Exploring Mars: Classroom Activities
Geography and Mission Planning
If you were a martian, where would you land a spacecraft to study the Earth?
Old, Relatively
Using a large landslide on Mars, learn how you can determine the sequence of events in a planet's geologic history.
Impact Craters, More or Less
Perform experiments that show how the impacts of meteors can modify a planet's surface.
Canyons and Valles Marineris
Compare the size of the Valles Marineris trough system on Mars with the Grand Canyon on Earth. How did this immense structure form on Mars?
An interactive exploration of landslides and other features in Valles Marineris.
Mapping Channels and Craters
Make a simple map and interpret the geologic history of a part of the surface of Mars.
Earth/Mars Analogies
Compare the geology and weather of Mars and the Earth.
The Shadow of Phobos
This activity for upper grade levels uses the law of gravity and the motions of the moons of Mars to measure the mass of Mars.
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