Grade 1-5
This unit introduces students to aerospace engineering—and how aerospace engineers use their knowledge of astronomy to design space technologies. Starting with the storybook Paulo’s Parachute Mission, students learn about a boy from Brazil who designs a parachute to get a large, heavy piece of fruit down from a tree. Students apply their knowledge of drag (air resistance) and conditions on other planets to engineer a model parachute that’s “mission ready” to land a payload on a planet with an atmosphere much thinner than Earth’s. Download a free unit preview to further explore this teacher guide and storybook.
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Item includes: Teacher's guide, 30 student story books and materials kit.
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