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| The Planet Mars. (4) |
Sojourner the Mars Rover was the first robot to ever land on the planet Mars. He was a robot who had six wheels and a tiny body about
the size of a remote control car. He had a camera attached
to his body and received energy from the sun through a panel
attached to his back. Sojourner was a special robot because he had been where
no human or robot had ever been before. He was rolling through the surface of
Mars! But Sojourner just didn’t go to Mars for the fun of it. He had a job to
do and a lot of responsibility on his robotic shoulders. He had to explore and
investigate the unknown and
dangerous surface of Mars.
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| Sojourner the Rover (Clip Art) |
Sojourner’s job was to take pictures of this red desert-like
land and send them
back to scientists on earth. It
was a very risky job for Sojourner to travel the rocky deserts of Mars, and
Sojourner was all alone. He had no other rover friends to help him
explore.
Sojourner had spent years exploring until one day he saw in the distance what
looked like two more rovers. Sojourner excitedly
wheeled towards these two rovers and introduced himself.
“Hi, my name is Sojourner” he said.
“Hello! My name is Spirit” said the one rover, “And I’m Opportunity” said the other.
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| Spirit and Opportunity (Clip Art) |
Although Sojourner had new friends, they didn’t stay long. Spirit
and Opportunity had bigger missions to accomplish and were headed to the polar ice caps of Mars to look for water (3). Sadly,
Sojourner was again alone and without a companion.
Many years passed and Sojourner had completed all the missions
that the scientist asked of him. While wondering around the red planet one day,
Sojourner saw in the distance a massive rover digging through the dirt and
drilling through rock. This rover was almost the size of the car and had a
robotic arm attached to its body along with digging and drilling tools (5). He was
a state of the art rover equipped with all sorts of advanced technology Even
though Sojourner was intimidated by this huge rover he gathered the courage to
introduce himself.
“Hello my name is Sojourner”
“Hi. I’m Curiosity! You’ve been here for a long time haven’t you? Have you seen any aliens? I’m supposed to be
looking for intelligent life here on Mars.”
“Well I haven’t seen any green
men walking around here and I’ve been here for years. But if you dig
through the dirt you might find smaller aliens. They may not be green and
they’re probably microscopic”
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| Curiosity the Biggest Rover (1) |
When Curiosity heard this news he seemed to be disappointed. He was expecting to
see big green aliens on the planet but now all he could hope to find were tiny
organisms in the soil. Sojourner, being an experienced traveler of
Mars, offered to guide Curiosity through the rocky terrain. Curiosity, who was
very happy to have some company took Sojourner along with him to help him
complete his mission. Sojourner finally had a companion to travel with on the
barren and deserted planet. He was no longer alone.
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| Curiosity (2) |
Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity still rove around the surface of Mars today looking for signs of life, searching for water, taking pictures, and digging through soil. These robots may be far away on a distant planet, but the work they do is still very important. Who knows, maybe one day these rovers will find big green aliens on the planet Mars!
References
1. Curiosity the Biggest Rover [Online Image]. (2014). Retrieved from https://www.pinterest.com/pin/554083560377423305/
2.Curiosity [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://www.fotosearch.com/UNN011/u551573
3.Grotzinger, J. (2013). Field trip on mars: Curiosity, the mars rover, is the next best thing to being there. National Geographic, 28. Retrieved from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=16&sid=460a8f07-d06a-4915-ba71- fc5091a92e3a%40sessionmgr111&hid=126&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#db=edsgao&AN=edsgcl.336843582
4.The Planet Mars [Online Image]. Retrieved from https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0LEVvBAPH1UdDUABwQPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTBsa3ZzMnBvBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkAw--?_adv_prop=image&fr=yhs-Elex-elex_v9&sz=all&va=mars+clip+art&hspart=Elex&hsimp=yhs-elex_v9
5. Wright, A. (2013). Revving the Rover. Communications
Of The ACM, 56, 14-16. doi:10.1145/2408776.2408782
Dan I thought your blog was very interesting. If you were targeting a kid who is still in elementary school then I think your blog definitely shows that. I like the use of color and multiple pictures in your blog. The separation of text would keep a kid interested in reading more in my own opinion. I would suggest to revise a little more as I notice a few grammar mistakes and repetitiveness in some of your sentence. Over all I think you did very well on the assignment because you were able to target a young audience and from what I notice you did not plagiarize anything as you were still able to use the correct citation to deliver your message.
ReplyDeleteYour blog was well written and was an interesting story about a non-fictional event that you were able to turn into a fictional story for a younger audience. I think the larger text, colors, and pictures, were a nice choice as they capture the eye and draw you in to read more. I think an elementary level audience was reached, and you were able to deliver your topic nicely. Your grammar and mechanics throughout seem to be correct, and your citations seem to be in APA.
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