Summary
The Fixies — tiny helpers who live inside our machines — reveal how a robot rover explores the faraway planet Mars for us. A quick full episode (about 6 minutes) from the how-things-work cartoon, easy to drop into a science or STEM warm-up.
Viewer safety
All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
This episode shows how a robot rover explores the faraway planet Mars for us.
- Why do we send robots to Mars instead of sending people?
- What might a rover look for on another planet?
- How is exploring Mars like exploring somewhere new on Earth?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: rover, Mars, planet, explore, robot.
Try it: Draw a rover and label one tool it might use to study a new planet.