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Grade One Summary

Planning a mission to Mars is much more than building a spacecraft big enough to carry humans to Mars.

One of the biggest hurdles to overcome is providing an environment which will satisfy all the essential requirements for human comfort and survival.

The role of plants (as the primary source of all food) is explained.

A study of a school birdfeeder is used as a model for undertaking a long-term scientific investigations and through observation, for developing a list of the essential requirements of living things.

Students can compare the needs and behaviour of the birds at the feeder with the needs and behaviour of humans.