At the very moment when the Artemis II mission is preparing the return of astronauts to the Moon, the young scientists of the 3e DNL group at Collège de Kerbonne decided to look even further… and turn their telescopes toward Mars, our fascinating neighbour in the Solar System.
Working in teams, our future space explorers completed five scientific missions to better understand the Red Planet: Robots on Mars: our eyes and hands ; Mars vs Earth: twin planets? Mars in books and films ; Humans on Mars: dream or nightmare? Who will build life on Mars?
Each team became a group of experts and created a scientific poster to answer an important question about Mars. Then came the exhibition phase: every group presented its work to the others ….a room full of future astronauts listening carefully and asking questions!
The group also took part in peer assessment. With fairness and scientific seriousness (of course), they evaluated each other’s posters and explanations.
To celebrate the end of the mission, the class completed a final challenge: the Great Mars Goose Game. Thanks to the impressive level of expertise they had developed during the project, many questions suddenly felt… quite easy!
At the very end, each participant received a small “space pill” … a humorous reminder that travelling to Mars is probably still a one-way ticket… at least for now.
One thing is certain: curiosity, teamwork and scientific imagination are already safely on board.
Mars, we are getting closer….
