Mars Best Friend

Mars

How to get to Mars

Aim: To design and build a Mars Rover using  Lego Technics.

1. Rover facts
2. Design and make draw Rover
3. Mars facts

Research links:
Mission to Mars - NASA
Mars rover view

Information about Rovers 5 parts

1. Rover facts

Why do we have each of the parts?

Fill in the table below.

Name:	Purpose:
Wheels	The Rover needs wheels to move around. It's very rocky and mountainy on Mars, so it will definitely need wheels.
Solar Panel	The Rover needs solar panels so it can regain energy with the help of the Sun. That's helped the Rover move around and do what it's supposed to do.
Laser	The Rover needs a Laser so it can detect in the distance. They are like eyes.
Camera	The Rover needs a camera so it can take photos and send them to NASA so they can figure out what it's like in Mars!
Shovel, rock pick, drill	If the Rover sees a big rock in Mars it can drill through. It can dig through the dirt with a shovel.

Mars Rover details:

2. Make a Mars Rover that has the following:

• 6 wheels
• 1 camera
• 1 shovel, rock pick, at the front
• 1 solar panel
• 1 laser that points at the ground

 ( Upload a photo of your mars rover onto your blog.)

3. Mars Facts

You will need to find out the following:

Fact	Earth	Mars
Picture of planet
Length of 1 year	365 days	1.88 Years
Length of 1 day	24 hours	24 hours, 37 minutes, and 22 seconds
Distance from the sun	149.6 million km	227.9 million km
Distance from Earth.	92,955,807 miles	54.6 million kilometers
Gravity:	9.807 m/s²	3.711 m/s²
Colour:	"Natural colours" Such as colours found in nature. Brown, Blue, and Green.	Mars colour is Reddish - Orange.
Temperature	-88 to 57 C	195 degrees F
Rainfall	990 millimeters	There is no rain on Mars because the low temperatures and pressures mean water can only exist as vapor or ice (although it may have rained in the geologic past say, scientists). Snow occasionally forms in the upper atmosphere but does not reach the ground writes Universe Today
Atmosphere	The atmosphere is made up of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and smaller amounts of argon, carbon dioxide, helium, and neon. Roughly 80% of the weight of the atmosphere is located in the troposphere, which is the layer closest to the earth.	Mars atmosphere is not yet hospitable to humans Scientists think we might be able to live on Mars in the upcoming years.
Surface	Smooth, Rocky, Mountainy, everything basically. Earth is the so far the only planet known to humankind that has Water.	Mars surface has many holes, just like the moon. Mars surface is very dry and made up of dirt.
Moons and names	Moon	Phobos Demios