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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students discover the basic features of the Mars landscape. They compare the landscapes of Mars and Earth and create mobiles showcasing some of the features of the Martian landscape. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students identify the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Pathfinder and the rover, Sojourner. 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 »
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- 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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- 9th - 12th
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Students utilize data from a Mars Pathfinder Mission to create graphs. Using Excel, students set proper delimiters and various other parameters so that the different dimensions of data are placed in their own rows and columns. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students research the planet Mars using online and offline resources. They compile their information and write a short essay/story/report and post it online. 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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- 4th - 6th
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Students investigate the temperature and wind data locally, nationally, and internationally and compare these conditions to those on Mars. Conclusions are drawn about the differences of these conditions and the causes for the variance discussed. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students decide whether or not there is or has even been water on Mars. They analyze temperature and pressure data from the Pathfinder mission to Mars, and then they analyze images of Mars, interpreting the landforms they see and comparing them to landforms on Earth (canyons, guleys, etc.) made from the movement of water. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students work in groups to analyze temperature and pressure graphs from the first 30 days of the Pathfinder mission and discuss whether liquid water could have existed under these conditions. They then look at images of Mars. Pupils interpret the landforms and compare a river-cut valley on Mars with Earth's Grand Canyon, they identify water as the agen that shaped the surface. Full Review »
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