This simulation was made to compliment a STEM lesson on the Metric and Customary systems of measurement. Students measured and converted scale images of space probe components. Begin the simulation by clicking the green flag. When ready, you can begin a countdown to orbital insertion by clicking the green button at the very bottom. Once the countdown completes and the orbital insertion phase begins, the simulation will create alerts which require the correct measurements from the student worksheet. Shortcuts There are very small buttons at the bottom of the screen to assist the teacher: "W" = play Mission Success animation "L" = play Mission Failure animation Green = Begin countdown to orbital insertion (will prompt for user input in minutes) Blue = Skip to orbital insertion Red = Reset
Display console code from @jasonpauljohnston https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/24292735/ Text for the console comes from NASA GRAIL probe data http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/datasetDisplay.do?id=PSPG-00891 Image credits: MCO .gif by Corby Waste http://www.fourth-millennium.net/space-exploration/space-exploration-mars98.html Mars image by NASA http://mars.nasa.gov/allaboutmars/extreme/ NASA Celebration gif from http://imgur.com/gallery/7HM3y Mission Failure animation is footage of the ESA ATV Jules Verne burning up on reentry from https://youtu.be/OhBw5yaR_SU Sound Credits: Music for Mission Failure by Jason Shaw at http://audionautix.com/ All other sounds from http://soundbible.com/
