Aim: To learn about Mars exploration.
1. Rover facts
2. Design, Draw and Make a Rover
3. Mars facts
1. Rover facts:
What are the 5 parts for?
Link: Rovers 5 parts
Fill in the table below.
Name:
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Purpose:
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Wheels
| The rover can drive over thigh-high rocks as tall as 1 1/2 times or 78-centimetres |
Laser
| SuperCam fires a laser at mineral targets that are beyond the reach of the rover’s robotic arm and then anal?>cxz]=emental composition. |
Camera
| Take pictures, looking up and down, during descent through Martian atmosphere. |
Shovel, rock pick,drill
|
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2. In groups of 3, you will Design, Draw and Make a Mars Rover out of Lego Technics.
Materials:
- Lego Technics
- A4 paper
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Eraser
- The drawing and model must have:
- 6 wheels
- 1 camera
- 1 tool at the front that includes a shovel, pick and drill.
- 1 solar panel
- 1 laser that points at the ground
( Take a photo and upload your Mars rover onto your blog.)
3. Mars Facts
Link: Facts
You will need to find out the following:
Fact
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Earth
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Mars
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Picture of planet
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Length of 1 year
| 365 days | |
Length of 1 day
| 24 hours | |
Distance from the sun
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Distance from Earth.
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Gravity:
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Colour:
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Temperature
| -88 to 57 C | |
| Rainfall | ||
Atmosphere
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Surface
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Moons and names
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Conclusion: Write about what you have learnt.
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