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Space Explorer Design Challenge

Help a team of scientists plan a robot mission to another world. Read the space facts, then use them to design an explorer. Write or draw your ideas.

Mission briefing: space facts

Space is the vast area beyond Earth's atmosphere. It contains stars, planets, moons and many other objects. The Sun is a star. Its light and heat help make life on Earth possible. Earth travels around the Sun, and the Moon travels around Earth. Mars is a planet with a rocky surface. A spacecraft can carry a robot to explore a place that is difficult or unsafe for people to visit.

1.Which two choices are objects found in space? Choose two.
  • A star
  • A planet
  • A bicycle
  • A lunchbox
2.The Sun is a star that gives Earth light and heat.
TrueFalse
3.Fill in the missing word: The Moon travels around .
4.Your robot can explore Mars or the Moon. Choose one destination and give one reason a robot could be useful there.

Build an explorer

Plan a robot that could help scientists learn about your chosen destination. Think about how it will move, what it will observe and how it will share information.

5.Choose two tools that would help your robot investigate a rocky planet: a camera, a temperature sensor, a pillow or a musical instrument.
  • Camera
  • Temperature sensor
  • Pillow
  • Musical instrument
6.Draw a robot explorer for Mars or the Moon. Include at least two features that would help it explore, such as wheels, a camera, a sensor or an antenna.
7.Name one feature in your robot design and explain what information it could help scientists collect.
8.Your robot has found an interesting rock. What could it use to send information about the rock back to scientists on Earth?
9.Write one question your robot could help scientists answer about Mars or the Moon.
10.A robot sent to a faraway world cannot be repaired easily by people. Describe one way to make your robot more reliable.

3 printable pages

  • Space Explorer Design Challenge, page 1 of 3: Mission briefing: space facts

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  • Space Explorer Design Challenge, page 2 of 3: Build an explorer

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  • Space Explorer Design Challenge, page 3 of 3: 9. Write one question your robot could help scientists answer about Mars or the

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