Davis Creek Elementary's
fifth grade class built a Mars Colony as part of the NASA Mars Red Rover
Project. Mrs. Hamilton, a MU Math Instructor, worked with the students
to learn, plan, build, and program the Mars Colony. The Mars Colony
features a habitat
for
human explorers, an air
filtering machine, a water
recycler and extractor device, a temperature
control
with radiation shielding, and a green house for plant and food
production.
The fifth grade has worked all year learning about Mars and related space
missions. The students used their knowledge about Mars to plan and
design their colony.
The picture above
shows the Mars Red Rover box where the vehicle is driven from remote places
over the Internet using special software that communicates computer to
computer. The Mars Red Rover has been driven by students at Pea Ridge
Elementary, Marshall University, PTA members, the after school program
at Davis Creek, and our keypals from Australia. All the action for
this year's project has taken place centered around this arena. We
are planning to have more "drivers" in the near future.
You are welcome to
visit our Mars site and take a trip with the Mars Red Rover. Don't
forget to pack a lunch, Mars is a long way off!
