Mars and Beyond

Teachers: Chris Schmitz

Room: C213

Phone: 303-702-8020, ext 31039

Email: schmitz_christopher@svvsd.org

Course Fee: $15 (pay through RevTrak, posted in February)


Course Description

This computer science and robotics course explores the challenges of Martian exploration. Students will form a mission team responsible for all aspects of a simulated Mars mission, including launch vehicle design, payload delivery, experiment design and implementation, data collection and analysis, ROV design and construction and autonomous program creation and deployment

Supplies Needed

  • Headphones/Earbuds

  • Charger

  • Notebook/Notebook Paper in Binder

  • Folder

  • Stylus for iPad (Logitech Crayon preferred, but any stylus that allows drawing on an iPad will do)

Applications Needed

  • Sphero EDU

  • Pages

  • Keynote

  • Clips

  • iMovie

  • Mars AR Builder

  • Tinkercad