Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8
Subject
Physical Science, Space Science, Energy, Matter and Its Properties, Missions to Planets and Moons
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities
Students will work in teams to mine simulated ilmenite and design a cold transfer system to store the ilmenite discovered for transfer to Gateway.
Students will use the engineering design process to
- Gather data by spectroscopically locating simulated ilmenite
- Collect simulated ilmenite by mining the simulated lunar surface
- Gather data while extracting oxygen from the simulated ilmenite over time
- Design and test a cold fuel transfer system
Next Generation Science Standards: MS-PS1-2, MS-PS1-4, MS-PS3-3, MS-PS3-4, MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS 1-3, MS-ETS 1-4
Common Core State Standards: MP.2
Activity Four: Activity 4: Extract, Pack, Transport
This lesson plan is part of the Lunar Surface Exploration educator guide.