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✕ Mars ✕ Planetary Sciences
Landing a Rover on Mars Explore on Your Own In this Explore on Your Own activity, students will watch a short video about landing spacecraft on Mars and then answer some questions. https://s.si.edu/LandingRoverMarsExplorePresentation Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Commercial spaceflight, Human spaceflight, Physical science, Science, Spacecraft

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 Design a Mars Rover_Explore on Your Own In this Explore on Your Own activity, students will design a rover to explore the surface of Mars and determine if there are any signs of past life. https://s.si.edu/DesignMarsRoverExplorePresentation Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Commercial spaceflight, Human spaceflight, Science, Spacecraft, Technology and Engineering

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 Lunar Explorer Training: Regolith Regolith slides and activity that explore how regolith is created and its presence on the Earth, the Moon, and Mars. These slides support the Lunar Explorer Training Unit https://s.si.edu/LunarExplorerTrainingRegolith Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Apollo program, Human spaceflight, Moon (Earth)

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 Weathering and Erosion Virtual Breakout Room Have your students crack different codes in this virtual breakout room to learn how NASA detects changes in landscapes on Earth, Mars, and beyond! https://sites.google.com/si.edu/vbrweatheringerosion/weathering-and-erosion Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Physical science, Spaceflight

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 Mission to Mars Content Guide Humans have been on a mission to learn more about the red planet. Use this content guide to learn more about the challenges facing robotic explorers of Mars. https://s.si.edu/MissiontoMarsContentGuide Grade 4, Grade 12, Grade 11, Grade 10, Grade 9, Grade 8, Grade 7, Grade 6, Grade 5 Life sciences, Spacecraft, Uncrewed spaceflight, Technology and Engineering, Robotics, Rockets

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