Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8
Subject
Earth Science, Life Science, Physical Science, Technology, Geology, Living and Working in Space, Energy, Matter and Its Properties
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities
In this activity, students explore the engineering design process as if they were actual engineers working with NASA’s Dust Mitigation engineering team.
Students will utilize the engineering design process to:
- Identify the properties of lunar dust that make it so problematic
- Develop a dust mitigation prototype given NASA’s design criteria and constraints
- Measure the extent of electrostatic fields using a homemade device
Next Generation Science Standards: MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-4, MS-PS2-3, S-PS2-5
Common Core State Standards: MP.2
Activity One: Electrostatic Moon Duster
This lesson plan is part of the Lunar Surface Exploration educator guide.