Mission on the Moon #2: Lunar Rover Exploration (Virtual Coding)
Learn about Lunar Rover Exploration and discover more about our solar system including the importance of geology in space!
In Part A of Mission on the Moon #2: "Lunar Exploration", we'll discover more about our solar system including geology in space. We'll learn about the different lunar exploration missions like the Apollo mission and then use our knowledge to hypothesize what features a lunar rover might need. Part A: Your Mission Brief will conclude with creating a drawing, poster, or promo video to showcase your very own design for a lunar rover.
For the Virtual Coding portion of Part B, your mission will be to code your virtual k8 lunar rover to drive around the surface of the moon using Scratch! First, we'll start with some basic movements like getting k8 to glide back to the rocket ship. Then, in our extensions & challenges section, we'll learn about conditional statements and implement a new section of code so we can control the k8 lunar rover using the keyboard.
Your Instructor
The Faculty of Education at Wilfrid Laurier University and the Education Technology company, InkSmith, have partnered to develop the Mission on the Moon project.
Funded by the Government of Canada's investment in the Lunar Gateway project, Mission on the Moon is a free bundle of educational coding and robotics courses for students in grades 6 to 9. Supported by the Canadian Space Agency, the goal of this project is to create accessible and approachable resources to encourage the development of coding and STEM skills while fostering an interest in space among Canadian youth.