Landing Safely on Mars

by: Eileen Merritt and Elizabeth Shifflett

While designing and building "Mars Landers," fourth-grade students engage in important engineering practices such as making models, testing designs, and comparing the effectiveness of different models. Students also create nonfiction books as they learn about different objects in the solar system.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 1/1/2012Stock # sc12_049_05_36Volume 049Issue 05

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