Instructional Video6:12
SciShow Kids

How Will We Get To Mars? | Let's Explore Mars! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Mars has a ton of amazing features waiting to be explored, but we have to get there first. Thanks to our partners at the Boston Museum Of Science for helping us think about everything we need to plan a trip! Squeaks and Jessi would love...
Instructional Video4:36
SciShow Kids

How Will Humans Live on Mars? | Let's Explore Mars! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Squeaks and Jessi would love to visit Mars one day, but our neighboring planet is very different from Earth. Together, they make a travel plan and packing list that will help them overcome the challenges of life on Mars! Thanks to our...
Instructional Video4:39
SciShow Kids

How to Design a Mars Rover! | Let's Explore Mars! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Today, the crew at The Fort learn about engineers and how they design different ways to solve problems like they did for the rovers exploring Mars!
Instructional Video10:19
SciShow

Let's Go To Mars

12th - Higher Ed
Hank discusses the challenges involved in manned space travel to Mars, and sends us a message from his 17-year-old self.
Instructional Video9:39
SciShow

The 2 Secrets to Sending People to Mars

12th - Higher Ed
Hank revisits his passion for exploring the Red Planet, breaking down the two biggest challenges of sending humans to Mars: radiation and propulsion. He explains the science behind the obstacles future Mars-bound astronauts will face, as...
Instructional Video5:34
SciShow

How Living on Mars Would Make Life Better on Earth

12th - Higher Ed
If we ever want to live, sleep, eat, and breathe on Mars, we are going to need some the best tech humans can dream up - and as a bonus that tech might actually help tackle challenges right here on Earth!
Instructional Video10:03
Physics Girl

The Surprising Ways Mars is Hostile to Life

9th - 12th
Wanna know all the reasons Mars will kill you and how we know? I hit up my friend Raquel Nuno who's a planetary geologist to find out.
Instructional Video3:05
Curated Video

Mars: when will humans get there?

12th - Higher Ed
Sending astronauts to Mars is a daunting prospect. But this will not deter NASA and private companies from trying to put humans on the red planet.
Instructional Video3:05
NASA

Explore Mars' Jezero Crater with NASA’s Perseverance Rover

K - 11th
This guided tour of Mars' Jezero Crater from NASA’s Perseverance rover provides a glimpse of the Martian landscape from the rover's highest vantage point yet in the “Séítah” region. Perseverance Project Scientist Ken Farley points out...
Instructional Video1:20
Next Animation Studio

New NASA Mars lander InSight just days away from landing

12th - Higher Ed
Nasa says that by the time its InSight probe arrives to Martian soil, it will have travelled 480 million kilometers and spent six months travelling through space.
Podcast30:11
NASA

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 9, Mars Opportunity Rover Mission Small Steps, Giant Leaps

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Abigail Fraeman, deputy project scientist on the Mars Exploration Rover mission, discusses the Opportunity rover mission.
Instructional Video3:58
NASA

NASA’s InSight Lander Accomplishes Science Goals on Mars as Power Levels Diminish

K - 11th
NASA’s InSight lander touched down in the Elysium Planitia region of Mars in November of 2018. During its time on the Red Planet, InSight has achieved all its primary science goals and continues to hunt for quakes on Mars. The mission is...
Instructional Video1:29
NASA

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Captures Puff, Whir, Zap Sounds from Mars

K - 11th
Listen closely to new sounds from Mars recorded by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, including puffs and pings from a rover tool, light Martian wind, the whirring of the agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, and laser zaps. Most of the...
Instructional Video0:35
NASA

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Captures Record Flight

K - 11th
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made a record-breaking 25th flight on April 18, 2022. The navigation camera aboard the rotorcraft captured its longest and fastest flight to date on the Red Planet. The helicopter covered 2,310 feet (704...
Instructional Video2:41
NASA

NASA’s Self-Driving Perseverance Mars Rover Is Breaking Records

K - 11th
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is using its self-driving capabilities as it treks across Jezero Crater seeking signs of ancient life and gathering rock and soil samples for planned return to Earth. With the help of special 3D glasses,...
Instructional Video0:09
Curated OER

Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit and Opportunity

4th - 8th
Follow the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity as they rocket into space and land on the Martian surface. This animated clip does not contain any narration but rather images of the Mars rover in action. For a fun activity, learners could...
Instructional Video
NASA

Nasa: "Nasa at 50" Series: 1976: Viking Landers Touch Down on Mars

9th - 10th
Watch a brief video showing the Viking Landers touch down on Mars. [4:47] Learn how the Viking Landers were designed to work and how they lead the way to further Mars exploration. View the teacher's guide to get vocabulary definitions,...
Instructional Video
NASA

Science at Nasa: Science Casts: Collision Course? A Comet Heads for Mars

9th - 10th
A comet is heading for Mars, and there is a chance that it might hit the Red Planet in October 2014. An impact wouldn't necessarily mean the end of NASA's Mars program. But it would transform the program along with Mars itself. (Mar. 27,...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Building Curiosity: Rover Rocks Rocker Bogie

9th - 10th
This NASA video showcases Curiosity, NASA's Mars rover that will, over a 23-month mission, collect and analyze Martian soil and rock samples while traversing a targeted area of the planet testing for evidence of current or past life. [1:59]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Free the Rover

9th - 10th
NASA scientists are still trying to free the Spirit rover, which has been stuck in Martian soil since April. After a long period of study, the rover pilots began a careful series of maneuvers designed to back Spirit out of its sand trap....