Experiment: Nasa Percevarence Challenge
Introduction
The material is from [Mission To Mars Student Challenge]. Remember to collapse the page from the bottom: there is a huge amount of information. Also, there a many weeks---change the URL. This page contains the experiments I find most interesting.
Introduction. Week 1
Videos:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXhqNUx2EsE&list=PL9TFrgFq7557nWqmfuVngU22OhTpUE9gg
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dc-8WOtJPY
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2P_CVOd5G0
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cww3yVQpcjY
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6D3qUPEVGA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfyyGCvVevc&list=PL9TFrgFq7557nWqmfuVngU22OhTpUE9gg
Solar system bead activity
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/solar-system-bead-activity/
Whip up a crater
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/make-a-crater/
- jauhoa
- muruja
- kaakaota
- sihti
- pieniä kivijä
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/make-a-moon-crater/
Art
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/explore-earth-and-space-with-art/
Plan. Week 2
Videos
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYJsMBabjVY&list=PL9TFrgFq7557nWqmfuVngU22OhTpUE9gg
- https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/video/mars-in-a-minute-how-do-you-choose-a-landing-site/
Launch Window
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/lets-go-to-mars-calculating-launch-windows/ The Hohmann transfer orbit.
Design. Week 3
Videos
A paper Mars Helicopter
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/make-a-paper-mars-helicopter/
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/make-a-paper-mars-helicopter/
Build a satellite
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/build-a-satellite/
Mindstorms Rover
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/robotics-creating-a-roving-science-lab/
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/robotics-making-a-self-driving-rover/
Roving the Moon
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/make-a-cardboard-rover/
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/roving-on-the-moon/
- Cardboard
- Pencils
- Rubber bands
- Plastic drinking straw
- Glue, tape
Open source rover
https://opensourcerover.jpl.nasa.gov/#!/home
https://github.com/nasa-jpl/open-source-rover
Making the space breathable
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/the-air-up-there-making-space-breathable/
An air-recycling system capable of capturing CO2.
Launch. Week 4
Videos
Rocket transporter
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/robotics-engineering-a-rocket-transporter/
PVC pipe rocket
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/stomp-rockets/
- Plastic bottle
- Fins, fuselage and the nose cone.
Foam rocket
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/foam-rocket/
- Polyethylene foam pipe insulation (1/2")
- Rubber band - size 64
- String 75 cm
Balloon rocket: Heavy lifting
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/rocket-activity-heavy-lifting/
- Paper clips (as the workload).
Soda straw rocket
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/straw-rocket/
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/make-a-straw-rocket/
Launch. Week 5
Videos
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA8ar8vwpTs&list=PL9TFrgFq7557nWqmfuVngU22OhTpUE9gg
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVTqEvPdNmc&list=PL9TFrgFq7557nWqmfuVngU22OhTpUE9gg
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t7p08hcQzs
Touchdown
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/touchdown/
An astronaut lander
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/make-an-astronaut-lander/
- Shock absorbing system
Catching a whisper from space
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/catching-a-whisper-from-space/
Land on target
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/on-target/
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/land-a-spacecraft-on-target/
Coding the landing
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/code-a-mars-landing/
Operations. Week 6
Videos
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuZIroucO6E&list=PL9TFrgFq7557nWqmfuVngU22OhTpUE9gg
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5XMH3KmUCg&list=PL9TFrgFq7557nWqmfuVngU22OhTpUE9gg
Explore Mars
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/explore-mars/en/
Egg Wobble
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/planetary-egg-wobble-and-newtons-first-law/
Phases and communication
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/speaking-in-phases/
Thermos
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/mars-thermos/
Solar Owen
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/solar-oven/
Heat flow
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/heat-flow-programming-challenge/
Living things
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/looking-for-life/
Rocks and Geology
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/describe-rocks-like-a-nasa-scientist/
Volcanoes
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/make-a-volcano/
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/lava-layering-making-and-mapping-a-volcano/
Mirrors and Space Communications
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/build-a-relay-inspired-by-space-communications/
Sampling. Week 7
Rocks and core sampling
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/explore-rocks-using-core-sampling/
