Space Exploration: Mars and Rovers

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:	Purpose:
Wheels	Used for the rover to travel around the surface of a planet
Solar Panel	Required by the rover to collect power via solar rays from the Sun
Laser	Used to gather information about minerals beyond reach
Camera	Used to send pictures to station and used by the rover to see
Shovel, rock pick,drill	Used to collect samples from the planet the rover is on

2. In groups of 3 you will Design, Draw and Make a Mars Rover out of Lego Technics.
Materials:

1. Lego Technics
2. A4 paper
3. Pencil
4. Ruler
5. Eraser

The drawing and model must have:

• 6 wheels
• 1 camera
• 1 tool at the front than 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	Earth	Mars
Picture of planet
Length of 1 year	365 days	687 days
Length of 1 day	24 hours	24 hrs, 37 mins
Distance from the sun	149.6 million km	227.9 million km
Distance from Earth.		33.9 million km
Gravity:	Average	Weak
Colour:	White, blue, green	brown, gold, tan
Temperature	-88 to 57 C	(Winter)-195*F, -125*C (Summer) 70*F, 20*C (Nighttime) -100*F, 73*C
Rainfall	Water	Water vapor/ Ice
Atmosphere	Habitable   Breathable	Thin 95% Carbon Dioxide
Surface	Rock Soil	Rock Sand
Moons and names	Moon	Phobos Deimos

Conclusion: Write about what you have learnt.