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Building & Testing Model Underground Safety Caverns
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Students build scaled-down versions of their underground cavern designs and then bury them in a tray of sand. They mold clay or papier-mâché around balloons or little boxes to form dome- and rectangular-shaped structures. They test the underground cavern models by dropping balls from high above to simulate asteroid impacts. Then make improvements and impact test again. Concluding the Asteroid Impact challenge, students build model caverns and bury them in a tray of sand. They test the models by dropping a heavy ball onto them to simulate an asteroid hitting the Earth. By molding papier-mâché or clay around balloons (to form domes), or around small cardboard boxes (to form rectangular structures), students create unique models of their cavern designs. Examining how their structures survived the asteroid impact, students make improvements and impact test again, experiencing design iteration. Teams each make two mini class presentations to show the sustained damage, explain their intended improvements, and report on the success of their updated designs. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Colorado School of Mines |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Paper Mache Shelter Model Building Asteroid Earth-bound Asteroid Collision Asteroid Impact Underground Papier-mâché Impact Asteroid |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT1H30M |
| Education Level | Class VI Class VII Class VIII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Structure of the Earth |
