4th grade Common Core 6.RP.A.3 laboratories

STEM Space Moon Crater Design Challenge (Engineering Design Process)

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Can your team of astronauts work together to land a rover in the center of a crater on the Moon? This engaging STEM challenge is a fun way to incorporate the engineering design process into your classroom or afterschool program! Students use the engineering design process and explore the forces of motion to place a ball in a cup at the center of a 6 foot diameter circle without entering the circle. This challenge represents placing a NASA rover into the middle of the Apollo lunar crater for expl

Subjects:

Astronomy, Engineering, Science

Grades:

4th - 9th, Adult Education

Types:

Projects, Activities, Laboratory

CCSS:

6.G.A.1

, 6.G.A.2

, 6.G.A.3

, 6.G.A.4

, 7.G.B.4