Space Engineering

A package of 4 workshops for KS1, 2, 3 or 4 that allow students to develop, build and explore space vehicles.

Workshops are based around the Martian Explorers project published and quality assured by ESERO-UK:https://www.stem.org.uk/resources/collection/457404/martian-explorers

Each fully facilitated workshop can be delivered flexibly over up to six hour long sessions, or as a one day bundle.

The workshops cover:

• KS1 - What are Space Robots?
• KS2 - How does the ExoMars Rover Work?
• KS3 - Design a New Mars Rover
• KS4 - Investigating the Engineering of the ExoMars Rover

• KS1 - to help children understand the need for exploration robots and learn about how they work. The activities link mostly to D&T with a science context, though some of the activities are more focussed on learning in English.
• KS2 -to help children understand the need for exploration robots and learn about how they function. They are based around the European Space Agency’s (ESA) new robotic rover Rosalind Franklin will explore Mars and send back data vital for human exploration in the future. The activities link mostly to D&T with a science context.
• KS3 - to develop an understanding of how systems on exploration robots are combined and collect data. Students are given a design brief to build their own model rover, experientially, to function in simulated Martian conditions. Their rover should build on the work of the ExoMars programme, but become a part of its own mission.
• KS4 - to consolidate understanding of the specialised materials and mechanisms used on exploration robots. Students build or test, or build and test these to develop knowledge and evaluate them.  These resources are aimed at the 14-16 age group.  The context is focussed on the Rosalind Franklin ExoMars Rover.  

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