Design a Mars Colony: STEM / STEAM Project Guide (STEM Competition)
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Mars Colony STEM Project Guide
Design a colony on Mars! Take your STEM or STEAM classroom or program to the next level with this in-depth engineering design STEM challenge. Students will apply scientific concepts, math skills, critical thinking, research, and engineering design to plan a long term habitat on Mars. This creative and in-depth project is a great activity for your classroom or afterschool program!
Part of a Mars Colony Project Bundle: This product is part of a larger bundle of activities to support your students in research, design, and building of a habitat on Mars. Click to see full bundle.
Designing a Mars Colony is a real multidisciplinary project with creative and critical thinking a central part of the process. Students will need to consider questions like: How will colonists get food? What is the Martian environment like? Will our colony have a government? How do we prevent boredom?
Students learn about current efforts to colonize Mars and the harsh environment of this barren world. Students research and brainstorm engineering and mental health design solutions to keep colonists alive, healthy, and happy. The final colony design is put to the test with various scenarios such as meteorites, power loss, or communication issues. Educators may take this project a step further by providing students with materials to build the final colony design and present solutions.
Engineering & Mental Health Design
Students will design a colony considering both human health and happiness. This project guide includes handouts to have students reflect on life on Earth followed by brainstorming and designing solutions to apply to a Mars colony that includes the following areas:
- Food Source
- Energy Source
- Water Source
- Air Source
- Transportation
- Entertainment
- Government
- Homesickness
Mars Colony STEM / STEAM Project Includes:
- Detailed teachers guide with links to resources
- Photos of prototype examples
- Student handouts to guide teams through the engineering design process including reflection on society on Earth, learning about Mars, research, brainstorming solutions, designing colony, testing colony against scenarios, and final design.
- Student recording sheet for each step of the process
- Math extension word problems
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