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Artemis weir8/8/2023 ![]() Residents would need to learn to use the minimum amount of water for each task. In the Artemis base, water conservation would be a key to survival. In this lesson, students will create a new “bubble” to help alleviate the overflow of new citizens.ĭownload the lesson plan Water Down the Drain With the new ZAFO boom, the need for housing, food, utilities, and entertainment will increase, the colony will need to expand. There is also a visitor center, two reactors, and an aluminum smelter plant. In the book Artemis, the lunar colony consists of five main spheres called “bubbles” connected by tunnels. They will also examine other alternative food sources and create recipes for one or more of them.ĭownload the lesson plan Colony Expansion In this two part lesson, students will research and grow edible algae. While this may seem gross and far-fetched to some students, edible algae is already a booming industry and seen as a viable and plentiful food source. In Artemis, most people in the colony ate algae as their main food source. Idea Sparks and Mini lessons can also be used for differentiation and to foster new ideas of your own.ĭownload the lesson plan Alternative Food Sources These questions, prompts, and short activities provide quick ways to inspire interest and explore the STEAM concepts related to the book. ![]() Note that this novel contains adult language and themes.Īuthor Andy Weir appeared on episode 11 of The STEM Read Podcast: Science Fiction to Fuel Science Fact listen today on iTunes,, and NPR Online! Educators Idea Sparks and Mini Lessons She’ll have to hatch a truly spectacular scheme to have a chance at staying alive and saving her city. Jazz is no hero, but she is a very good criminal. That’ll have to do. Because her little heist is about to land her in the middle of a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself. Trapped between competing forces, pursued by a killer and the law alike, even Jazz has to admit she’s in way over her head. The trouble is, engineering the perfect crime is just the start of Jazz’s problems. But Jazz has never run into a challenge her intellect can’t handle, and she figures she’s got the ‘swagger’ part down. And it calls for a particular combination of cunning, technical skills, and large explosions-not to mention sheer brazen swagger. Sure, it requires her to graduate from small-time smuggler to full-on criminal mastermind. So when a chance at a huge score finally comes her way, Jazz can’t say no. Rich enough to pay off a debt she’s owed for a long time. Just rich enough to move out of her coffin-sized apartment and eat something better than flavored algae. She just wanted to get rich. Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity’s first and only lunar colony. Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero.
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