Plan, design, and build a landing module to secure the survival of the crew (in the form of an egg-naut) landing on the Moon.
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Keywords: Physics, Mathematics, Economics, Moon landing, Gravity, Friction, Force, Acceleration, Velocity, Newton’s laws, Budgeting, Risk-analysis
Material:
• Worksheets
• Paper
• Egg (to be the eggnaut)
• Scales
The materials to build the landing module can be changed and adapted to the available materials at home:
• straws
• marshmallows
• cotton-balls
• popsicle sticks
• plastic bag
• string
• sticky tape
• scissors
• balloons