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
- 24 matches General/Other
- Mars 79 matches
Subject: Mars
- 43 matches General/Other
- Water/Ice 7 matches
- Atmosphere/Climate 6 matches
- Structure/Tectonics 6 matches
- Geophysics 4 matches
- Volcanology/Petrology 4 matches
- Sedimentary Processes 3 matches
- Impact Cratering 3 matches
- Geologic History 6 matches
- Life on Mars 10 matches
- Missions/Data Acquisition 36 matches
- Images/Maps/Visualizations 37 matches
- Martian Meteorites 8 matches
Results 11 - 20 of 79 matches
Impact Craters part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site from NASA's Center for Mars Exploration provides basic information about impact craters. Descriptions of crater formation and cratering rates are included. Tables of crater chronology are ...
Mars Astrobiology Research and Technology Experiment part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site from NASA presents a comprehensive overview of the Mars Astrobiology Research and Technology Experiment (MARTE) project, which is developing drilling, sample handling, and instrument ...
NASA'S Mars Exploration Homepage part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This extensive site from NASA hosts a collection of science and news articles, images and animations, and resources for teachers and students. Information about various Martian missions and ...
Mars Pathfinder part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This extensive site from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is divided into two parts. The first features information available at the time of Pathfinder's 1997 landing on Mars while the second part ...
Mars Express part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site from the European Space Agency (ESA) features information about the Mars Express orbiter and its ongoing mission. Mars Express represents ESA's first visit to another planet in the solar ...
USGS Astrogeology Research Program: Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This USGS site features a collection of resources about Mars. The site provides links to maps and images, mission information, current research, and related links about Mars.
Stratigraphy and Chronology part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This PDF from the National Academy of Sciences discusses the importance of determining and understanding the long and complex geologic history of Mars. The paper describes the major geologic units ...
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 ...
