Mission To Mars
Mission To Mars
Mission To Mars
Marsbound!
Mission to the Red Planet
a STEM learning activity created by NASA
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What is Marsbound!?
Endeavoring Marsbound!
Why Mars?
Why MARS?
Surface conditions
Similar geology
Availability of water
Atmosphere (thin)
Natural conditions similar to arctic and
Antarctic
24.6 hour
rotation
Similar axis tilt
Polar ice caps
Magnetic field
Endeavoring Marsbound!
Introductory Activity:
Generate interest in MARS
PowerPoint presentation
Web quest
Symphony of Science
NASA Marsbound
Activity 1:
Exploring Mission Science Goals
(page 4 TG, page 4 SG)
NASA Marsbound
Activity 2:
Choosing Mission Science Goals
(page 5 TG, page 7 SG)
NASA Marsbound
Activity 3:
Engineering Constraints
(page 5 TG, page 7 SG)
NASA Marsbound
Activity 4:
Building the Spacecraft
(page 5 TG, page 10 SG)
NASA Marsbound
Activity 5:
Mission Design Report
(page 6 TG, page 12 SG)
Endeavoring Marsbound!
Resources
Explore Mars ..basic information
http://www.astrodigital.org/mars/index.html
Haughton Mars Projectanalogue for Mars
http://www.arctic-mars.org/
ExploreMarsNow.interactive habitat
http://www.exploremarsnow.org/
ASU Mars education program (NASA)
http://marsed.mars.asu.edu/
Resources
NCDPI at NCWiseOwl:
http://science.ncwiseowl.org/
the PowerPoint and the pdf files to pursue MARSBOUND will
be posted here
Symphony of Science:
Mars is a World of Wonders