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GRADE LEVEL(S)

4–6

LENGTH

Two Hours

MATERIALS

 Giant Destination Mars Map
 Assorted recycled materials for constructing Mars Rover Prototypes
 Graph Paper
 Mars Rover First Video Footage YouTube video

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UUPiCVbZhE)
 NASA-JPL Curiosity Rover Simulator (http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/explore/curiosity/)
 For extension:

o Three blindfolds per team
o Two clipboards and pencils per team
o Flat obstacles to represent surface rocks
o Objects to represent rock samples
o One stopwatch per team
o One set of job cards per team (30 3x5 index cards)
o One set of three plastic sports cones per team
o Student Guide Worksheets: Rover Driver Command & Information, Official’s

Record, 1st and 2nd Rover Team Evaluations, Iterative Process of
Engineering, and Final Evaluation

VOCABULARY

 Constraints
 Evaluation
 Hypothesis
 Investigation
 Prediction
 Model
 Processor
 Prototype
 Solution
 Traverse

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S)

How can we use what we have learned about Mars and Mars exploration to design and
build the next Mars rover?

LESSON OBJECTIVE(S)

Students will:
 be able to utilize the engineering design cycle to produce an engineering design
that meets mission goals within constraints,

Giant Destination Mars Map Teacher’s Guide
Lesson 12 P. 1