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NASA

Nasa: Follow Curiosity's Descent to Mars

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Technology Education: Mission to Mars Web Quest

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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NASA

Nasa: Space Place: Explore Mars: A Mars Rover Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
Drive a rover on Mars and collect information about Martian rocks.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Red Rover Robotics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson will start with a brief history of robotics and explain how robots are beneficial to science and society. The lesson then will explore how robots have been used in recent space exploration efforts. The engineering design of...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Edible Rovers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students act as Mars exploratory rover engineers. They evaluate rover equipment options and determine what parts fit in a provided NASA budget. With a given parts list, teams use these constraints to design for their rover. The students...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Edible Rovers High School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students act as Mars exploratory rover engineers, designing, building and displaying their edible rovers to a design review. To begin, they evaluate rover equipment and material options to determine which parts might fit in their given...
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BBC

Bbc Newsround: Is There Life on Mars?

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides several reports on NASA's discovery of water on Mars.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Welcome to Mars: Mars Up Close Spirit and Opportunity

For Students 9th - 10th
Take an interactive, narrated tour through some of the most stunning and outlandish images and data sent back by the two Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Consider the many reasons why scientists are certain that Mars had a wet past.
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PBS

Pbs: Nova: Anatomy of a Space Rover

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a closer look at the space robots Spirit and Opportunity, and their scientific instruments used for exploring the surface of Mars.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Place: All About Mars

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn all about Mars and the Mars Rovers, and see images of what it looks it.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Space Sciences: Introduction to the Mars Science Laboratory

For Students 9th - 10th
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing Mars straight to your fingertips. Discover what scientific discoveries are occurring in the rest of the universe with this interactive tutorial.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Mars for Educators

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A wealth of educator resources for studying Mars. Includes lesson plans relating to Curiosity, imagining Mars, and classroom activities exploring Mars.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Mars Pathfinder Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
Snapshots and home video from our trip to Mars. High resolution images, 3-D pictures, and stereo pairs and related files.
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Other

Mars Quest Online: Drive a Rover

For Students 9th - 10th
Be the command center directing the Mars rover to points of interest on the surface of the planet. The rover is based on the exploration of Sojourner which was initially only supposed to last seven days.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Place: The Mars Rovers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn why rovers are important and details about the Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance.
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Article
Other

Mars Exploration Rovers Special Update: Opportunity's Findings at Endeavour

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the Mars Exploration Rovers' missions by checking out this informative resource. If offers many pictures as well.
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mission to Mars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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Google

Access Mars

For Students 9th - 10th
Access Mars lets you explore a 3D replica of the Martian surface, exactly as it was recorded by the Curiosity rover.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Welcome to Mars: Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn about the scientists and engineers involved with the Mars rover mission. Interview people about their careers and explore different career options.
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Website
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Destination Mars

For Students 9th - 10th
This fascinating site from NPR describes the two missions launched on June 11, 2003 to explore Mars and collect evidence that may help scientists solve the many mysteries of Mars. The site contains vivid pictures and links to many...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Piloting Red Rover

For Students 3rd - 6th
Do you have what it takes to drives a robot on Mars?
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Mars Pathfinder

For Students 9th - 10th
Images of Mars from the surface of the Red Planet. The site includes 3-D images and animations of the Mars Pathfinder.
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Activity
York University

Yes I Can! Science: Red Rover, Red Rover

For Students 9th - 10th
The YES I Can! Science site based out of York University in Toronto is featuring the Mars rovers. The site has all the mission background information teachers need all in one place as well as several great student activities, (Build a...
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Activity
NASA

Nasa : Five Things About Nasa's Mars Curiosity Rover

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the Mars Curiosity Rover, a movable robotic laboratory designed to explore the surface of Mars.

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