Science Educator Guide
Grades 3–5
Planetary Science
4 Activities; 45-55 minutes per activity
What's Included?
- Space Hazards Science Educator Guide
Overview
In this unit, youth will learn about hazards on Earth and in space and different strategies humans have developed to mitigate them. This builds on the concept of engineering space gloves to mitigate hazards in different planetary environments in the Engineering Adventures unit, In Good Hands: Engineering Space Gloves.
PLANETS Science Series are a great companion to the PLANETS Engineering Units but are also designed to stand alone.
Science, Engineering, or STEM?
The PLANETS Science and Engineering activities are complementary and help youth integrate engineering, technology, and science; however, each guide can also stand alone.
Engineering Educator Guide
Grades 3–5 and Engineering
9 Activities; 45 minutes per activity
What's Included?
- Space Hazards Engineering Educator Guide
- Space Hazards Engineering Journal
- Space Hazards Engineering Journal in Spanish
- Engineering Design Process_Poster
- Space Hazards Engineering Materials List
Overview
India and Jacob visit Antarctica to learn about space hazards and help engineer part of a space suit for a new NASA mission! Kids work as materials engineers, considering the trade-offs of each material in their space gloves to help astronauts complete one of three missions to an asteroid, Earth’s moon, or Mars.
Engineering Context-Setting Soundtracks for Youth
Use these audio files from India and Jacob to help introduce each activity of Space Gloves to youth.