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
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Subject: Mars
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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This USGS Astrogeology Research Program provides information regarding nomenclature from the Solar System. The site features a Quick Search option that scans the database for a particular word, links ...
Planetary Data System part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website, from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, features the PDS (Planetary Data System) Download tool. The default view is a list of all PDS software. Users can sort by title, node, release date ...
Mars Exploration Program Landing Sites part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site features interactive maps and data sets about landing sites on Mars. There are clickable maps with a variety of data, including visible light images, thermal images, topography, and ...
Collaborative Decision Making: NASA's Deep Impact Mission part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site is designed to engage students in grades 7-12 in activities that focus on collaboration and communication strategies. These activities will strengthen student understanding of and ability ...
Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) planet profile provides data and images of the planet Mars. These data include planet size, orbit facts, distance from the Sun, rotation and ...
Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This section of the Windows to the Universe web site provides information and images about Mars including detailed information about this planet, space science, Martian atmosphere, Martian weather, ...
Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) Science Investigation part of SERC Web Resource Collection
MOLA is an instrument orbiting Mars on the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft. It transmits infrared laser pulses in order to construct a precise topographic map of Mars.
The NASA Haughton-Mars Project part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This international interdisciplinary field research project is centered on the scientific study of the Haughton impact structure and surrounding terrain, Devon Island, High Arctic, viewed as a ...
Planetary Science Resource Discoveries part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Planetary Science Research Discoveries (PSRD) is an educational site sharing the latest research on meteorites, planets, and other solar system bodies being made by NASA-sponsored scientists. The web ...
Resources from Space; Course Notes part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This syllabus from the Fusion Technology Institute at the University of Wisconsin features extensive lecture notes and exam questions from a course on space resources. The lectures are in PDF format ...
