Mars Mission Specialist

Autor/inn/en	Burton, Bill; Ogden, Kate; Walker, Becky; Bledsoe, Leslie; Hardage, Lauren
Titel	Mars Mission Specialist
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 55 (2018) 7, S.46-54 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Space Sciences; Elementary School Science; Science Activities; Shared Resources and Services; Hands on Science; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Interdisciplinary Approach; Food + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Gemeinwirtschaft; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Lebensmittel
Abstract	For the last several years, the authors have implemented an integrated Mars Colony project for their third-grade classes. Students explored several considerations related to colonizing and inhabiting a new world, including food sources, types of citizens, transportation, and housing design. Nearly everything about the project was open-ended, full of student choice, authentic, and original. Making and launching model rockets was always a favorite part of the project. Building solid fuel rockets almost entirely from scratch was a valuable experience. However, despite a few artistic differences, students' designs were nearly identical and didn't fit the open-ended feel of the Mars project. They wanted to improve the rocketry project to better match their problem-based experience as well as find ways to better use equipment in their school's dedicated makerspace. This article describes how they developed an integrated set of lessons allowing students to design and make a specialized payload that would travel inside their rockets and return safely to solid ground. It became an authentic maker experience integrating science, math, literacy, and human-centered design principles over a period of several weeks. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01