Internet Resources for Teaching About Mars
This collection of digital resources includes web sites useful for integrating Mars data into commonly taught undergraduate geoscience courses and for teaching planetary geology in general.
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Subject: Geoscience
Subject: Lunar and Planetary Science
- 11 matches General/Other
- Mars 42 matches
Subject: Mars
- 16 matches General/Other
- Water/Ice 3 matches
- Atmosphere/Climate 1 match
- Structure/Tectonics 2 matches
- Geophysics 1 match
- Volcanology/Petrology 3 matches
- Sedimentary Processes 1 match
- Impact Cratering 2 matches
- Life on Mars 1 match
- Missions/Data Acquisition 23 matches
- Images/Maps/Visualizations 30 matches
- Martian Meteorites 7 matches
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Scientific Visualization Studio: Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio features many images and animations of the planet Mars. These visualizations were created using data acquired from various satellites and ...
Mineralogy and Geochemistry: Mars Pathfinder Science Results part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center features a geochemical analysis of rocks and soils on the surface of Mars using the rover's Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer. Interestingly, these ...
The Chemical Composition of Martian Soil and Rocks Returned by the Mobile Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer: Preliminary Results from the X-ray Mode part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This article presents the chemical composition of six soils and five rocks at the Ares Vallis landing site obtained by the alpha proton x-ray spectrometer on board the rover of the Mars Pathfinder ...
Magnetite morphology and life on Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This National Academy of Sciences scholarly paper discusses the strongest line of evidence for past life on Mars based on NASA's David McKay's original claims of finding nanofossils on the ALH84001 ...
Infrared Analysis of Small Impact Craters on Earth and Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This article from the Image Visualization and Infrared Spectroscopy Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh examines how thermal infrared data (TIR) from the Thermal Emission Imaging System ...
Gridview part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website features a tool for working with Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) topography data in an educational setting. The featured program, GRIDVIEW, can be used to view, measure, and produce ...
Global Mars Data Maps part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website presents full-scale global Mars data maps for downloading. The site includes maps of Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) topography, Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) thermal inertia ...
Mars Odyssey Mission Thermal Emission Imaging System part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website from Arizona State University features an interactive index map for access to all Mars Odyssey Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) images, including visible, infrared daytime and ...
Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Profiles part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This NASA website features an interactive map that provides access to Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) profiles. Zooming in twice on the interactive map displays individual MOLA tracks; clicking ...
Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera Captioned Image Releases part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Malin Space Science Systems website features captioned image releases from the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on Mars Global Surveyor. Images are grouped by release date and by topic (e.g., ...
