Summary
A Ready Jet Go! clip on PBS LearningMedia. Jet meets the rovers Beep and Boop and learns that their solar panels turn sunlight into the power they need to explore Mars. A simple look at solar energy and robots.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Robots on Mars run on sunshine — solar panels turn the sun's light into power.
- How do the rovers get the energy they need?
- What does a solar panel collect?
- Why is solar power useful for a robot far away on Mars?
- Where have you seen solar panels before?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: rover, solar panel, sunlight, energy, Mars.
Try it: Draw a robot with a solar panel. Add the sun and an arrow showing energy reaching it.