After using the Meteorite activity with Mechanical Engineering students it became obvious that we would need to revise the activity to accommodate for their acute awareness of what is scientifically/phenomenally possible. For example, resistant comments such as, "that would never happen," or "that's not physically possible," impeded the facilitation of the activity. Working with the ME Professor, Dr. Michael Linnes, we revised the activity into this Ice Sculpture version of the activity. The additional context and more scientifically plausible scenario mitigated the problems found in the original and allowed the ME students to focus on completing the challenge.

Our partner in Mechanical Engineering actually made a 3d model of the "ice sculpture" out of modeling foam and built a pvc stand/box with curtains for a dramatic reveal. This is not necessary but certainly a 3d model makes it easier to explain the actual shape.