Lesson 3: Turning Designs into Reality

This 5-E lesson will guide students through the process of building, testing and analyzing a prototype of a lunar plant growth chamber.
Students will:

• Develop a design proposal for a lunar plant growth chamber.
• Develop a production plan for a prototype lunar plant growth chamber.
• Explain that management is the process of planning, organizing and controlling work.
• Describe how modeling, testing, evaluating and modifying are used to transform ideas into practical solutions.
• Make two-dimensional and three-dimensional representations of the designed solution.
• Apply the engineering design process to solve a problem.
• Test and evaluate the design in relation to pre-established requirements, such as criteria and constraints, and refine as needed.
• Make, analyze and refine a prototype of a lunar plant growth chamber and document the solution.

This lesson includes a rubric.
Packing Up for the Moon – Lesson 3 [1MB PDF file]
Lesson 3: Turning Designs into Reality is part of the Packing Up for the Moon Educator Guide.