Part 4: Creating a Probe for an Unknown Planet

Objectives
Students will:

· Determine properties for observation
· Design a probe that will test for the properties in #1
· Analyze the effectiveness of the probe
· Create a scanning system for recording data
· Make a key of the recording system

 
Materials Needed
(For the teacher)
       · Master copies of the Student Guide 4
       · Materials that will be made available to the students
       · Scoring Guide for each student (optional)
       · Scoring Guide for the overhead
(For each group of two students)
       · Height probe - maybe
       · Magnetic Probe - maybe
       · Thin sticks or toothpicks
       · Rigid wire
       · Tape
       · Paper
       · Glue
       · Textured objects such as sandpaper, small old bristle brushes
       · Clay
       · Plastic bags
(Material ideas for specific content area studies)
       · Litmus or pH probe - litmus paper or pH paper.
       · Electrical conductivity probe - wire, tiger clips, battery, light
       · Temperature probe - thermometer, ice to cool the world
       · Elasticity probe - tube and small ball - can record how high a ball bounces



Time:
One to two 45 minutes class periods

 


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This work was supported by the Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (CPIMA)
as part of the NSF Materials Science and Engineering Center program under Grant DMR 9808677

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