Moon Rover Mission

Can your rover survive the Moon?

Inspired by Australia's first Moon rover, Roo-ver, each pair of students takes charge of a rover and puts it through mission tests: scooping Moon dust, crossing craters, staying upright in low gravity and catching the low polar sunlight. At every station they change one part, test it, and use the data to set up their rover for the final Grand Traverse.

Years 3–6 + HPGE

Hands-on

Investigations

Inquiry Based

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What's In Moon Rover Mission?

A hands-on engineering workshop: can your rover survive the Moon's south pole? Choose three experiences for 60 minutes or four for 90, and every pair tests its rover with a challenge card matched to your stage.

Every session opens with a surprise signal from Mission Control, and ends with every pair's rover attempting the Grand Traverse. Everything runs inside.

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Year Levels

Years 3–6 + HPGE

Duration

60 or 90 minutes

Group Size

Up to 32

Price (incl GST)

$690 (60 min)

$21.56 per student

$790 (90 min)

$24.69 per student

Differentiated challenge cards matched to your class

Choose experiences to match your class interests

Predict, test, observe and explain

THE CRAZY SCIENTIST DIFFERENCE

Multiple Investigations. Learning Matched to Every Stage

Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.

Explore the learning at your stage.

Student investigating during Moon Rover Mission, a science incursion by The Crazy Scientist

Stage 2 — Moon Rover Mission

Stage 2 cards challenge pairs to improve a rover that can survive the Moon, explain what gravity does to it, and plan the route that gets it to a sample site.

Relevant NSW Science & Technology outcomes (2024)

Every group works from a Stage 2 challenge card written for these outcomes.

✓ ST2-DDT-01 — Design is a process of creating and innovating
Test construction methods and materials to build a designed model

✓ ST2-DDT-01 — Design is a process of creating and innovating
Build, test and evaluate a designed model

✓ ST2-SCI-01 — The Sun is the centre of our solar system and provides our world with energy
Demonstrate that gravity is a force of attraction between objects and Earth

✓ ST2-DDT-02 — Digital systems can be created and controlled
Design algorithms that use branching and iteration to document and program a procedure

See the Science in Action

LEARNING BEYOND THE WOW

What Students learn & How We Support Teachers

What Your Students Will Learn

Use a design process to test, modify and improve a rover

Explain how gravity, dust and sunlight make the Moon hard to explore

Change one variable at a time and compare results

Write and debug commands to drive a rover

Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.

How we support teachers

Challenge cards for every stage, used by

students during the session.

Classroom follow-up experiments to keep the learning going

Risk assessment, Working With Children Check and public liability insurance details, sent before your visit

Thinking skills students practise

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Workshop Requirements & Bookings

Everything You Need to Know

Up to 32 students per session

Group Size

60 or 90 minutes

Session Time

A classroom or hall with tables for eight groups of four (16 pairs), and a clear floor space about 3 × 3 metres for Mission Control. Everything runs inside, so no water or outdoor space is needed.

Space & Setup