Mars and Earth

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 Mars 2020 rover has six wheels, each with its own individual motor. The wheels also have individual steering motors. This steering capability allows the vehicle to turn in place, a full 360 degrees. The four-wheel steering also allows the rover to swerve and curve, making arcing turns.
Solar Panel	It produce electricity from the sun so that the rover can move
Laser	From more than 20 feet (~7 meters) away, SuperCam 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 arm.
Camera	The rover has several cameras focused on engineering and science tasks. Some help us land on Mars, while others serve as our “eyes” on the surface to drive around. The camera also sends the pictures that it gets to NASA.
Shovel, rock pick,drill	The Mars 2020 mission 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". Mars 2020 will be the first mission to demonstrate this on Mars. It could potentially pave the way for future missions that could collect the samples and return them to Earth for intensive laboratory analysis.

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
Length of 1 day	24 hours	24 hours, 37 minutes, 22 seconds
Distance from the sun	149.6 million km	227.9 million km
Distance from Earth.	none	54.6 million km
Gravity:	9.807 m/s²	3.711 m/s²
Colour:	mostly blue with green	reddish
Temperature	-88 to 57 C	70 degrees
Rainfall	39 inches	518 mm
Atmosphere	78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.9% argon, and 0.03% carbon dioxide	95 percent carbon dioxide. ... Carbon dioxide: 95.32 percent. Nitrogen: 2.7 percent. Argon: 1.6 percent.
Surface	510.1 million km²	144.8 million km²
Moons and names	MOON	Phobos and Deimos

Conclusion: Write about what you have learnt.

Today me and my group learnt and draw the 2020 Rover Model. We also searched up some stuff about the rover and watched a video about a rocket taking a rover to Mars.