الوصف
Get ready for an out-of-this-world classroom experience.
This Mars STREAM Challenge Journal takes students on a mission to explore, design, and engineer a sustainable habitat on Mars. Through an engaging illustrated story and structured activities, students develop real-world problem-solving skills while applying science and math concepts.
Students will:
- Explore Mars and its environment through an engaging story
- Understand challenges of living on another planet
- Design and build a sustainable Martian habitat
- Apply the engineering design process (Ask–Imagine–Plan–Create–Improve)
- Solve real-world math problems connected to space design
- Reflect, test, and improve their solutions
This resource transforms your classroom into a future innovation lab, encouraging creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration.
Perfect for STEM lessons, innovation days, and project-based learning.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
✔️ Cover Page (Student Journal)
✔️ Teacher Notes & Implementation Guide
✔️ Engaging Illustrated Story: Mars Mission – Dreaming of Colonizing the Red Planet
✔️ Mars Exploration Info Page (science concepts + visuals)
✔️ Challenge Page (design a sustainable habitat)
✔️ Brainstorming & Problem-Solving Worksheet
✔️ Materials List Page
✔️ Design & Planning Template
✔️ Testing & Reflection Page
✔️ Math Problem Page (area + perimeter application)
✔️ Extension Activity (Mars-themed word search)
✔️ Assessment Rubric
PERFECT FOR
✔️ Grades: 3–6
✔️ STEM / STREAM lessons
✔️ Space & Earth Science units
✔️ Engineering design projects
✔️ Gifted & enrichment programs
✔️ STEM days / innovation week
✔️ Homeschooling
✔️ Future skills / 21st-century learning
SCIENCE NGSS ALIGNMENT
Earth & Space Science
- 3-ESS2-1: Represent data in tables/graphs to describe climate patterns
- 5-ESS1-1: Support argument that the Sun appears brighter than stars due to distance
- MS-ESS1-3 (extension): Analyze data to determine scale of objects in the solar system
Engineering Design
- 3–5-ETS1-1: Define a design problem (living on Mars)
- 3–5-ETS1-2: Generate and compare solutions
- 3–5-ETS1-3: Plan and carry out fair tests
MATH CCSS ALIGNMENT
Math (CCSS)
- 3.MD.D.8: Solve problems involving area and perimeter
- 4.MD.A.3: Apply area and perimeter formulas
- 5.NBT.B.7: Solve real-world problems using operations
ELA (CCSS)
- RI.3.1 / RI.4.1: Ask and answer questions from informational text
- W.3.2 / W.4.2: Write informative texts
- SL.3.1 / SL.4.1: Collaborative discussions
SDG ALIGNMENT
SDG 9 – Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 11 – Sustainable Cities & Communities
SDG 4 – Quality Education
SDG 13 – Climate Action (indirect)
