Free Technology for Teachers: Journey to Mars

The compilation video above does not embody an earlier SciShow Kids video about Mars. That video is titled What Would We Eat on Mars? The video explains why vegetation do not develop on Mars and what it will take to attempt to develop vegetation and assist life on Mars. The video ends with a sequence of questions for teenagers to reply with their ideas about how we would develop vegetation on Mars and what to develop and eat on Mars. I feel it is a enjoyable video and a enjoyable set of questions to make use of to get youngsters excited about science.

You may give your college students some “hands-on” expertise with a Mars rover by utilizing the free Spacecraft AR iPad app provided by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The app allows college students to find out about numerous NASA spacecraft together with the Curiosity rover, Voyager, Mars Exploration Rover, and a handful of different spacecraft. Spacecraft AR contains details about every spacecraft’s growth and use. With Spacecraft AR put in and open on their iPads or telephones, college students can choose a spacecraft or mission then level their iPads or telephones at a flat flooring or wall see the spacecraft seem. Once the spacecraft seems on display screen college students can transfer to see different angles of the spacecraft and transfer the spacecraft. Students can even pinch and zoom to vary the dimensions of spacecraft they’re taking a look at.

After watching the video about how a Mars rover is designed, have your college students head to the Mars Rovers web page on NASA’s Space Place web site. On that web page they’ll click on on playing cards about every of 5 Mars rovers to find out about what each was referred to as, what it did, and what was realized from the work the rover did on Mars.