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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:	Purpose:
Wheels	The wheels have individual steering motors and the steering capability allows the vehicle to turn in place, a full 360 degrees. The wheels also allows the rover to swerve and curve making arcing turns.
Solar Panel	The main source of power for rovers comes from Multi- Panel Solar. The Solar Panels purpose is to provide energy, not to fly.
Laser	From more then 20 feet away, Super Cam can fire a laser to study rock targets smaller than a pencil point. That lets the rover study spots it can't reach with its arms.
Camera	The rover has several camera's focused on engineering and science tasks. Some of the camera help the rover land and the others are the eyes to help drive around on the surface.
Shovel, rock pick,drill	The Mars 2020 will gather samples from Martian rocks and soil using its drill. The rover will then store the sample cores in tubes on the Martian surface. This entire process is called "sample caching".

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	1 day 0 hours  37 minutes
Distance from the sun	149.6 million km	227.9 million km
Distance from Earth.	None	33.9 million miles
Gravity:	9.807 m/s2	3.711 m/s2
Colour:	Natural colors. Brown soil, Green leaf, cloudy sky.	Golden, Brown, tan and greenish
Temperature	-88 to 57 C	70 degrees
Rainfall	39 inches	518 mm
Atmosphere	78% nitrogen   21% oxygen 0.9% argon, 0.03% carbon dioxide	95.3 percent carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide 95.32 percent 2.7% nitrogen
Surface	510.1 million km2	144.8 million km2
Moons and names	Moon	Phobos and Deimos

Conclusion: Write about what you have learnt.

Today in science, we were talking about Mars. I was working with Janel, Keyana, Bailey and Khaylanie. We first watched a video of a rocket carrying a rover blasting off into space and then to mars. We also had to draw a picture of a rover with all of the parts/Labels and started making a rover out of Lego. 

What I have learn't in this science lesson is that a mars rover has different kinds of parts and has to have several cameras on itself. I've also learn't that the solar panels only provide energy but not to fly. Overall I liked finding out facts about Mars and Rovers and I enjoyed doing this.