Students build simulated Mars terrains and computer-operated LEGO model rovers and then remotely control other students' rovers at sites located all around the world. This is done using a rover control program designed by Utah State University for The Planetary Society's Mars rover test program. We produced MarsLink, an ambitious curriculum project to bring data gathered by Mars-exploring spacecraft to middle and high school students. This book is published with the National Science Teachers Association. The Society cosponsors the annual convention of the National Science Teachers Association.
Winners often get to attend space mission launches or planetary encounters.
In STEM, students constructed an instrument package for a flight mission. All rights reserved.