Rover Sample Collection Competition
by Candice Nelson
By 2028, NASA plans to send a mission to Mars to retrieve samples collected by rovers and return to Earth. Student teams are challenged to build a rover and design a way to retrieve as much cargo as possible from 5 different distances in this engaging lesson!
Lesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18smpUHcoweccxDS0-7ARXWJ8KY-gC-nN/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Physical Science P3: Net Force P4: Energy Transfer Technology 6. Creative Communicator Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S6: Apply Communications to Engineering Mathematics Number & Quantity (N) English Language Arts (ELA) Reading (Informational Text) Speaking & Listening
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