• We are going to play ‘categorically speaking’• This is a game that tests creative thinking and teamwork• You will be given a game card

The idea of the game is to come up with things that match the categories .

It scores as follows:

0 points for a wrong or blank answer1 point for an answer that other people have5 points for a unique answer (one that other people didn’t get)

• NASA have decided to send a new probe to Europa• The probe needs to the measure the following :

MUST SHOULD COULD

air temperatureair pressurewind speed

take photographsrecord video

ice temperatureice structure

atmosphere composition

radiation levelsmagnetic fieldSeismic events

• You will need to find out what scientific units (there may be more than one) the variables above will be measured in and what type of instruments would be used on the probe.

• You will need to research this using the internet.• You have a time limit of 15 minutes to report back

MARS CURIOSITY DATA FEED N00012378-8-01-13 XCCCC1000239867 N2 NASA

LN1 LN2 LN3 LN4 LN5 LN6 LN710023.jpg M0023.mpg -23.4oC 604Pa -2.6ms-1 223cpm 1010nT

10024.jpg M0024.mpg -23.6oC 603Pa -2.2ms-1 221cpm 1015nT

10025.jpg M0025.mpg -23.2oC 604Pa -2.9ms-1 110cpm 1096nT

10026.jpg XXXXXXXXX -23.0oC 604Pa -5.4ms-1 120cpm 1095nT

10027.jpg M0027.mpg -22.0oC 605Pa +8.6ms-1 254cpm 1065nT

10028.jpg M0028.mpg -21.8oC 604Pa +4.6ms-1 345cpm 1068nT

10028.jpg M0029.mpg -21.5oC 602Pa -0.2ms-1 106cpm 1024nT

• Here is some data from the Curiosity Rover that has been sent back to Earth today

• What does each data line (LN) measure?• What sensors are on the curiosity rover?

• Teams have to build science packages that do all the work when the probe is on the moon or planet.

• Watch the movie about Europa.

• You will have to research the variables that we looked at earlier for the moon Europa.

• Space probes have to survive the harsh conditions of space• The components on board can be very sensitive to the

environment around them – electronic components are the most sensitive.

• Engineers have to design special protection for the space probe from harsh conditions.

Watch the videos on space probes and make a list of all the different things that engineers have to design a space probe to survive.

• Electronics components are very sensitive• Look at the components below and identify them:

1 2

3

45

6

7

A

B

C

D E

F G