and design...

Moon Camp Tinkercad Tutorial: Paxi

Brief description: How should the astronaut suit for future Moon missions look like? Watch this step-by-step Tinkercad video tutorial to...

Moon Camp Tinkercad Tutorial: Gym

Brief description: How will your astronauts exercise in space? Learn to design a dressing room for your Moon Camp gym...

Moon Camp Tinkercad Tutorial: Astronaut quarters

Brief description: Follow up this video tutorial to get inspiration to create your own astronauts quarters, using Tinkercad Codeblocks.https://youtu.be/mlt6BMtA1SYLanguages available:This...

Mission on the Moon – Program a classmate to complete a mission on the Moon

Brief description: This activity will introduce students to logical thinking by planning, testing and executing a simple mission on the...

Meteors on the Moon. Sunny with a chance of meteor shower

Brief description: About 180 craters appear on the Moon every year, not to mention being hit by golf ball-sized meteors...

Local lunar sights

Brief description: Learn more about the local lunar sights! Top tips for an unforgettable Moon adventure include impact craters housing...

Living on the Moon

Brief description: The Apollo Mission proved humans can work on the lunar surface but the longest lunar spacewalk lasted a...

Learn How To Tinker

Launching Into Space. Bye Earth, Hello Moon!

Brief description: How exactly does a rocket engine work? Learn about different factors that affect your space launch and how...

Landing on the moon – Planning and designing a lunar lander

Brief description: In this set of activities, students will plan, design and build a landing module to secure the survival...

Landing on the Moon

Brief description: A manned spacecraft needs a soft landing, but it’s all in the timing. Fire up your thrusters and...

Join the Moon Camp Challenge 2019-2020

Brief description: ESA – European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer invites students all over the world to participate in the...

Introduction to Tinkercad Codeblocks

Brief description: Learn how to use the basic functions of the Autodesk Tinkercad Codeblocks software to design an Ariane 6...

Introduction to 3D design with Tinkercad

Brief description: Learn the basic functions of the Autodesk Tinkercad 3D design software and begin to design your very own...

Instructables: Design Astronauts Quarters In Tinkercad

Instructables: Design Astronauts Quarters in Fusion 360

Instructables: Design A Space Helmet In Tinkercad

Instructables: Design a Space Helmet in Fusion 360

Instructables: Design A Satellite In Tinkercad

Instructables: Design a Satellite in Fusion 360

Instructables: Design a Rover in Fusion 360

Instructables: Design A Moon Rover In Tinkercad

Instructables: Design A Lunar Lander In Tinkercad

Instructables: Design a Lunar Lander in Fusion 360

How to share a public link with Tinkercad

How to share a public link with Tinkercad If you finished your design, follow the steps below or watch this...

How To Fly In Space? Slingshot To The Moon!

Brief description: Flying to the moon is tricky business, especially since you can’t just head in a direct line. How...

How to communicate on the Moon?

Brief description: Even daily communication changes when living on the Moon. Without air to carry our voices, we might rely...

Getting started with Tinkercad

Getting started with Tinkercad If your team is a beginner in 3D design you may wish to create your 3D...

Getting Started with Fusion 360

You may wish to create your 3D design project using Fusion 360. Fusion 360 is a free 3D design software...

Future Moon exploration

Brief description: Though it has been fifty years since humans first stepped on the Moon, we haven’t forgotten about Earth’s...

Fusion 360 Moon Habitat Part 4 – Rendering, Minecraft, and 3D Printing

Brief description: Learn how to render your design to finish your Moon Camp in this Fusion 360 tutorial.https://youtu.be/bLnM_DAyeuULanguages available:This video...

Fusion 360 Moon Habitat Part 3 – Adding a Sign

Brief description: Learn how to improve your design by adding details to your Fusion 360 Moon base.https://youtu.be/YwptqbT79J4Languages available:This video contains...

Fusion 360 Moon Habitat Part 2 – Completing the main Habitat

Brief description: Learn how to build a Moon habitat consisting of different shapes in this Fusion 360 tutorial.https://youtu.be/vLmtKD9-_LMLanguages available:This video...

Fusion 360 Moon Habitat Part 1 – Creating Bodies

Brief description: Learn how to create bodies in Fusion 360 to start designing your Moon Camp in this video tutorial.https://youtu.be/cmqc_CDTREkLanguages...

Food on the Moon

Brief description: There are only so many groceries you can bring to the Moon, so how do you produce food...

Extracting Water from Lunar Soil – Learning about filtration and distillation

Brief description: In this resource, students will learn about changes of state of matter using water on the Moon as...

ESA Science Satellite 3D Models

ESA Lunar Exploration

Create your own journey through this ESA web-documentary to learn the history of lunar exploration. A space to satisfy your...

Destination: Moon

Brief description: This film gives an overview of the past, present, and future of Moon exploration, from the Lunar cataclysm...

Designing Together With Fusion 360

Designing together with Fusion 360 If your team is joining the Moon Camp Pioneers category, you may wish to create...

Could life survive in alien environments? – Defining environments suitable for life

Brief description: In this activity, students will consider whether life found in extreme environments on Earth could survive elsewhere in...

Building your own Moon home

Brief description: The first Moon structure has a lot of roles to fill: a home base not only for sleeping...

Bionic Hand – Building a bionic hand

Brief description: In this activity, pupils will build a bionic hand made out of cardboard, strings, straws and rubber bands....

Astronaut Logbook: A week in the life of an astronaut with Samantha Cristoforetti

Astronaut Logbook: A week in the life of an astronaut with Samantha Cristoforetti   Your Mission: Follow Samantha’s routine at...

AstroFood – Learning about edible plants in Space

Brief description: In this set of activities, students will learn about the different components of plants. They will learn which...

AstroFarmer – Learning about conditions for plant growth

Brief description: In this set of six activities, students will investigate which factors affect plant growth, and relate these factors...

AstroCrops – Growing plants for future space missions

Brief description: In this set of activities, students will build an understanding of germination and plant growth by following the...

Airbus Foundation Discovery Space!

Air on the Moon

Brief description: Holding our breath isn’t an option on the Moon, we need sources of oxygen to sustain life. Let’s...

3D-printing a lunar base

Brief description: Could astronauts one day be printing rather than building a base on the Moon? Learn more about the...

3D Printing on the Moon

Brief description: We can 3D print just about anything these days, from tools and buildings to cells and even food....

3D Printing Materials Guide for Classrooms

3… 2…1… Lift off! – Building your own paper rocket

Brief description: In this set of 3 activities, students will design and build their own paper rockets and launch them....

2022/2023 Moon Camp winners webinar with ESA astronaut Reinhold Ewald

Brief description: ESA astronaut Reinhold Ewald join the 2022/23 Moon Camp Challenge winning teams for a 1-hour webinar. Connecting from...

2019/2020 Moon Camp Winners Webinar With ESA Astronauts Samantha Cristoforetti and Luca Parmitano

Brief description: ESA astronauts Samantha Cristoforetti and Luca Parmitano join the 2019/20 Moon Camp Challenge winning teams for a 1-hour...

2018/2019 Moon Camp Winners Webinar With ESA Astronaut Tim Peake

Brief description: The teams behind the 12 winning projects of the Moon Camp Challenge 2018-2019 were invited to participate in...