Is your child ready for a mission to Mars? In Journey to Mars, middle school students become robotic engineers and computer scientists tasked with an important mission: collecting Martian rocks and transporting them safely to a research facility! Working with VEX V5 robots, students will explore the fundamentals of computer science, robotics, and engineering as they program and operate their robots to navigate a Martian landscape, pick up foam “Mars rocks,” and deliver them to a designated research facility. Students will practice problem-solving, computational thinking, engineering design, teamwork, and iterative testing as they work to improve their robot and successfully complete the mission.