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Curated OER

Life on Mars?

6th - 12th
Travel with the Martian Lander Phoenix, and discover what conditions were found. Was there life on Mars, could life have ever existed on Mars? This clip poses the possibility of and theories related to life on Mars but ends before the...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Nova Science Now: Phoenix Mars Lander

Pre-K - 1st
This video features the mission of the Phoenix Mars Lander and what it discovered. With behind-the-scenes access, NOVA scienceNOW covers the Mars lander Phoenix's thrilling descent to the martian surface and its critical early days of...
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Kids 45.2: Planetary Plants

5th - 8th
In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about what plant life could look like on other planets. [4:39]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Teachers:mars

3rd - 8th
Consider the possiblity that there may be life on Mars. Watch kids use the scientific method to learn how an orbiting satellite can find water underneath the surface of Mars.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Curiosity Rover Gets the "Scoop" on Mars

9th - 10th
Did the rover shed a piece of plastic while collecting its first scoop of Martian soil?
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Curiosity Hits Paydirt: New Clues to Life on Mars

9th - 10th
Microbes may once have thrived in a freshwater lake on Mars, according to clues in an ancient rock.