Thursday 5/25/17 Notebook Entry: “NASA is developing the capabilities needed to send humans to an asteroid by 2025 and Mars in the 2030s. Engineers and scientists around the country are working hard to develop the technologies astronauts will use to one day live and work on Mars, and safely return home from the next giant leap for humanity.” NASA’s Journey to Mars, 9/2015 Would you want to be an astronaut that travels to Mars for the first time? Why or why not?

What do humans need to survive? Air Personal Space? Water Interaction with others? Food Sanitation? Shelter Sleep

Identify the Problem You are a space engineer. You want to model a base in which people could live and work on Mars. What problems do you think you’ll encounter?

Planets for Human Settlement Planet A could not support human life for an extended period of time. Its gravity is too great. Planet B might be able to support human life. Its mass is over 0.4 times that of Earth, so it might have water and an atmosphere. Its length of day is 2.5 times that of Earth. Its gravity is slightly less than Earth’s, so humans wouldn’t be harmed. Planet C could not support human life for long. Its day is too long. Even though its day is only slightly longer than Earth’s, Mars could not support human life because it is too small to have a sufficient thick atmosphere or enough surface water. Changing orbit position would not change these things.

Friday 5/26/17 Notebook Entry: There is no question today, but you do need your spiral notebook. 

Can We Make It To Mars? Technology shown in this video can be good ideas for your Mars Base. Answer the questions on the slip of paper in your spiral.

Monday 5/30/17 Copy this week’s schedule into your assignment notebook. No Notebook Entry

Please get a Chromebook and go to Mrs. Burke's webpage Do Research Please get a Chromebook and go to Mrs. Burke's webpage https://mars.nasa.gov/allaboutmars/facts/#infographic   https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/images/index.html  

Do Research Thinking about the pictures and using the data comparisons answer questions 2 and 3. What are the features of Earth that support human life? How well suited is the Mars surface for humans? Explain.

Design Constraints Describe the Big Challenges with traveling to and living on another planet. Constraints are limitations you have Can’t take a cow Can’t build your hole base on Earth and then attach it to your rocket Can’t sent shipments each month-

Develop Possible Solutions Fill out the chart to describe the problems and describe a possible solution. When you have the chart filled out raise your hand or bring me your packet to review and discuss Artist illustration of a Mars Colony. Image credit: NASA

Thursday 6/1/17 Notebook Entry Question: What is a blueprint?

Interior Blueprint

Life on Mars FIRST - finish identifying problems and solutions and have me check it. Then draw your design on computer or graph paper (you choice) Draw an exterior and interior view. In both views you must label main features of the base by name and number. On a piece of lined paper describe each feature of your base. Include the number and label you gave each feature on your drawing. Describe each feature to explain how it solves a problem with living on Mars.

Friday 6/2/17 No Notebook Entry Please take textbook and spiral out of cupboard. You will be taking it home today.

Life on Mars: PROJECT MUST BE COMPLETED BY END OF CLASS ON MONDAY FIRST - finish identifying problems and solutions and have me check it. Then draw your design on computer or graph paper (you choice) Draw an exterior and interior view. In both views you must label main features of the base by name and number. On a piece of lined paper describe each feature of your base. Include the number and label you gave each feature on your drawing. Describe each feature to explain how it solves a problem with living on Mars.