Description
Are you looking for an engaging STEM Challenge to enhance your space unit or to teach how the FIRST MAN landed on the moon? This is a great challenge for students to use materials to create a Lunar Lander (module) to test for a soft landing with their “shock absorbers.” Check out the Preview.
What is in this download?
- 1. Cover
- 2. Teacher Instructions & Table of Contents
- 3. Apollo Lunar Module STEM Information
- 4. Teacher Page
- 5. Lunar Lander Student Challenge Page (Explain)
- 6. Primary Design Page and Materials List
- 7. STEM Rubric
- 8. Intermediate Design Page (replace pg. 6, if needed)
- 9. Photos of and Example
- 10. Credits
MATERIALS NEEDED:
- paper plates
- cups
- packing tape
- rubber bands
- paper clips
- tin foil
- Cardstock or construction paper
- Marshmallows (to represent astronauts or to use as a shock absorbers)







