Space Gloves
In Good Hands
Unit at a Glance
Grades
Afterschool
Engineering Field:
Materials Engineering
- 9 activities
- 45 minutes per activity
Unit 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.
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Materials for this Unit
The In Good Hands kit includes enough materials for up to 24 learners.
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