Curated OER
Designing a Mars Lander
Fourth graders investigate how to design a Mars Lander. They design, launch and land a Mars Lander. Students use balloons, pipe cleaners, and tape to design a Mars Lander. Students create a Mars Lander that will protect an egg from...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Egg Cellent Landing
The purpose of this activity is to recreate the classic egg-drop experiment with an analogy to the Mars rover landing. The concept of terminal velocity will be introduced, and students will perform several velocity calculations. Also,...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Beagle 2
NPR provides the story of Beagle 2, the Mars Lander. See a video animation of the descent and photo gallery of the Mars Express. Unfortunately, the Beagle 2 is a lost mission.