Ultraviolet Light Shelter STEM Challenge (Solar Space Science & Engineering)

$5.75

Students are on a mission to protect an astronaut from ultraviolet light over-exposure in this engaging STEM challenge.

Grades: 5th - 8th 

Teaching Duration: 2 days

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Students are on a mission to protect an astronaut from ultraviolet light over-exposure in this engaging STEM challenge.

Grades: 5th - 8th 

Teaching Duration: 2 days

Students are on a mission to protect an astronaut from ultraviolet light over-exposure in this engaging STEM challenge.

Grades: 5th - 8th 

Teaching Duration: 2 days

Nice full problem-solving challenge! I reduced the size of the materials students could use to make it a harder challenge for high school engineering students. Excellent resource.
— STEM Wonders

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Ultraviolet Light Shelter Engineering Design Challenge: Updated with digital journals!

Students are on a mission to protect an astronaut from ultraviolet light over-exposure in this engaging STEM challenge. Using UV-sensitive beads, students explore how different materials absorb UV light and use the engineering design process to build a UV-safe shelter.

This design challenge allows students to work in teams, apply the engineering design process, and connect science topics to real-world applications. The teacher will provide the structure to the project, but students will take an active role in designing and building their own shelter.

This packet includes:

  • Detailed educator guide with links to resources

  • Photos of student project examples

  • Student handouts including an Ultraviolet Light information sheet

  • STEM Career Connection: Meteorologist

  • Student recording packet for each step of the engineering design process

  • Editable pages in Google Slides with a digital and printed journal versions

  • Reflection questions

  • Math extension questions in imperial and metric units

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