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Rover Races

In this activity, learners experience some of the challenges of "tele-operating" a robotic vehicle on another planet when they design and execute a series of commands to guide a human "rover" through a simulated Martian surface. This lesson plan includes background information about rovers, activity variation ideas, extensions, and black-line masters....

Keywords:: Social Sciences, Information Technology, Space, Spacecraft, The Planets, Problem Solving, History/Policy/Law, Satellites and Spacecraft, NSDL, Conducting Investigations, General, Information and Communication, Space Science, Science and Society, Technology and Society, Robot, Planetary Rover, Invention and Innovation, Geoscience, Risks and Benefits, Robotics, Mars, Engineering, Gathering Data, Computing and Information, General Science, Rover, Technology, Impacts of Technology, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Education, Probes

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Science and Technology / Astronomy

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Material Type:: Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: June 9, 2019
Author:: Sheri L. Klug, NASA
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: Grade School, Middle School, High School
Technical Format:: Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: No
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States

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