Project: Design a Mars Habitat
Objectives and Overview
This project is a fun way to practice human-centered design principles by creating a Mars habitat in Tinkercad. You’re asked to create a solution for a specific user and you’ll be provided with questions that you’ll use to make design decisions about the user’s habitat.
Lesson Objectives
- Demonstrate the ability to use intermediate Tinkercad tools such as the workplane, transparency, lock, and hide.
- Engage in human-centered design by designing a habitat that addresses the specific needs of a user.
- Integrate human-centered design tools by creating a mock persona for their user.
Human-Centered Design
Questions About Mars
- How is gravity different on Mars?
- How do people breathe on Mars?
- Where do people get their food?
- How do people find/store water?
- How do they go to the bathroom?
- How do they cook?
- What do they do for fun?
- How do they store their stuff?
- Where do they put their trash?
- How do they keep in touch with Earth?
- What is the temperature/weather like on Mars?
- How do people generate electricity?
- How do people travel on Mars?