Mars!
Great Sites Suggested by Participants
National Geographic: A Mars Never Dreamed Of
Mars
OdysseyThemis Mapping Images
Activities
1. From the Martian Sun-Times
2. Mars
in 3D - Mars images,
comparisons, animations, and Mars 3D stereoscopic
anaglyphs created with images from the Mars
Global Surveyor's Orbital Camera (MOC).
Cool Links
1. Meteorites from Mars - from NASA's Johnson Space Center
2. Windows to the Universe - Mars
3. Mars Day 2003 - from the National Air and Space Museum
4. Center for Mars Exploration - NASA Ames Research Center
More Activities
1
"Destination Mars": http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/destmars.pdf
This
56-page activity packet from NASA's Johnson Space Center and the Houston Museum
of Natural Science includes lessons for middle and high school students.
Examples are "Getting There! - Navigation and Trajectory",
"Investigating Planetary Soils", and "Searching For Life on
Mars".
2.
"Live from Mars": http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/teachers/learning.html
A
64-page collection of activities for middle school students, which can be
adapted for other grade levels. Lessons
feature Earth/Mars comparisons, Newton's Laws and rocket motion, and modeling
the orbits of Mars and Earth.
3. Activities From Arizona State University's Mars Education Program
4.
NASA Explores: "Next Stop: Mars":
http://www.nasaexplores.com/show2_articlea.php?id=03-025
This
site features an article about the Mars airplane (Aerial Regional-scale
Environmental Survey of Mars, or ARES for short). ARES would fly 2.5 kilometers
above the Martian surface, gathering data about the Red Planet's geology and
atmosphere. Links to related lessons for grades K-4, 5-8, and 9-12 include
topographic mapping of Mars, comparisons of Martian and terrestrial atmospheres,
3-D imaging of the Martian surface, remote sensing, and rover technology.
5.
The Planetary Society's Exploring Mars Website: http://planetary.org/mars/
All
about the planet Mars including images, past, current and future missions, and
activities for kids.
Extensive
list of educational resources about Mars including posters, activity guides, and
student projects.
8.
Mars
Module From the USGS
Includes
"Comparing Martian Volcanoes to Terrestrial
Volcanoes" activity