Authors: SERGİN ŞAHİNOĞULLARIGİL and HATİCE GERGİN
The eTwinning project for Astro-Stem was carried out to promote astronomy and space sciences. This was done through the deeply-rooted work of the students, who learnt with fun and discovered the mystery of the universe.
With the AstroStem project, astronauts will get accurate information about the history of astronomy, constellations and mythological stories, and try to get to know the universe.
The teams worked collaboratively in the AstroStem project. One of these activities, “MaStem”, is the work dedicated for the 2020 STEM Discovery Campaign. Thus, we are participating in the 2020 STEM Discovery Campaign, with “The ADVENTURE OF STEM with Mars”, the joint STEM work of our project.
The project has 24 partners, 24 teachers and 24 schools coming from Turkey and from Europe. In total, 170 students were involved in the project.
In the “ADVENTURE OF Mars with STEM” event, we tried to explain how a team planning to travel to Mars manages this process through the distribution of tasks.
The work to be done by the teams was divided into 12 parts:
| Mars through the eyes of an astronaut. | Team 1 |
| What do people need to know to live on Mars? | Team 2 |
| Space home design for those who dream of livings on Mars. | Team 3 |
| Repairing a system damaged by sandstorms on Mars. | Team 4 |
| Elimination of psychological and social adaptation problem to Mars. | Team 5 |
| What are the contributıons of asteroid mınıng or space mining to the World? | Team 6 |
| What are the characteristics of vehicles sent into space? | Team 7 |
| How does an astronaut prepare for space travel? | Team 8 |
| Solving the problem of food under Martian conditions. | Team 9 |
| What are the things you should take wıth you on your way to Mars? | Team 10 |
| Finding a solution to the water problem in Mars conditions. | Team 11 |
| What are the characteristics of an astronaut suitable for Martian conditions? | Team 12 |