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Exploring Mars

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Learners, working in small groups construct scale models of the planets and solar system. They examine images of Mars and discuss what might have caused the features. They record facts about their planetary research in their journals and...
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Education World

Every Day Edit - Mars Odyssey

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the Mars Odyssey spacecraft. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.
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Areology: The Study of Mars

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use Oreo candy bars to explore how surface core samples call tell people about the history and make-up of Mars.
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Classics for Kids

"Mars" from The Planets

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Gustav Holst's The Planets provide young musicians an opportunity to examine how composers can create a suite: a collection of smaller pieces grouped to explore a single topic. After listening to "Jupiter," they examine "Mars" in detail,...
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Martian Colony Proposals

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders design a proposal for a Martian colony to be presented to a group of their peers. They review their knowledge of Mars. Students evaluate for themselves which of their classmates proposal best fits their criteria.
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Studying Mars

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students study Mars and Odyssey's mission to Mars. In groups, they plan a community that could live on Mars.
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Mars Curriculum

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils study Mars and other plants in the night sky. In a planetarium setting using Digitarium planetarium system, students identify the Big Dipper and Polaris. They explore the major differences between the planets and the stars. ...
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Destination Mars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study Mars and what it would take to man a mission there.  In this solar system lesson plan students view a video and complete an art activity in groups. 
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Probing Below the Surface of Mars

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners simulate the search for water in Mars using simple apparatus. For this space science lesson, students explain how soil temperature affects the cooling of probes. They graph the data collected from the simulation.
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Mars Pathfinder

For Students 9th - 10th
For this science worksheet, students read about the Mars Pathfinder. Students also answer 2 comprehension questions about the reading.
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Worksheet
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Calculating Total Radiation Dosages at Mars

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Mars radiation worksheet, high schoolers use data from the Mars Radiation Environment Experiment to solve 4 problems. They determine the total radiation dosage during a specific period of time, they determine the dosage during...
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Redesign the Rover: Mars Research Year-Round

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the solar system, the planets, periods of orbit and revolution.  In this space lesson students discuss the importance of the study of Mars and brainstorm ideas on how NASA might solve its Rover design problem. 
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NASA

Marsbound! Mission to the Red Planet

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
It's time to go to Mars. Using the provided cards and mat, groups design a mission to Mars. The cards contain information about the different components of the launch and warn about a few mishaps that might occur along the way.
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Red Rover Robotics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Help your class understand the importance of exploration using robots. with a resource that provides a short history of robotics as a lead into looking at Martian robotic exploration missions. The activity specifically looks at the...
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The First Manned Mission To Mars

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students plan the first manned mission to Mars. They discuss, in small groups, some of the information that the group might have heard regarding the red planet and decide which types of occupations should be included in a crew for the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX)

Imagine Mars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers research the planet of Mars using the Internet. They analyze the factors that would enable people to live on Mars and present a slideshow presentation and brochure about Mars.
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Interactive
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Curious? Is Mars All Wet?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this "Curious? Is Mars all Wet?" worksheet, students answer 5 questions interactively about the presence of water and life on Mars, then check their answers online.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Mars Metal Rover

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the properties of metal that can be used on the surface of Mars. They research the Internet to determine the properties of Mars and determine which metals are compatible. They create a slide show presentation of...
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Interactive
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A Mission-To-Mars Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
In this space exploration worksheet, students complete a 6 question multiple choice on-line interactive exercise about the exploration of Mars.
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NASA's Mars gamble pays off

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read an article about NASA and Mars and complete short answer questions about the article. In this Mars lesson plan, students also create a scale model of the solar system.
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Organizer
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Mars 500: Would You Go?

For Students 7th - 12th
In this Mars worksheet, students read a 7-paragraph article and respond to 8 graphic organizer, matching, and short answer questions. Vocabulary words and definitions are included.
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Earth, Moon, Mars Balloons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students demonstrate size and orbits of Earth, Moon, and Mars. In this space science lesson plan, students will use balloons to show how the size and distance between the planets and satellite compare.
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Impact Craters and Water on Mars

For Teachers Higher Ed
Pupils explore for water on Mars using impact crater morphology. During this lab, students: investigate how to use the equation writing and graphing capabilities in Microsoft Excel, then develop and apply an impact crater depth-diameter...
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Searching for Life on Mars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students describe the environmental conditions in Mars. In this space science lesson plan, students draw a Martian critter based on a fictional story read to them. They identify the special features an organism must have to survive in Mars.

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