Unit 1: Destination Mars

The Mars Rover Challenge (Motion) introduces students to the coding and hardware-control practices and processes NASA engineers use to keep a remotely operated vehicle on track while exploring another planet.

Unit 2: Dig it

The Mars Mineral Challenge (Sensing) focuses on programming Rover to sense changes as it covers its track. Students write and run code that uses Rover’s built-in color and distance sensors to control outputs such as LED lights and motors.

Rover, Watch Out for Rover!

This project challenges students to experiment with distance, time and speed in an effort to make the TI-Innovator™ Rover robotic vehicle stop just short of a plastic dog (the other “Rover”) placed at a random distance by the teacher.

Rover, Watch Out for Rover!

This project challenges students to experiment with distance, time and speed in an effort to make the TI-Innovator™ Rover robotic vehicle stop just short of a plastic dog (the other “Rover”) placed at a random distance by the teacher.

Rover, Watch Out for Rover!

This project challenges students to experiment with distance, time and speed in an effort to make the TI-Innovator™ Rover robotic vehicle stop just short of a plastic dog (the other “Rover”) placed at a random distance by the teacher.

Additional helpful resources

• Official rules for the Detector Building events
• Where to buy TI resources for Detector Building and Path to STEM Projects
• Update TI-Nspire™ family products and TI-Innovator™ Hub to latest versions
• Update TI-84 Plus CE and TI-Innovator™ Hub to latest versions
• Check out the webinar on resources and how-to's for the Detector Building event
• Try other great STEM projects using TI technology

Questions?

Contact stem-team@ti.com