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Incoming Asteroid! What's the Problem?
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | To kickoff the Adventure Engineering Asteroid Impact unit, students learn of the impending asteroid impact scenario, form teams and begin to study the situation in depth. A simple in-class simulation shows them the potential for destruction and disaster. They look at maps and complete a worksheet and homework assignment to help them define and understand the problem. Students are introduced to the Asteroid Impact unit and its engineering challenge: An asteroid is on course to impact the Earth and we must design the location and size of underground caverns to shelter the people from an uninhabitable Earth for one year. Students read the president's memo to receive their "marching orders." They form teams and begin to study the situation in depth. A simple in-class simulation shows them the potential for destruction and disaster. They complete worksheets and look at maps to help them define and understand the problem: What is the needed cavern size and depth? What are the geographical areas and natural features? A homework measurement assignment prepares them for the next activity. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Colorado School of Mines |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Problem Solving Disaster Planning Earth-bound Asteroid Asteroid Impact Catastrophe Adventure Engineering Understand The Problem Asteroid Impact Asteroid |
| Content Type | Text Video |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class VI Class VII Class VIII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Structure of the Earth |
