Planning Period

Engineering Design Challenge - For Teachers

Planning Period

The teacher's guides, short lessons plans and other activities are provided for your planning needs. Each challenge has a different set of planning materials.

Thermal Protection Systems Design Challenge
Spacecraft Structures Design Challenge
Electodynamic Propulsion Design Challenge
Centennial of Flight

Teacher's Guide - Download the entire Teacher's Guide for Thermal Protection Systems Design Challenge in .pdf format.

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Short Lesson Plans - Is time an issue in your classroom? Use these short lesson plans. Each plan consists of six short activities with reference pages to the Teacher's Guide.

Vocabulary Words - View the vocabulary list for Thermal Protection Systems

Transparencies

Picture of X-33	Picture of X-33 Lift-off
NASA Engineering Design Challenges	The TPS Test Assembly
The TPS Stand	Using the TPS Test Stand
Alignment Fixture	Relationship of the TPS Model to a Spacecraft
The Design Process	TPS Design Specifications and Test Results Sheet

Powerpoint Presentation - Download the powerpoint presentation for Thermal Protection System.

Teacher's Guide - Download the entire Teacher's Guide for Spacecraft Structure Design Challenge in .pdf format.

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More Planning Information to Come!

Teacher's Guide - Download the entire Teacher's Guide for Electodynamic Propulsion Systems Challenge in .pdf format.

These documents were prepared using Adobe Acrobat and require the Acrobat Reader software to view them.

More Planning Information to Come!

Teacher's Guide - Download the entire Teacher's Guide for the Centennial of Flight Challenge in .pdf format.

These documents were prepared using Adobe Acrobat and require the Acrobat Reader software to view them.

Transparencies

1900 Glider on Kit Strings	Orville Wright with his sister Katherine in hte Write Model HS Plane
Orville, Wilbur and the 1901 Glider	Design & Evaluation Sheet
Wilbur in the 1902 Glider	The Design Process
First Flight of the 1903 Flyer