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:John	Purpose:
Wheels	6 wheels to go over terrains including rough terrains it could go 0.6-0.3 miles per hour on earth it could go about 0.1 miles an hour
Solar Panel	2 to charge batteries those batteries are 2 8-amp-hour lithium  they can last about 16 hours.
Laser	the laser is powered by a Chem cam instrument it is part of the cameras it can detect soil from a 23 meters away.
Camera	there is 23 cameras the chem cam has been already talked about. 22 others are probably for vision on different angles.
Shovel, rock pick,drill	the drill is something that spins around. it is made to extract materials from mars or core.

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.