Mission to Mars Student Challenge for Summer Camps
This summer, immerse your youth in the exploration of Mars with the Mission to Mars Student Challenge for Summer Camps! A 7-week series of hands-on activities take youth from learning about Mars, planning a mission, launch and landing, and exploring the surface – all while following the Perseverance Rover’s current exploration of Mars!
To help you implement one or more of these activities in your program, this series of one-hour trainings show camp and afterschool leaders how to guide activities from each phase of the challenge. A variety of activity styles from hands-on to online, focusing on the science, engineering, and art of exploring Mars are presented. The focus is on upper elementary and middle school, but with options for younger and older kids.
January 21/ STEM Enrichment Training – Mission to Mars Student Challenge
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April 29 / Learn About Mars Both artists and scientists need careful observation skills to interpret and understand the scene being viewed. This STEAM-oriented session grows kids’ skills and their understanding of the surface of Mars using basic concepts of art.
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May 13/ Plan Your Mission What instruments would help you learn more about Mars and answer the questions you are curious about? In this session kids consider what tools to include on a rover, and play a game to design a full mission from launch to landing.
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May 27/ Design Your Spacecraft Guide kids in gaining the skills to think like an engineer as they construct their own rover and helicopter!
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June 10/ Surface Operations Kids play a board game to move a rover to a spot on Mars where it can study interesting rocks, then learn to think like a scientist to describe rocks made from clay.
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June 17/ Sample Handling Get your tech on and code in Scratch to address rover and helicopter challenges. No coding experience needed!
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July 15 / Mid-summer check-in |
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Also, check out these summer camp-targeted Mission to the Moon trainings and more summer resources from NASA STEM Engagement |
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