Costumes, Rovers and Kits: teacher key

Mark Rober, grade 4 edition, written for 4th grade. Mark Rober has worked on a Mars rover, at Apple and on a company of his own. Read how he treats failure and teaches kids.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What did Mark study in college?
   • Cooking
   • Mechanical engineering (answer)
   • Dance
2. What did Digital Dudz make?
   • Bird feeders
   • Jell-O
   • Halloween costumes using tablets and smartphones (answer)
3. Which group at Apple did Mark work in?
   • Special Projects (answer)
   • Lost and Found
   • The Kitchen
4. What does Mark compare failure to?
   • Eating soup
   • Taking a nap
   • Losing a level in a video game (answer)
5. What does Class CrunchLabs give teachers?
   • A free bus
   • Science lessons for free (answer)
   • A new roof
6. What kind of person is Mark, judging by his jobs?
   • Someone who dislikes new ideas
   • Someone who only reads
   • Someone who likes to invent and build (answer)

Words

• rover: Mars explorer
• Curiosity: a Mars rover
• kits: things to build