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Mission to Mars:
A Virtual Interactive Experience
Cerebral Ape aims to widen public understanding of our evolutionary past and build excitement and support for achieving the next step in human evolution: becoming an interplanetary species.
The Mission to Mars experience presented by Cerebral Ape Ltd is an online interactive experience in a variety of formats that can be adapted to different ages and formats that allows participants to control a robotic rover over our custom-built Mars landscape.
Our Experiences
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Mission to Mars Experience Pack
Your mission is to work as a team to control the rover to perform various tasks on the realistic martian landscape.
Journey to the Deep Experience Pack
Learn about the mysteries of the deep sea as you complete objectives on the ocean floor by taking control of an deep sea robot.
Corporate Team Building
Enhance and develop your teamworking skills with this unique and engaging workshop.
STEM Engagement Training
Develop your workforces STEM engagement skills and capability and gain access to bespoke resources to enhance your STEM profile.
Educational Workshops
Curriculum linked workshops that deliver a unique interactive educational experience.
Bio + Vision
My professional history and vision for Cerebral Ape
Diversity and Inclusion
Cerebral Ape Ltd is committed to promoting STEM subjects and Careers to BAME communities and has worked alongside organisations such as Black Coding Females.
Who we have worked with, press coverage and testimonials
See what other people have had to say about our experiences.
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Mission to mars Experience pack
Using Zoom or Microsoft teams take control of a real robotic rover and complete objectives on a realistic model Martian landscape
Equip yourself
Coordinate your mission with live streaming cameras, tank tracks, grabbing claw, lasers and much more.
Train up
Complete a rover training session in the test hanger before being deployed to the Martian surface.
Collaborate
Confer with your team mates to ensure you complete your objectives
Dive into the deep experience
Explore the sea bed and learn about the amazing variety of life that thrives below the surface in this interactive educational experience
- Coordinate mission with viewing cameras and grabbing claw
- Learn about the unique deep sea environment
- Work as a team to complete tasks
Corporate Team Building
- Specially designed package for corperate clients
- Have fun and develop your synergy with your colleagues
- Can be delivered in person or via zoom
STEM Engagement Training
- Delivered by a STEM professional
- Gives your workforce the tools to deliver effective science communication workshops
- Access given to Mission to Mars online resource
- Covers the following.........
- Jargon words, Presentation skills , open and closed questions
- Safeguarding training
Educational Workshops
Curriculum linked workshops that deliver a unique interactive educational experience for up to 30 students per session.
- Delivered in person or online
- Engages whole class
- Pre and post session activities available
- available for different age ranges
- Q and A session
- Staff fully disclosed
Bio
Stuart Rogers has over 15 years experience working in Science Communication delivering educational and team building workshops to audiences across the UK. He has briefed cabinet level ministers on large scale Ecological projects and delivered numerous successful communication campaigns for a range of organizations.
He launched the Mission to Mars experience in mid 2021 under his company Cerebral Ape LTD and has received acclaim for its game changing approach to online and in person educational engagement. He holds a Bsc In Marine Ecology and has an extensive history of working alongside Astronomy academics and Space contractors.
Diversity & Inclusion
Cerebral Ape Ltd is committed to promoting STEM subjects and Careers to BAME communities and has worked alongside organisations such as Black Coding Females on STEM projects.
What people say about us
Please see below testimonials from clients.
"Stuart delivered many talks, engaged with pupils with Q&A sessions about Mars and space exploration, gave demonstrations of his rover traversing the Martian space land and sat on the panel of judges at our Quadcopter regional and national finals. Not only that, but the winners of each regional final also won a session with Stuart for a chance to control the rover themselves!"
Gary Ridley
STEM Site Lead for Raytheon Technologies Scotland
"The ‘Mission to Mars’ experience was the perfect thing to help our students understand how a Mars Rover explores the Red Planet in a fun and interactive way. Stuart is very knowledgeable about Mars and space travel and gave an engaging presentation that was educational and thought-provoking. The experience also linked in nicely with our STEM curriculum as it allows students to calculate and maneuver the Rover through careful teamwork and planning. I would recommend this experience to any school wishing to try something new and innovative. Thanks a lot Stuart!"
Jennifer Mule
ICS International School, Milan, Italy
This was such a well thought out activity, really engaging and immersive, both fun
and full of appropriate content, linked to STEM, and careers. Every member of the
class was able to get involved, and were hooked for the full hour. We ran it with year
9 and 10, but it could easily work with younger students. Highly recommended!
Tim Smith 'Teacher/Lead Practitioner in Engineering and DT
Prudhoe Community High School
As a Mathematics teacher and in my work as a STEM Teacher Coordinator for the Royal
Academy of Engineering I was impressed with the effort made to ensure the students
understood how Mars Rovers are controlled in real-life while also promoting STEM careers
in a fun and engaging format.
Krissi Pink, STEM Coordinator
Invicta Grammar School
Releaseworks were looking for a company social that could be held remotely and was still fun and engaging. Cerebral Ape is one of the few providers that can deliver that, the team loved mission to Mars and it’s the perfect option for organisations that have started working from home.
Joe Poser
Cloud Engineer for Releaseworks
We had an amazing opportunity for Stuart Rogers at Cerebral Ape to deliver sessions to schools and families participating at the31st Orkney International Science Festival. The “Mission to Mars” experience was delivered to secondary schools pupils based in
Orkney. Through realistic Martian surface and participants able to control the rover to perform task remotely just like scientist at NASA, brought the experience to life.
Dr. Mahalakshmi Abhishek Assistant Festival Director
Orkney International Science Festival
We brought Stuart in to deliver the Mission to Mars and dive into the deep Experiences for our STEM outreach programme. We received outstanding feedback from teachers and students for both the in person and online sessions and would highly recommend both!
Scott Atkinson Programme Manager, Connecting STEM Teachers
Royal Academy of Engineering
The children thoroughly enjoyed the Mission to Mars experience. Through the 'real-life' application of their mathematical thinking and reasoning, and a huge degree of teamwork, the children were able to successfully complete the challenge. The activity was perfect for the small groups that the children were working in, with enough for each group member to participate.
Mrs Karen Sample - Deputy Head
Waverley Primary School
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