Congratulations to Inverness Engineers for taking first place in the Space Shelter Challenge. Their design withstood solar winds, meteor showers, and radiation. Well done!
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Apogee from Cherokee Bend Elementary School
took 2nd place. 
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Mission Moon from Pelham Oaks Elementary finished 3rd overall.
SPACE SHELTER You are part of the Emergency Response Team for NASA’s upcoming mission. NASA has not yet determined to what planet the mission will travel, so your team must prepare to construct an emergency shelter which is able to withstand weight and various planetary conditions such as solar winds, meteor showers, dust storms, and/ or radiation contamination.
Materials and space will be limited for constructing your shelter with additional requirements for minimum footprint of the shelter . Further details will be provided by the planet mission team at a future date. |
USE the below links to prepare your teams: practice concepts, analyze questions, revise designs, and problem solve:
www.discovere.org/sites/default/files/DSG_Shelter.pdf
https://pbskids.org/designsquad/pdf/parentseducators/DS_Invent_4_Speedy_Leader_ENG.pdf
www.discovere.org/sites/default/files/DSG_Shelter.pdf
https://pbskids.org/designsquad/pdf/parentseducators/DS_Invent_4_Speedy_Leader_ENG.pdf
Key Questions:
• What type of environments are found in outer space?
• What do inhabitants need to be protected from? What are the hazards?
• How will planetary conditions impact the shelter design?
• What type of structure will be both sturdy and quick to construct?
• What will it look like?
Just for Fun...
https://www.universetoday.com/14717/how-long-is-a-day-on-mars/
https://mars.nasa.gov/allaboutmars/facts/#?c=inspace&s=distance
• What type of environments are found in outer space?
• What do inhabitants need to be protected from? What are the hazards?
• How will planetary conditions impact the shelter design?
• What type of structure will be both sturdy and quick to construct?
• What will it look like?
Just for Fun...
https://www.universetoday.com/14717/how-long-is-a-day-on-mars/
https://mars.nasa.gov/allaboutmars/facts/#?c=inspace&s=distance
NEXT GENERATION STANDARDS:
3-5-ETS1-1 Engineering Design Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
3-5-ETS1-2 Engineering Design Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
3-5-ETS1-3 Engineering Design Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
3-5-ETS1-1 Engineering Design Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
3-5-ETS1-2 Engineering Design Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
3-5-ETS1-3 Engineering Design Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
