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Solar Sails: The Future of Space Travel
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Bentley, Matthew |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | Working as if they were engineers, students design and construct model solar sails made of aluminum foil to move cardboard tube satellites through “space” on a string. Working in teams, they follow the engineering design thinking steps—empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test, redesign—to design and test small-scale solar sails for satellites and space probes. Working as if they were engineers, students design and construct model solar sails made of aluminum foil to move cardboard tube satellites through “space” on a string. Working in teams, they follow the engineering design thinking steps—empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test, redesign—to design and test small-scale solar sails for satellites and space probes. During the process, learn about Newton’s laws of motion and the transfer of energy from wave energy to mechanical energy. A student activity worksheet is provided. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Science and Technology Energy Form New Technology Energy Transfer New Ideas Space Solar Sail Mechanical Energy Physics Satellite Design Thinking Innovation Laws of Motion Light Sail Solar System Space Probe Space Exploration Propulsion Transport Wave Energy Light Energy Prototype Deep Space Exploration Satellite Propulsion Deep Space Design Build Test Force |
| Content Type | Text Video |
| Time Required | PT1H30M |
| Education Level | Class VII Class VIII Class IX |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Structure of the Earth Technical |
