Design a Mars Rover

A Kai XR Adventure

Standards

NGSS MS-ETS1-1: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

Skills

Computational Thinking
Applied Science
Engineering Design
‍Career Discovery

Introduction

Your team is part of a group of space engineers and scientists designing a Mars exploration mission! Let's learn about the anatomy of a rover in preparation of designing your own Mars rover to explore the surface.

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For added inspiration, let’s take a virtual field trip to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for a behind-the-scenes look at building the 2020 rover mission, Perseverance.

Virtual Field Trip

Space Engineering

Join engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as they describe the engineering work done to build the Mars 2020 Rover mission.
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Makerspace

Makerspace Challenge: Design a Mars Rover

Your team is part of a group of engineers and scientists designing a Mars exploration mission! Create a rover to explore the surface of Mars.
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Click Toolkit to find items and drag and drop them to build your rover.

When you're done, click Toolkit to add a base to your Mars surface.

Editing Your Assets
Select an asset to see Editing tool menu.

Translate

Move left, right, forward, backward, up, or down

Rotate

Spin or
turn around

Scale

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or larger