Activities and Assignments Using Mars Data
These activities are examples of how faculty are using cutting edge Mars data in commonly taught geosciences courses. If you have an activity you would like to share with your colleagues, just go to the contribute form and tell us about it.
Subject: Geoscience
Subject: Lunar and Planetary Science
Subject: Mars
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MER (Mars Exploration Rover ) Landing Site Selection part of Activities
Via a jigsaw role-playing exercise in which students become geologists, astrobiologists and engineers, real data and available constrains are used to identify landing sites for the MER rovers. A debate format is ...
Mars Landing Site Selection: An exercise in reading geologic maps and other geologic data sets part of Activities
Students use available Mars data to select the next rover landing sites, given appropriate engineering, geologic and biologic constraints. -
