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How to Teach These Units

Take a little time to prepare and get ready to teach. The pages linked below give you an easy-to-follow checklist and resources that get you prepared for facilitating PLANETS activities.

8. Spread the Word: Preparing for the Engineering Share-Out

Learners recommend a remote sensing device to be sent on a spacecraft.

Guiding Question

How can we share information about our remote sensing device design with others?

Activity Downloads

Activity Timing

10 MIN. Get Ready & Team Up

25 MIN. Share-Out Preparation

10 MIN. Reflect

45 MIN. TOTAL

Setup: Prep Time 40 min

  • Set up Space Screens and Materials Table

*See Materials & Preparation in the Educator Guide linked above for full info.

21st Century Skills

  • Collaboration
  • Communication

Habits of Mind

  • See themselves as problem solvers.
  • Make evidence-based decisions.

Learners Will Do

  • Plan and create materials for communicating learning and designs to others.

Learners Will Know

  • Engineers have valuable knowledge to share about the problem they have solved.

Connecting Across Activities

  • Activity 7: The Final Test: Last time, learners used what they learned from testing to improve their devices.
  • Activity 8: Spread the Word: Today, they plan to share their designs at an Engineering Share-Out.
  • Activity 9: Sum It Up: Next time, they will meet with community members at the Engineering Share-Out to have conversations about their designs and remote sensing.

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