Mission: Space!

"To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before!"

CURRICULUM STANDARDS

The following South Carolina eighth grade science standards are addressed in the Mission:Space! treasure hunt.

STRAND OBJECTIVE

8.I.D.2-6 D. Understandings about Science and Technology
2. Many different people in many different cultures have made and continue to make scientific contributions to society.
a. Describe examples of contributions people have made to science and technology.
3. Science and technology are reciprocal.
a. Explain how science and technology are essential to each other.
4. Perfectly designed solutions do not exist.
a. Discuss factors that affect product design and alter the original design.
b. Discuss risk versus benefit factors in product design.
5. Technological designs have constraints.
a. Describe examples of constraints on technological design.
b. Explain why constraints on technological design are unavoidable.
6. Technological solutions have intended benefits and unintended consequences.

8.IV.A.2.j-l IV. Physical Science
j. Summarize some of the programs that have allowed people to explore space.
k. Analyze the benefits generated by space exlorations (e.g. food preservations, fabric, insulation amterials).
l. Predict future space missions and the contributions of those missions.

Mission: Space! Home Page Assessment Rubric

Created by:
Jennise A Knight, [email protected]
Rawlinson Road Middle School, Rock Hill School District 3
2/19/04

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STRAND	OBJECTIVE
8.I.D.2-6	D. Understandings about Science and Technology 2. Many different people in many different cultures have made and continue to make scientific contributions to society. a. Describe examples of contributions people have made to science and technology. 3. Science and technology are reciprocal. a. Explain how science and technology are essential to each other. 4. Perfectly designed solutions do not exist. a. Discuss factors that affect product design and alter the original design. b. Discuss risk versus benefit factors in product design. 5. Technological designs have constraints. a. Describe examples of constraints on technological design. b. Explain why constraints on technological design are unavoidable. 6. Technological solutions have intended benefits and unintended consequences.
8.IV.A.2.j-l	IV. Physical Science j. Summarize some of the programs that have allowed people to explore space. k. Analyze the benefits generated by space exlorations (e.g. food preservations, fabric, insulation amterials). l. Predict future space missions and the contributions of those missions.