Mission to Mars: Middle School STEM Curriculum Unit
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Mission to Mars STEM Unit
Looking for a complete STEM curriculum that includes hands-on engineering design, real-world connections, science, and math connections all centered around one theme? Look no further with our Space Club: Mission to Mars curriculum! Read a detailed blog post overview here.
Transform your classroom into a team of astronauts on a Mission to Mars!
This STEM curriculum begins with Stage 1 team challenges that build teamwork and communication skills. Space Club Mission Control then guides your class through Stage 2 engineering design challenges with each unit a progressively more complex design challenge as students arrive at and explore Mars. Units are aligned to science and math standards along with a different career focus. Each session has an instructional video led by an engineer, editable handouts, and a complete teacher's guide. This unit pairs well with the Mars Colony Project. Find the bundle here for a semester-long curriculum!
Mission to Mars STEM curriculum includes 10 STEM challenges:
- Meet the Crew: Mission Patch + Team hype video
- Get to Mars: Straw Rockets Engineering Challenge
- Land on Mars: Landing Device Engineering Challenge
- Exploring Mars: Wearable Device Challenge
- Live from Mars: Mars Matching Game + Live from Mars Report
- Collect Samples: Pneumatic Device Challenge
- Transport Samples: Rover Engineering Challenge
Plus 3 Bonus Challenges!
- Experiment on Mars
- Explore Mars: Catapult Challenge
- Emergency on Mars: Zipline Challenge
Curriculum includes:
- Mission Overview video led by an aerospace engineer!
- Digital version with Google Slides and instructional videos
- Supply list with links (see preview for supplies or purchase from Pitsco Education)
- Alignment to NGSS and TEKS (Texas)
- Step-by-step teacher guide with photos
- Student mission sheets with real-world connections and photos
Looking for more STEM lessons? Our team of engineers and educators is dedicated to developing low-prep and high-quality STEM activities for any classroom! Click below to learn more:
- Vivify's Scope & Sequence + Standards Alignment
- Vivify's Resource Guide
- Learn about the 3 Stages of STEM
- Vivify STEM Membership
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