Lesson Idea | Build Your Own Mars Helicopter
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NASA sent a helicopter to Mars! This helicopter is called Ingenuity and is designed to test whether or not flight is a good way to study distant bodies in space.
NASA has sent spacecraft to other planets, but this is the first aircraft that actually flew on another world. In this activity, you will learn about this amazing feat of engineering as you build your own Mars helicopter model.
Time: 30 minutes
Materials:
• 1 large marshmallow
• 4 small marshmallows
• 5 toothpicks
• Cardstock (to print out the helicopter parts of this document)
• Scissors
Lesson Idea | Build Your Own Mars Helicopter
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