SHPE Foundation Noche de Ciencias Hands-On Activity Training

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SHPE FoundationNoche de CienciasHands-On
Activity Training
NASA Mars Public Engagement Program / ASU Mars
Education Program
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SHPE FoundationNoche de CienciasHands-On
Activity Training

• Tips for a Successful and Memorable Event
• Have Fun
• Be Flexible
• Be Prepared Know the Activities
• Keep Your Activity On Time

NASA Mars Public Engagement Program / ASU Mars
Education Program
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SHPE FoundationNoche de CienciasHands-On
Activity Training

• Mars Activity Kits
• Includes Materials For 100 Students
• Includes Instructions for Activities
• Includes Teaching Tips For Great Results

NASA Mars Public Engagement Program / ASU Mars
Education Program
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Activity Training
Activity Soda Straw Rockets

• Materials
• Pencil
• Tape
• Scissors
• Straw
• Template
• Blue, White Red Balloon

NASA Mars Public Engagement Program / ASU Mars
Education Program
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SHPE FoundationNoche de CienciasHands-On
Activity Training
Activity Soda Straw Rockets Concept Propulsion
and Targeting

• Procedure
• Cut out 3 rocket pieces
• Have student put their name one of the rocket
  fins
• Construct the rocket using a pencil
• Students launch the rockets using a soda straw
• Show video of Curiosity rocket launch

NASA Mars Public Engagement Program / ASU Mars
Education Program
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Activity Training
Activity Soda Straw Rockets Teaching Tips

• Have extra rocket pieces cut out in advance
• in case students make mistakes while cutting
• Have trash cans handy for cuttings and cleanup
• Construct the entire rocket on the pencil
• Make sure they construct the tube around the
• pencil down the length of the pencil.
• Dont hand out straws until all are finished

NASA Mars Public Engagement Program / ASU Mars
Education Program
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SHPE FoundationNoche de CienciasHands-On
Activity Training
Activity Soda Straw Rockets Teaching Tips

• Always have a target
• Use scale size activity for targets
• Use Earth, Moon, Mars
• balloons
• Earth (blue) 8 inches
• Mars (red) 4 inches
• Moon (white) 2 inches

NASA Mars Public Engagement Program / ASU Mars
Education Program
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Activity Training
Activity Soda Straw Rockets Teaching Tips

• Have students work in teams of 2 to construct
• their rockets
• Remind students no early launches have the
• students that finish early draw
• some designs on their rocket
• Have all students line up for
• launch

NASA Mars Public Engagement Program / ASU Mars
Education Program
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SHPE FoundationNoche de CienciasHands-On
Activity Training
Activity Soda Straw Rockets Teaching Tips

• Always have a target for the
• students to aim their rockets
• Do an audible launch
• count-down for the launch
• Conduct at least 2 launches
• so students can adjust
• their trajectory

NASA Mars Public Engagement Program / ASU Mars
Education Program
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Activity Training
Activity Rover Races

• Materials
• 2 Packages of Red
• Construction Paper
• Rover Races Job Cards
• Driver and Judge Activity Sheets
• Pencils for Driver and Judge

NASA Mars Public Engagement Program / ASU Mars
Education Program
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SHPE FoundationNoche de CienciasHands-On
Activity Training
Activity Rover Races Concept Driving a Rover on
Mars and Calibration

• Procedure
• Brainstorm on how you would
• drive a rover on Mars from Earth
• Create a rover course using red
• construction paper
• Walk the course and record your moves on the
• rover driver sheet

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Education Program
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Activity Training
Activity Rover Races Procedure

• Have the students volunteer for
• the rover jobs
• Hand out the rover job cards to
• the next set of volunteers so they can observe
  the tasks
• Make a first drive (walk) through the course
• Debrief with the group about the first drive

NASA Mars Public Engagement Program / ASU Mars
Education Program
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Activity Training
Activity Rover Races Procedure

• Proceed with the second drive
• Debrief about any changes the
• students observed
• Show the Free Spirit video
• from the Mars DVD if time

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Education Program
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Activity Training
Activity Rover Races Teaching Tips

• Choose a person that is a different
• size than the SHPE volunteer that
• recorded the rover commands
• while waking through the course to
• help insure that calibration will be
• needed

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Education Program
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Activity Training
Activity Rover Races Teaching Tips

• Establish ground rules...
• NO yelling at the rover
• NO hitting the rover
• Have the students discuss
• at the end of the 2nd drive
• to discuss whether getting through the terrain
• faster is better or obtaining more science is
  better

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Education Program
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Activity Training
Activity Mystery Planet Concept Sample Return

• Procedure
• Break the students into teams
• Distribute the activity materials
• Have the teams start to sort
• their materials based on what
• they think is interesting

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Education Program
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Activity Training
Activity Mystery Planet

• Materials
• Package of Planetary
• Materials
• Graph Paper
• Tweezers and Craft Stick
• Magnifying Glass
• Pencil
• Discovery Cards

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Education Program
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Activity Training
Activity Mystery Planet Teaching Tips

• Make sure that there all students
• are engaged in their group
• Encourage discussion within the
• groups about the materials
• Different age levels will have
• their own interpretations that reflect their
• level of understanding

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Education Program
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Activity Training
Activity Mystery Planet Teaching Tips

• During the debrief time, have
• two categories in which to put
• their findings Direct Evidence
• and Indirect Evidence (what is in
• the bag of materials and what the
• materials might mean in a bigger sense

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Education Program
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Activity Training
Activity Mystery Planet Teaching Tips

• To reset for the next group, have the
• Students reset the tools and materials
• For final cleanup, please have one
• team member hold the planetary
• materials bag open and another
• person take the graph paper and
• funnel the materials into the bag.

NASA Mars Public Engagement Program / ASU Mars
Education Program
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SHPE FoundationNoche de CienciasHands-On
Activity Training

• Final Thoughts
• Have Fun!
• Keep track of time to keep your group
• on time for the rotations
• Encourage the students to ask questions
• and explore further (mars.jpl.nasa.gov)
• Kit maintenance Maintain your kit
• to use activities for future events!

NASA Mars Public Engagement Program / ASU Mars
Education Program