Monday - What are we going to eat?

Today your Star will need to research the following, and find a way of displaying this information, so that your parents and other people in the School can understand.

All the information you find today will be used during this week. The more you can find out, the better you will do.

1. Food Chains

· What do you, animals and plants need to survive?

· What food chains will you need to think about on Mars?

· What waste products can cause problems?

· What waste products could be beneficial?

Crickweb - Science

BBC Wales - Food Chains

NASA - Water Recycler

Thanet Earth

How much manure does a cow produce daily?

National Geographic - Water we use

POPSCI - the Future of Farming

2. Conditions on the planet surface and core of Mars

· Sun

· Temperature

· Seasons

· Atmosphere

· Water

· Wind

· Gravity

· Landforms

· Core

NASA - Mars is Melting

Wikipedia - The Climate of Mars

Universe Today - Conditions on Mars

Think Quest - Mars: From Surface to Core

Think Quest - Mars: The Red Planet

3. The difference between the conditions on Mars with Earth

· How will you present this information?

4. The different rooms you might have in your Space Station

· What structures will you need?

· What different rooms would you need?

· What conditions must they need to be able to cope with?

· What will you make the structures from?

NASA - Building Structure in Space

POPSCI - The Future of Farming

Extension: From your knowledge of the planet Mars, can you think about how you might generate enough energy to power your Mars Base.