The five lessons in NASA’s On the Moon Educator Guide challenge young engineers to design and build an air-powered rocket, a shock-absorbing system to protect two marshmallow astronauts, and a rubber band-powered rover. In addition, they must craft a cardboard crane with the load-lifting ability and a solar water heater.
Pre-K - 12th
Science, STEM
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heat transfer, solar radiation, infrared light, design, engineering design, technology resources, lift, pulleys, simple machines, compound machines, machines, newton's third law of motion, vehicle design, newton's laws of motion, friction, potential energy, kinetic energy, force of gravity, gravity, air resistance, rockets
