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?

45 minutes

Engage

Students will watch an introduction video to the Artemis missions and consider what questions they have about what NASA studies.

45 minutes

45 minutes

Explore

Students will explore several readings and videos about the Artemis mission in order to understand more about this project.

45 minutes

30 minutes

Explain

Students will create a timeline of the project.

30 minutes

30 minutes

Elaborate

Students will review examples of Mission Development Logs (MDLs) from previous student challenges to evaluate various approaches to their own MDLs. 

30 minutes

30 minutes

Evaluate

Students teams will begin their Mission Development Logs for this project. 

30 minutes

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: