Audience
Students
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8
Subject
Engineering Design
Type
Play and Learn
In this challenge, use what you know and what you can investigate about gravity, motion and forces. Then, choose a target: the Moon or Mars. Design and build a lander to protect two marshmallow “astronauts” when they touch down. Just as engineers had to develop solutions for landing different kinds of vehicles on the Moon and Mars, you will follow the engineering design process to design and build a shock-absorbing system out of simple materials. Test and improve your design.