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
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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 ...
PDS (Planetary Data System) Geosciences Node part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This NASA website provides access to archived and digital data related to the study of the surfaces and interiors of terrestrial planetary bodies (i.e. Mars, Venus, Moon, Earth and Asteroids). ...
Malin Space Science Systems Viking Image Archive part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site from Malin Space Science Systems provides links to a large fraction of images taken by the Viking orbiters from 1976 to 1980. These images have a resolution of 400 meters/pixel or better ...
Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera Image Gallery part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site from Malin Space Science Systems provides access to all of the images acquired by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) during the Mars Global Surveyor mission through March 2005. MOC consists of ...
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is the mission web site for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which went into orbit around Mars on March 10, 2006. The site provides links to updates and information about the project. The site ...
Google Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection
In collaboration with NASA researchers at Arizona State University, Google has created scientific maps of Mars. The site provides detailed map images of Mars, is searchable by feature or region, and ...
Martian Meteorites part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site features an easy to use table of information regarding Martian meteorites. The meteorites are sorted according to type and include other information such as mass, type of meteorite, and the ...
USGS Mars Geologic Maps in Progress part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This USGS Astrogeology website features a status report of the creation of Mars geologic maps at different scales. The site lists general information about each map and provides users with the option ...
The Topography of Mars by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This NASA website features an interactive map of Mars. Users can click on the map to obtain a detailed image showing the MOLA topography for the selected region. Images are 10 x 10 degrees with an ...
Structural Analysis of Alba Patera, Mars: From deep-seated to shallow events part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This 93-page PDF features a dissertation that focuses on the structural evolution of Alba Patera through an examination of the progressive changes from radial to concentric faulting. The second part ...
