Back to Artemis II – Unit 1: Understanding the Mission and the Moon
Artemis ROADS II – Unit 1 Lesson 1: Introducing The Mission
In this lesson: First, students will explore NASA’s exploration goals, readings, and videos about the Artemis missions. They will make connections between Artemis and NASA’s larger goals and describe the who, what, when, where, how, and why of Artemis. Then, they will look at examples of project documentation from the past in order to start planning their own documentation for this project.
Lesson Level Question: How can we use experiments, models, and rehearsals here on Earth to understand other solar system objects and plan a successful mission to the Moon?
Engage
Students will watch an introduction video to the Artemis missions and consider what questions they have about what NASA studies.
Explore
Students will explore several readings and videos about the Artemis mission in order to understand more about this project.
Explain
Students will create a timeline of the project.
Elaborate
Students will review examples of Mission Development Logs (MDLs) from previous student challenges to evaluate various approaches to their own MDLs.
Evaluate
Students teams will begin their Mission Development Logs for this project.
Extend (optional)
Students will explore notebooks that past and present scientists, engineers, and designers have made.
Standards Alignment
Each lesson includes standards alignment information for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Many lessons also include information on alignment opportunities for: CCSS Mathematics, CCSS English, WA State Learning Standards in Computer Science, WA State Standards in Social Emotional Learning.
In these documents, you will find an alignment summary, followed by details for each lesson: