Both historic and up-to-the-minute news regarding the Mars Rover mission. There are activities for children, student projects and other classroom resources. From the "more videos" link you can find a series of animations will take you...

Within the rocky landscape of Mars you will find the Mariner Valley. This expansive landform is as deep as the Grand Canyon and encompasses an area as wide as the distance between New York and Los Angeles.

This WebQuest lets you explore Mars through the missions sent there over the years. You can evaluate what you think about the benefits of space exploration.

The Curiosity rover set out to answer the question: Did Mars ever have the right environmental conditions to support small life forms called microbes? The Curiosity Mars Descent Imager (MARDI) captured the rover's descent to the surface...

This series of animations will take you from Earth to the Red Planet in less than ten minutes. The animation series begins with the initial launch and journey through the Earth's atmosphere. Entry into Mars, its landing and exploration...

Read about the fascinating discovery of liquid water on Mars. Includes video.

This site has a description of the different probes to pass by and land on Mars. Glossary, graphics, and printable version are also included.

A wealth of educator resources for studying Mars. Includes lesson plans relating to Curiosity, imagining Mars, and classroom activities exploring Mars.

Article reports on recent mission by a private space company to beam messages to Mars from Earth. Includes video.

Find links to engaging games, activities, billion-pixel images and much more about Mars.

The Imagine Mars Project encourages students to design a community on Mars in the future. Links allow you to get teacher resources, information about Mars, and examples of other student projects.

Snapshots and home video from our trip to Mars. High resolution images, 3-D pictures, and stereo pairs and related files.

Explore the time line from 1960 to the 2000s about Mars Missions. Choose from news, explorations, blogs, gallery, and missions to learn more about Mars exploration.

Learn some of the characteristics of Mars. These characteristics lead some people to believe that life forms may be found on the fourth planet from the Sun.

This site provides several reports on NASA's discovery of water on Mars.

New pix from Mars show sand dunes on the move. Mars has been dry for 1.5 billion years; could massive erosion be due to wind?

The Mission to Mars curricular unit introduces students to Mars-the Red Planet. Students discover why scientists are so interested in studying this mysterious planet. Many interesting facts about Mars are revealed, and the history of...

This article answers some of the most common questions about Mars: Why is it red? Is there water on Mars? What else have scientists discovered from spacecraft that have landed there? Also, visitors can follow links to learn more about...

This set of activities teaches students about the big picture of science using Mars as an example: how to collect data, use evidence, and look at models.

Brief article and video report on a humanoid robot NASA is testing for a mission to Mars.

Get all of the facts and experience interactive exercises featuring the volcanoes found on Mars .

This set of activities teaches students about the big picture of science using Mars as an example: how to collect data, use evidence, and look at models.

Collect facts, engage in simulations, and explore Mars with the tools provided.

Information and news of the European Mars Express includes color pictures, video talk, videos, 3D model and animation.