The+Next+Frontier

By Megan Forrest
 * Project Title:** The Next Frontier **Grade:** 8
 * Project Idea:** Students will examine current space exploration funding in comparison to past space race period funding. Students will be asked to design their own space exploration program while working within certain budget restrictions. Students will answer the question of what should be the next space frontier and what we need in order to reach that frontier. Students will create a proposal for NASA consideration as well as a 3D model or sketch (Trimble sketchup software) of their shuttle or satellite.
 * Driving Question:** How can we design a space exploration program in a time when space exploration is being cut?
 * Content:** science (space exploration, technology); writing; economics (space race era vs. current); reading; math calculations; design
 * Major Student Products:** Space program proposal, budget calculations, 3D model or sketch, presentation
 * Public Audience:** NASA officials and private space companies



[] (NASA mission)
 * Entry Event:** [] Space Exploration: Past, Present, and Future

[] (square peg round hole) [] (not about what it was designed to do but what it can do)
 * Introduction for Design Aspect: Apollo 13 clips** [] (failure is not an option)

**Calendar for Next Frontier Project**
 * **Monday** ||  **Tuesday**  ||  **Wednesday**  ||  **Thursday**  ||  **Friday**  ||
 * *Entry Event
 * How to Collaborate || *Lecture on Past Space Exploration and Budgets || *Lecture on Current Exploration and Budgets || *Research Process
 * Budget Exercises || *Group Collaboration ||
 * *Group Collaboration || *Budget Drafts
 * Group Collaboration || *How to Cite instruction
 * Research || *Research || *Research ||
 * *Research || *Research Cards *Bibliography
 * Writing Exercises || *Review Sample Proposals
 * Writing Proposal || *Writing Proposal || *Proposal Draft
 * Peer Editing of Draft ||
 * *Past Designs versus Current Designs
 * Expert Explanations
 * Space and Atmospheric Conditions
 * Group Collaboration on Design || *Model sketchup software explanation
 * Model Collaboration || *Model Collaboration and construction || *Model Rough Stretch
 * Materials List
 * Gallery Walk
 * Peer Critiques of Models || *Expert advice on Model design
 * Model Designing ||
 * *Finishing touches on model
 * Finishing touches on proposal
 * Prezi Instruction *Prezi Creation || *Prezi creation || *Prezi
 * 3D Model
 * Proposal
 * Final Calculations || *Presentation || *Presentation ||