Design Our Mars Base
Plan the first home on Mars together
You and your kid are the first two people building a home on Mars. Decide what the base needs and what each of you is in charge of. Sketch it on scrap paper if you want.
You’ll need
- Paper and a pencil (optional)
How to do it together
- 1
Set the scene: you two are the first people on Mars.
- 2
Decide what the base needs: air, water, food, power, something fun.
- 3
Choose who is in charge of what. Your kid picks first.
- 4
Sketch the base: domes, a greenhouse, a rover.
- 5
Plan for an emergency: a dust storm hits. What do you do?
Make it easier
Draw it together instead of planning.
Make it harder
Look up three real facts about Mars and design around them (it's very cold, and a day there lasts about 40 minutes longer than ours).
Why it’s worth it
Big imaginary plans show you how your kid thinks, and they love being the expert on their own base.
With Weekadoo
In your weekly plan, this idea comes with planning prompts for a Mars base (air, water, food, power, fun, emergencies) plus 3 real facts about Mars to drop into the talk, written for your child
Every Sunday, a plan with a 10-minute idea for each child on weeknights and a family one for the weekend, picked for their ages and what they love.
