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In this project, students will work together in teams of 2 or 3 to design lunar colonies. This project includes an Engineer's Notebook portion, research prompts, and a rubric. Project breakdown: Have students complete the Establishing a Lunar Colony - Research & Sources of the project (roughly 2 days). Introduce the Establishing a Lunar Colony - Engineer's Notebook portion of the project with the class. Ask teams to meet to review their research, then have them complete the “Special Considera

In this activity, students are tasked with finding examples of simple machines acting within a compound machines around their school. For each example they are asked draw a diagram of the machine and identify the specific simple machine within it, then explain how the compound machine makes work easier for its user.

Worksheets to help students learn to draw at 1:2 scale.

Graph paper printable that prompts students to draw out their designs.