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
- 22 matches General/Other
- Mars 78 matches
Subject: Mars
- 41 matches General/Other
- Atmosphere/Climate 6 matches
- Geologic History 6 matches
- Geophysics 4 matches
- Images/Maps/Visualizations 37 matches
- Impact Cratering 3 matches
- Life on Mars 9 matches
- Martian Meteorites 8 matches
- Missions/Data Acquisition 35 matches
- Sedimentary Processes 3 matches
- Structure/Tectonics 3 matches
- Volcanology/Petrology 4 matches
- Water/Ice 9 matches
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Red Rocks 'Virtual Field Trip' - Karijini Gorge, Oak Creek Canyon, and Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection
On this virtual field trip, students can explore Karijini Gorge in Australia and Oak Creek Canyon in Sedona, AZ, searching for clues to the environments that formed the red rocks there. Observe these ...
The Mars Ocean Project: A Graphical Analysis of Proposed Shorelines on Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Done in the style of a journal article, the web page publishes the author's use of a virtual model to investigate the nature of proposed shorelines for past oceans on Mars. The author describes ...
NASA's Mars Exploration Program: Characterize the Geology of Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection
A study of the geology of Mars should reveal answers to such questions as how Mars developed into the planet we see today and what accounts for the differences and similarities between Earth and ...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Homepage part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) homepage provides links to spacecraft and mission information, imagery, news articles, events, features, and public services. Users can access articles and ...
Mars Orbiter Camera Images Suggest Recent Sources of Liquid Water on Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is a collection of high-quality photographs of Mars, showing evidence of water. Each photo is available in multiple versions, and is accompanied by a detailed description of what it illustrates.
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.
Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Animations part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This series of animations depicts the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) in various stages of its current mission. Videos are divided into: Launch and Cruise; Entry, Descent and Landing on Mars; and ...
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 ...
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, ...
On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet 1958-1978 part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website is an internet version of an historical NASA publication containing information about the development of missions to the planet Mars. This report covers the evolution of thought and ...