Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Informal Education
Subject
Engineering Design, Physical Science
Type
Educator Guides
Materials engineers are involved in the development, processing, and testing of the materials used to create a range of products. A materials engineer at NASA would develop lightweight, strong, heat resistant materials for use in space. A materials engineer selects the materials to build rockets, spacecraft, and launch pads. Sometimes they have to make new materials to meet the needs of the rocket.
In this challenge, students will design and build a mobile launcher platform that is light enough to be moved to the launch pad, but strong enough to hold the weight of the rocket.