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Home » Activities » Mars Diary » Chapter Two: Plan Your Mission » Design Your Own Rocket

Design Your Own Rocket

Mars Diary

Activity 2.4

In this creative, hands-on activity students will design their own Mars rocket, researching different types of spacecraft, different shapes and designs and their suitability for the tasks outlined so far. They will also consolidate this research with what they have learned and created in the first two chapters of the Mars Diary.

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Subjects

  • Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC)
  • Primary Science / Working Scientifically
  • Computing
  • Design and Technology (DT)
  • Art and Design

Learning Methods

  • Research
  • Draw
Design Your Own Rocket

Support Materials

Multimedia Downloads

PowerPoint Presentation: Design Your Own Rocket  (12.43 MB pptx) ↓ Image Bundle: Design Your Own Rocket  (777.66 KB zip) ↓

Links

  • Tim Peake visits his Soyuz capsule
  • Chart of rockets from around the world

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