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Teach Engineering: Solar System! Unit PlanTeach Engineering: Solar System! Unit Plan
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Teach Engineering: Solar System!

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An introduction to our solar system: the planets, our Sun and our Moon. Students begin by learning the history and engineering of space travel. They make simple rockets to acquire a basic understanding Newton's third law of motion. They explore energy transfer concepts and use renewable solar energy for cooking. They see how engineers design tools, equipment and spacecraft to go where it is too far and too dangerous for humans. They explore the Earth's water cycle, and gravity as applied to orbiting bodies. They learn the steps of the design process as they create their own planetary rovers made of edible parts. Students conduct experiments to examine soil for signs of life, and explore orbit transfers. While studying about the International Space Station (ISS), they investigate the realities of living in space. Activities explore low gravity on human muscles, eating in microgravity, and satellite tracking. Finally, students learn about the context of our solar system, the universe, as they learn about the Hubble Space Telescope, celestial navigation and spectroscopy.

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space, stem

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solar system, universe, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering
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3rd - 5th
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Science
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