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Alex: Mars Metal Rover Lesson PlanAlex: Mars Metal Rover Lesson Plan
Publisher
Alabama Learning Exchange
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6th - 8th
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Science
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Lexile Measures
1010L
Lesson Plan

Alex: Mars Metal Rover

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Students will convince NASA which metal to use on the new "Mars Land Rover". This lesson will help students understand the properties of metals and their relationship to the properties of the surface of Mars. Knowledge of Internet searches, word processing software, and slideshow presentation software are necessary for this lesson.

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properties of metals

Additional Tags

alex, alabama learning exchange, mars exploration rovers, mars land rover, surface of mars

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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