Format
Researchers are ready to explore Mars, but there’s one problem—
more than 40 million miles separate Earth from the Red Planet.
This distance makes it impossible to travel back and forth between the two planets
while completing our research. We need to build a base on one of the Red Planet’s
moons, Deimos or Phobos, that will allow us to send a spacecraft to the surface of
Mars and back in the fastest and safest way possible.
Your students will work in teams to select which moon is best to build our base by
analyzing three sets of data collected by rovers on Deimos and Phobos.
The team’s research efforts come to a halt when they encounter a critical emergency.
To successfully explore Mars’ moons and complete the mission, your students must
work together to protect the rovers and restore communication, analyze the data from
their experiments, and select a moon to build a base
Objectives
Teamwork is critical to our mission. Each student is assigned to a team and works with their small group to complete their research and analysis. A base on Deimos or Phobos? Your students decide.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned
Common Core State Standards (CCSS) aligned