Learning Resources

In this Explore on Your Own activity, students will watch a short video about landing spacecraft on Mars and then answer some questions.

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.

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

Use their knowledge of air, through a vacuum activity, to determine what will happen to objects when pressure is increased and decreased.

See what happens when Astronaut Kjell Lindgren puts marshmallows into a vacuum in this lesson of ISS Science.

Investigate why and how spacecraft must dissipate energy when landing back on Earth, or on Mars, or anywhere else for that matter.

Photos and objects provide amazing opportunities for close looking and student questions. Look closely at a photo of three Mars rovers to learn more about exploring space.

In this episode of STEM in 30, we investigate the plans to send humans to Mars and the ongoing research into water and the possibility of life on the Red Planet

Have your students crack different codes in this virtual breakout room to learn how NASA detects changes in landscapes on Earth, Mars, and beyond!

Join in as we look closely at landers and rovers built by engineers to help us better understand Mars!

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.