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Exploring Mars - #2: What Do These Images Show?
Grade Level: K-4, 5-8
Short Description: To Introduce students to Mars by having them examine images from the Image Set. Mars has a complex surface with features such as volcanoes, canyons, dust storms, channels an impact craters. Many of these features are the largest yet discovered in the solar system. Some, such as mud-flow-ejecta blankets and chaotic terrain, have only been found on Mars. Images provide clues about a plants geologic processes and history.
Exploring Mars - #3: What Can Craters Tell Us About a Planet?
Grade Level: K-4, 5-8
Short Description: Students examine images of Martian craters and speculate about what caused them. Next, they model the formation of the impact crater by dropping objects into a tray of powder. The examine the effects of each impact and the features each impact creates. Students re-examine the images of the Martian craters to see if their modeling experience gives them additional insights. They create hypotheses to try to explain features not seen in their models. Students write a plan to test one of the hypotheses and carry out their investigations. Finally, students apply their modeling experiences by making several inferences.
Exploring Mars - #4: What Is So Special About The Pathfinder Landing Site?
Grade Level: K-4, 5-8
Short Description: Students examine images showing the Pathfinder landing site at three different scales. When examining each image, they discuss what each view adds to their understanding of the landing site.
Exploring Mars - #5: What Questions Has This Module Raised?
Grade Level: K-4, 5-8
Short Description: Students reflect on their experiences, generate questions based on their module experiences, and pinpoint specific information they would like to obtain. They then read about the instruments on Mars Global Surveyor and relate the information these instruments will provide to their questions. Finally, students create a calendar for the missions and consider how they will access the information returned by the probe.
Exploring Mars - #1: Getting Started in Mars Exploration
Grade Level: K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Short Description: Students examine the Image Set and write down their observations and questions. They share their impressions and questions, giving the teacher a sense of the students particular interests, misconceptions, and general understanding of Mars, the solar system and space exploration. Finally, each student creates a Mars Journal that they will continue to use throughout the Mars modules.
Exploring Mars, Activity 2
Short Description: What Do These Images Show? - This is an educator's resource guide that has activities for elementary, middle and high school students. By offering teachers five disctint activities that do not depend on one another, "Exploring Mars" is perfect for teachers wanting short, focused activities. The design of this module enables teachers to do one, some, or all of the activities to give their students a powerful introduction to Mars, planets, astronomy, and space exploration.
Exploring Mars, Activity 3
Short Description: What Can Craters Tell Us About a Planet? - This is an educator's resource guide that has activities for elementary, middle and high school students. By offering teachers five disctint activities that do not depend on one another, "Exploring Mars" is perfect for teachers wanting short, focused activities. The design of this module enables teachers to do one, some, or all of the activities to give their students a powerful introduction to Mars, planets, astronomy, and space exploration.
Exploring Mars, Activity 5
Short Description: What Questions Has This Module Raised? - This is an educator's resource guide that has activities for elementary, middle and high school students. By offering teachers five disctint activities that do not depend on one another, "Exploring Mars" is perfect for teachers wanting short, focused activities. The design of this module enables teachers to do one, some, or all of the activities to give their students a powerful introduction to Mars, planets, astronomy, and space exploration.
Exploring Mars, Activity 6
Short Description: What Next? - This is an educator's resource guide that has activities for elementary, middle and high school students. By offering teachers five disctint activities that do not depend on one another, "Exploring Mars" is perfect for teachers wanting short, focused activities. The design of this module enables teachers to do one, some, or all of the activities to give their students a powerful introduction to Mars, planets, astronomy, and space exploration.
Exploring Meteorite Mysteries (Main Portal)
Topic: Modeling Solar System Objects
Grade Level: 5-8, 9-12
Body: Meteors & Meteorites
Short Description: Meteorites are pieces of asteroids that have fallen to Earth; they hold clues to the formation of our solar system. This set of activities investigates meteorite features, characteristics, their connection to asteroids, and the keys they hold to the formation of the planets. These activities are primarily hands-on modeling activities.
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