Could You Live in a Dome for 365 Days?

Here's a Bell Ringer to use in your classroom.


Six scientists have entered a dome, 36 ft. in diameter and 20 ft. tall, on the summit of Mauna Loa, Hawaii. They will stay inside the dome for 365 days!  Part of a NASA program(HI-SEAS or Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation) to study the effects on a long mission to Mars, the location mimics the landscape found on the planet Mars. The dome has six bedrooms, a bathroom, exercise area, dining area, kitchen and a lab. At some times, the scientists will conduct experiments outside the habitat but only while wearing space suits. 

Questions:

Could you spend a year in a dome?

What would be three things you’d take along with you?

What would you miss the most?

What might be some issues living in such a dome with five other people?

What would be the first thing, you’d wish to do when you left the dome, 365 days later?

Activity:

Write a diary entry about your first week in the dome.

Photograph from abc.net.au 

Have a wonderful school year!

Gail