The document discusses using robots to tell stories through assignments involving exploring Mars. The assignments include designing a rover that can survive landing on Mars, programming a rover to autonomously navigate Mars, mapping Mars' surface, and using a rover's light sensor to analyze Mars' geological makeup and search for water. Telling stories with datalogging is discussed, such as imagining a rover traveling on Mars that mistakenly falls into a crater before climbing out and continuing on more cautiously.

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2. Embedded Content Scientific Method Data Collecting and Analysis Measurement Geometry Fractions and Decimals Algebra Problem Solving

3. Yes, you can create robots BUT...

4. There is much more. Datalogging with the RoboLab Robots Telling Stories

6. Missions Assignment 1--ENTRY, DESCENT, LANDING The decent to the red planet is treacherous. In this assignment you will design and build a rover that can survive this hazardous journey. Assignment 2--CONTROLLING YOUR ROVER For this assignment you will program a rover that has the ability to autonomously navigate through the harsh Martian environment. Assignment 3--MAPPING MARS Assignment three will require you to map Mars ﾕ surface. Assignment 4--LOOKING FOR WATER During this assignment, you will use your rovers light sensor to analyze Mar ﾕ s geological make-up.

7. Entry, Decent, Landing Build STRONG, Gear Down, and Put Sensors Close to the Ground

8. Controlling Movement: Laying the foundation for datalogging Datalogging is not magic! It is important to demystify the data Connections, Connections, Connections

9. Story Telling and Datalogging Imagine a bright and sunny sol on Mars and your rover is traveling at a good clip when all of a sudden it mistakenly falls into a deep crater slamming to a stop at the bottom. After stopping for a moment, it slowly climbs out of the crater and continues on at a more cautious rate of speed.

10. Experimenting with Datalogging

11. Mapping Mars

13. Mapping Mars continued

14. Looking For Water

15. Looking For Water

16. Conclusions and Questions