The Astro-Burner

By: Delgina Cain

&

Sarah Brooks

Identify the Problem

• An Astronaut wants to roast marshmallows in outer space.

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Brainstorm

• Our ideas were:

• Make a don-like figure that can hold in oxygen

• Use heated pads that conducted heat from electricity

• Create a fire ball out of paper and fuel

• Or make a burner

Research

• We went to http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/MasterinEarthScience.shtml?cid=GOOJML14590

, and found that in outer space, theirs is no oxygen. And, without oxygen you can’t

have fire.

Identify Criteria and Specify Constraints

• The product will be able to produce heat. Hot enough to roast or melt the

marshmallow.

Explore Possibilities

• You can’t use a fire

• You can use an electric heating source

It can’t burn the marshmallow, but it works

Select an Approach

• We discovered that using fire wasn’t the only way to roast marshmallows.

• So… we needed something that can take the place of fire.

Develop and Design

• We decide to make a burner

• But because the burner is already invented, we were going to change some

details

Our Astro-Burner

• Astro: constellation, star

• Burner: a heating element for cooking

Test and Evaluate

• As astronauts are training, the will test the Astro-Burner. If the marshmallows melt,

then we would have to go back and brainstorm new ideas. If it does work ,then

our ideas were successful.

Refine the Design

• When your in space, there’s no weight so everything floats around.

Create or a Solution

• I need to add a stability tray at the

bottom so the Astro-Burner stays in place.