# STEM Moon Colony Expedition | Creative Thinking Enrichment Scenario | Extension | No-prep **Price:** $4.50 AUD **Seller:** TeachBuySell Seller **Year Levels:** year3, year4, year5, year6 **Subjects:** designAndTechnologies, science, humanitiesAndSocialSciences ## Description (seller-submitted) A high-engagement, low-prep critical thinking activity that challenges students to solve real-world problems. Moon Colony Expedition is an engaging future-focused problem-solving scenario where students must plan a colony on the moon. With only 50 people allowed , students must decide who should go, what they should take, and how the colony will survive long-term. This open-ended scenario encourages creative thinking, critical thinking, collaboration, and reasoning in a structured and engaging format. There is no single correct answer — just powerful thinking. What Students Will Do Students will: ✔ Decide who should go to the moon ✔ Assign important roles for survival ✔ Choose supplies and essential resources ✔ Plan long-term colony survival ✔ Solve unexpected problems ✔ Design the moon colony ✔ Reflect and improve their ideas Students must consider food, air, water, shelter, teamwork, and long-term sustainability when planning their colony. Why Teachers Love This Resource ✔ High engagement ✔ Low prep ✔ Flexible implementation ✔ Encourages discussion and collaboration ✔ Real-world problem solving ✔ Promotes deep thinking ✔ Works across subjects This scenario encourages students to think like engineers, planners, and problem solvers. What’s Included ✔ Engaging scenario introduction ✔ Creative & critical thinking challenge ✔ Real-world constraints to deepen thinking ✔ Plan & create design prompts ✔ Explain-your-thinking questions ✔ Problem-solving extension scenario ✔ Moon colony design extension ✔ Student reflection prompts ✔ Teacher notes and implementation ideas ✔ Curriculum Aligned (US, UK, AU) ✔ Differentiation suggestions ✔ Extension and enrichment ideas Skills Developed Students develop: • Creative thinking • Critical thinking • Problem solving • Strategic thinking • Systems thinking • Collaboration planning • Future thinking This scenario promotes real-world reasoning and decision-making skills. Flexible & Easy to Use Use this resource as: • Whole-class thinki… [truncated] --- View on TeachBuySell: https://teachbuysell.com.au/l/6a17a5b1-0958-4ff2-8ba7-6b099e900a68 Marketplace: https://teachbuysell.com.au