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- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students calculate real ratios that exist between the planets Earth and Mars. After a lecture/demo, students use worksheets and access Internet sites to do their calculations. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students study Mars and Odyssey's mission to Mars. In groups, they plan a community that could live on Mars. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students compare and contrast the volcanoes of Earth and Mars, and examine specific volcanoes on Mars. They model the processes that create cone and shield volcanoes, and measure the slope angles of cone and shield volcanoes. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students simulate Earth's position to Mars and complete a worksheet accompanied by a video. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students develop critical listening skills, graphing and graph analysis skills, and principles of image interpretation used in planetary surface mapping. They elaborate on Earth-Mars comparisons derived from graphs and construct a map of Mars. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students examine the various jobs of the Mars Mission Team, organize them into categories and write a formal application for a position on the Mars Mission. Entries are made into the logbook and on-line Field Journals read. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students describe the design and construction of the Mars Exploration Rovers (MERs). They imagine that they can visit Mars and what would they want to find out about the planet. The review the solar system and discuss distances between planets, especially between Mars and Earth. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 8th
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Students examine Mars. Using a specified website, students complete a given worksheet and, as a class, discuss answers. They explore the possibility of life on Mars and create an labeled diagram of what a Martian may look like. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students explore the surface of Mars. They record and graph temperature data to search for water on Mars and conduct an experiment to determine the temperature of sand with ice in it and record their data on tables. After conducting the experiment, they discuss the results with the class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students study Mars and other plants in the night sky. In a planetarium setting using Digitarium planetarium system, students identify the Big Dipper and Polaris. They explore the major differences between the planets and the stars. Characteristics of Mars is discussed. Full Review »
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