Aim: To learn about Mars exploration.
1. Rover facts
2. Design, Draw and Make a Rover
3. Mars facts
1. Rover facts:
Fill in the table below.
Name:
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Purpose:
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Wheels
| It has six wheels and each of them has one motor. The two at the front and back wheels both have a steering motor each. Because of this, the rover can make a full 360 degree turn. The rover can swerve and curve and make arcing turns. |
Solar Panel
| The rover has a radioisotope power system which produces a flow of electricity which uses the heat of plutonium's radioactive decay as fuel. |
Laser
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Camera
| The rover has many senses. One of the cameras is used for landing. Some of the other cameras are used to record the surface and while the rover is moving around. The rover also has a camera on it's arm. |
Shovel, rock pick,drill
| The drill will dig into the ground to collect the samples. The drill has three attachments that analyse the surface and facilitate sample acquisition. |
2. In groups of 3 you will Design, Draw and Make a Mars Rover out of Lego Technics.
Materials:
Materials:
- Lego Technics
- A4 paper
- Pencil
- Ruler
- 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.)
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 | 687 Earth Days |
Length of 1 day
| 24 hours | 24 hours and 37 mins. |
Distance from the sun
| 149.6 million km | 227.9 million km |
Distance from Earth.
| 54.6 million km | |
Gravity:
| 9.807 m/s² | 3.711 m/s² |
Colour:
| Blue an Green. | Red and Orange. |
Temperature
| -88 to 57 C | −153 °C to 20 °C |
| Rainfall | It does rain on Earth | It doesn't rain on mars. |
Atmosphere
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Surface
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Moons and names
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Conclusion: Write about what you have learnt.
hey zayd it ya boi jodecy im just going to say great job on the blog post but can i just sayb one thing on the mars side it says surface you said rock and more rock that dosent make any sense
ReplyDeleteHi Jodecy, I said that because there is no water on mars, just a lot of rocks.
DeleteHi Zayd
ReplyDeleteI like how you have put in a lot of information about Mars and the earth, and what colour it is and ect.
Next time you could put in the photo that you drawed of the space rover and what parts are on it
What is a space rover?
hello zayd its me Cody i think that you done a outstanding amount of work you have done. Maybe if you are allowed you could post a photo of you robot when you are finished it.I think you could of added your conclusion?
ReplyDeleteHi Cody! Thank you for the feedback. I didn't get to finish the rover that I made, but it would've looked good.
Deletehey Zayd it is keghan i just going to say great job on the blog post but can i just say one thing on the mars side it says surface you said rock and more rocks does not make any sense
ReplyDeleteHi Keghan, Thank you for the feedback. But you just copied Jodecy's comment and wrote your name.
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