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\nNASA's Mars gamble pays off\n

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\nStudents read an article about NASA and Mars and complete short answer questions about the article. In this Mars lesson plan, students also create a scale model of the solar system.\n
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\nMars 500: Would You Go?\n

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\nIn this Mars worksheet, students read a 7-paragraph article and respond to 8 graphic organizer, matching, and short answer questions. Vocabulary words and definitions are included.\n
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\nImpact Craters and Water on Mars\n

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\nStudents explore for water on Mars using impact crater morphology. During this lab, students: investigate how to use the equation writing and graphing capabilities in Microsoft Excel, then develop and apply an impact crater...\n
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\nEarth, Moon, Mars Balloons\n

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\nStudents demonstrate size and orbits of Earth, Moon, and Mars. In this space science lesson plan, students will use balloons to show how the size and distance between the planets and satellite compare.\n
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\nSearching for Life on Mars\n

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\nStudents describe the environmental conditions in Mars. In this space science lesson, students draw a Martian critter based on a fictional story read to them. They identify the special features an organism must have to survive in Mars.\n
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\nInterplanetary Travel Guide\n

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\nIn groups of six, middle school space scientists create an imaginative travel brochure for attracting visitors to the planet Mars. Information must include surface features and atmospheric conditions. Although time-consuming, this is a...\n
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\nGet Me Off This Planet\n

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\nWhat do Newton's Laws have to do with getting from Earth to Mars?The activities in this resource show how Newton's Laws work with rockets to get them into space. Background information includes facts about orbits and how orbits...\n
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\nStrange New Planet\n

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\nFourth graders gather data and simulate a Mars spacecraft mission using multi-sensory observations.\n
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\nCraziest Eclipses in the Solar System\n

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\nHave you ever wondered what a solar eclipse looks like ... on Mars? Explore eclipses throughout the solar system with a video from a comprehensive playlist that covers many physics concepts. With images and conceptual drawings, viewers...\n
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\nCould Life Have Survived in Mars's Ancient Lake?\n

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\nScientists proved Einstein wrong and in the process also proved him right. Scholars learn about two recent scientific discoveries in an interesting SciShow Space video. The first describes the possibility of life on Mars based on recent...\n
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\nLava Layering: Making and Mapping a Volcano\n

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\nLooking for an out-of-this-world volcanic activity? Geologists study Earth's volcanic history and the neighboring planet Mars by modeling volcanic eruptions, lava flows, and building a shield volcano. Participants use graph paper and...\n
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\nWhy Was Mars's Underground Lake So Hard to Find?\n

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\nScientists discovered a huge lake on Mars, but why did it take so long to find something so large? SciShow Space presents the exciting findings published in July 2018. Caitlin Hofmeister details the previous research from the area and...\n
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\nMars and Jupiter\n

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\nStudents learn about how engineers help us to know about Mars and Jupiter. In this Mars and Jupiter lesson, students are introduced to the telescope, deep space antennas, spacecraft, and planetary rovers that engineers designed to help...\n
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\nMapping Out a Trip to Mars\n

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\nLearners create a thinking web about Mars.  In this exploratory lesson students pretend they are going to Mars and use a worksheet to answer questions about why they would visit and what they would bring. \n
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\nThe Path to Mars\n

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\nYoung scholars compare the similarities between both Earth and Mars. In this space lesson students use the Internet for research and to obtain geographical pictures of both planets. Young scholars then analyze the pictures of both...\n
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\nCreating Impact Craters\n

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\nSixth graders simulate the creation of impact craters on Mars.Through the creation of model surfaces, the effects of an impacting object's mass, velocity and size are determined, and the features of the resulting crater are identified.\n
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\nAlloy the Way to Mars\n

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\nFuture engineers test different alloys to determine the specific strength of each one. Based on the results, they make a recommendation to NASA on which alloy to use on engines for spacecraft.\n
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\nMAPPING THE TOPOGRAPHY OF UNKNOWN SURFACES\n

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\nStudents describe in words and graphic displays the elevation or depression profile of sections of Mars' Olympus Mons and/or Valles Marineris. They explain how orbiting spacecraft build up global maps one data slice at a time.\n
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\nFOLLOW THAT WATER\n

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\nLearners build simple stream tables and vary the angle of the stream tables in order to simulate different flow rates and compare the results. They observe various features formed in a stream table by flowing water and compare these to...\n
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\nI'm Gone\n

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\nMiddle schoolers plan a mock mission to Mars. In this space science lesson, students work in cooperative groups and select one experiment to take on their mock mission. Middle schoolers create a mission plan form and send a proposed...\n
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\nMARS Dead or Alive\n

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\nStudents describe the design and construction of the Mars Exploration Rovers (MERs). They imagine that they can visit Mars and think about what they want to find out about the planet. The review the solar system and discuss distances...\n
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\nRetrograde Motion of Mars\n

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\nStudents investigate the motion of Mars. In this space science lesson, students use transparencies to trace the path of Mars through constellations. Students discuss the characteristics of the planet.\n
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\nGeometry of Exploration: Eyes Over Mars\n

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\nStudents research how engineers and scientists generate linear and angular measurements with geometry to survey the Earth and Mars. They assess how geometric shapes affect navigation. A surveyor comes to the classroom and explains how he...\n
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\nMars Worksheet\n

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\nIn this planet Mars learning exercise, students color a detailed picture of Mars and answer 5 questions about its size, rotation, distance from the sun and other interesting facts. Students will need to do their own research to answer...\n
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