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Planetary Pasta Rovers — NASA JPL lessonScience · Engineering & Technology · Grades 3–8Lesson plan

Using only pasta and glue, students must design a rover that will travel down a one-meter ramp and then travel an additional one meter on a smooth, flat surface. Students use the same engineering design process that JPL engineers use to improve their designs. Materials Various types of pasta, including pasta wheels (rotelle) and spaghetti strands (Note: If pasta wheels are not available, substitute round disk-shaped candy mints or round crackers.) White glue or cold-melt glue guns Scraps of car

From NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL Education · Public domain (US Gov) · original source

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