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
The Daily Martian Weather Report part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site from the Mars Global Surveyor Radio Science Team features the results of a detailed study of the Martian atmosphere in the form of a daily weather report and precise atmospheric ...
Recent Advances in Mars Tectonics part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This short article from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory features a pre-plate tectonic overview of the tectonic features and processes on Mars. The summary discusses how advances in knowledge expected ...
New Map Provides More Evidence Mars Once Like Earth part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center summarizes recent findings that point to evidence of active plate tectonics on Mars. A high resolution magnetic field map of the entire planet, the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
