Rovars

Mars

How to get to Mars

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:Chrysler	Purpose:
Wheels	A rover needs six wheels so that it can drive over big rocks and piles of sand.
LSolar Panel	A rover needs solar panels so that it can contain power in able for it to start moving.
Laser	A rover needs a laser so that people can identify rocks and sand on Mars.
Camera	A rover needs a camera so that people can take photos of rocks and sand from Mars and so that people can see from the rover.
Shovel, rock pick,drill	A rover needs a shovel in case it gets stuck in sand and to dig down into the ground to find out information about Mars arover needs a pick to mine crystals or anything same with a drill.

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
Length of 1 day	24 hours
Distance from the sun
Distance from Earth.
Gravity:
Colour:
Temperature	-88 to 57 C
Rainfall
Atmosphere
Surface
Moons and names

Conclusion: Write about what you have learnt.