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Student Instructions
Rovers help scientists learn about Mars.
Visit NASA SpacePlace to learn about the Mars Rovers.
Decide what speciality science your rover will do on Mars: check the weather, examine rocks, look for past life or find water.
Use Legos and a meeperBot to build your own Mars rover.
Take a photo of your Mars rover.
Circle what science your rover will do.
Give your rover a name.
Then get ready to drive your meeperBot.
Teacher Notes (not visible to students)
Students will research NASA rovers on Mars and then build their own rover. Links and photos from NASA/JPL sites. If you don't have meeperBots, build the entire rover from Legos, or simply have the students draw their rover design. For the meeperBots, it is exciting to mark off different places around the classroom floor for the rovers to visit on Mars. For example the polar caps, Jezero crater (where Perseverance is currently), or Olympus Mons. Afterward review what "science" each rover may have discovered.
