Maths Mission to Mars!

Year Group: 5/6

Subject – Numeracy

MISSION TO MARS:  Incoming Transmission…

URGENT MESSAGE FROM SPACE COMMAND

The year is 2082. Earth’s resources are running low, and the world’s greatest scientists have launched a bold mission: establish the first human base on Mars – but disaster has struck! A solar storm has damaged the spacecraft systems. Navigation is failing. Fuel calculations don’t add up. Oxygen supplies must be carefully rationed. The crew need help — and they need it NOW!

For one incredible day, pupils will become:

• Flight Engineers
• Data Analysts
• Navigation Specialists
• Fuel & Resource Managers

Working in mission teams, they will:

• Crack emergency codes to restore communication
• Calculate fuel and distance to safely reach Mars
• Analyse real “mission data” to repair life-support systems
• Design and plan the first Mars habitat
• Solve high-pressure challenges against the countdown clock
• Every solved problem brings the spacecraft closer to landing.