The DC Mars Connection
On December 13th at 5:00pm
the 5th grade students from Davis Creek Elementary met in the computer
lab to provide
the 5th grade students from
Armadale Primary School in Melbourne, Australia
an opportunity to drive
our robotics vehicle dubbed the "Mars Red Rover".
The picture above shows
the typist, Mrs. Simon, the Mars Red Rover on the computer in the center,
and an
Australian time converter
on the computer on the right. The picture below shows the robotics
Mars Red Rover.
The Red Rover software is
showing on the "zoom-in" setting. The Rover can examine objects very
closely in this mode.
The Red Rover software in
the "zoom-out" setting. The Rover has a smaller picture viewing area
but the transmission is faster.
The Red Rover is observing
Lego Projects at 9:00am (Eastern Australian Time)
Australia has three time
zones.
Jay is printing the transcript
of the messages that were typed back and forth between Armadale Primary
School and Davis Creek Elementary.
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