Curiosity: The Story of the Mars Rover Read Aloud STEM Challenge
Curiosity: The Story of the Mars Rover Read Aloud STEM Challenge
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Build your own Mars Rover!
This engineering STEM activity is designed to support STEM teachers, elementary classroom teachers, homeschooling parents, and after-school programs.
The Mars Rover STEM activity is the perfect way to teach kids about space and our solar system. They use the engineering design process to build their own Mars Rover!
After the STEM challenge is complete, students have the opportunity to write a story about their journey to Mars. There is also a planet report activity included to have students research a planet of their choosing.
It's a great companion to Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover by Markus
Motum!
This STEM challenge aligns with NGSS, Common Core, and TEKS.
Materials:
- unsharpened pencils
- scissors
- tape
- color sticks, crayons, or markers
- cardboard
- makerspace consumables
- Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover by Markus Motum (optional)
Included:
- Detailed lesson plan
- Writing extension
- Easy-to-follow instructions
- Examples
- Vocabulary words (Mars, Rover, Prototype, Orbit)
- Planet report worksheet
- NGSS Standards
- Common Core Standards
- TEKs Standards
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