Davis Creek Elementary 5th Grade Builds
Mars Millenium Mission 2001

Davis Creek Elementary 5th grade students built the DC Mars Millenium Mission to help solve the problems of space travel and human exploration of Mars.  Students first researched to find out some of the problems that must be solved to travel in space and live on Mars.  Then the students divided into groups to tackle the problems and provide solutions.  The student group are:
Solar Panels
Greenhouse/ Food Production
Pneumatic/ Air Recycling
Logan
Mercedes
Zachary
Mark
Matthew
Andrew
Kayla
Joey
Aaron
Shelter/ Habitat
Capacitor Car/ Transportation
Pneumatic/ Water Production
Hector
Tara
Brad
Jon
Tyler
Hanna
Heather
Chelsea
Communications
Radiation Shield
Manufacturing
Zack
Scott
Tara
Ben
Ashley
Michael
Josh
Seth
Katie
*  The Group Titles Connect to Student Diagrams & Journals  *

Below are some pictures of their work and solutions.
Mr. Benny Thomas, our original contributor to Red Rover, visits to see Mars Colony & Red Rover environment
Radiation shield
Greenhouse to produce food
Astronauts work to maintain their Mars physical plant
Ms. Shamblin, our associate teacher, works to build a pneumatic press to squeeze water from Mars rocks.  On the left, Logan experiments with solar batteries to produce power.
Discussing problems and solutions
Building a switch
Pneumatic power
Capcitor car for transportation
Turnstile
Switch box


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Created 3 / 21 / 2001
Updated 4 / 5 / 2004
Sharon Simon
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