TIPS FOR BUILDING YOUR OWN MOON ROVER USING BALLOONS

Materials needed:

Wheels - Bottle caps
Axle - (Moving) Long sosatie stick in a straw glued to chassis, (fixed) sosatie stick glued onto chassis
Chassis (body of rover) - Ice cream sticks / plastic bottle / shoe box
Model of Astronaut - Cardboard cut-out, Lego man
Balloon power - put balloon over cut open bottle that is glued to chassis / pvc piping

To ensure that your rover moves in a straight line make sure the axles are the same length and the wheels are the same size in the front and the same size in the back.

A moving axle works better than a fixed one as the wheels do not turn, the axle spins freely inside of the straw that is glued to the chassis.

Remember!!! The lighter the rover is the further it will move.

Spray paint might look nice but it adds unnecessary weight to your rover.

See your own DNA!!!!!

Ask me how next week in class! 😆😆

Want to see water walk?

Try this experiment !

Saturn is older than we thought ! !

Mars Rovers

A fun way to demonstrate different densities in a glass!

Calling all Astronomers

Are you interested in the night sky?

Do you want to know more about what is out there?

Download this cool program for your computer. It shows exactly which stars could be seen in the sky at the very moment. Cool constellation pictures and all!

http://www.stellarium.org/

Don't have a laptop to use?

Download GoogleSky on your phone or tablet.

HAVE FUN