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Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12
Subject
Computer Science, Technology, Robotics
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities
The Mars Global Surveyor orbited the Red Planet until 2006. One of the instruments on the Martian satellite was a laser altimeter that gathered information about the planet’s topography. Students program the calculator-controlled robot to use the ECHO feature to measure distances to an object.
Exploration Extension 1: Laser Altimeter [803KB PDF file]
This activity is part of the Calculator-Controlled Robots Educator Guide.