Discussions Mars Pathfinder Questions Answered (NASA - Ames) Provides answers to your questions. 1-01 Lesson Plans Astronomy Lessons (NASA Science) Provides lessons on Mars, the sun, meteors, asteroids, comets, and more. 8-00 Lists Map Resources (USG - Kanefsky) Provides dozens of carefully selected educational resources related to Mars. 7-99 Mars Exploration Resources (Progressive Management) Provides over 200 links to resources on the exploration of Mars. 10-99 Mars Links Mars Pathfinder Mission (NASA) Provides alternative sites to view the latest information. Materials Exploring Mars (LPI) 3-00 Map - Mars Interactive Map (USG - Kanefsky) Provides a clickable globe of Mars to zoom in to details. 7-99 Mars - Rusty Sunset on Mars Photograph Provides a sunset from mars taken August 4, 1997. Mars Pathfinder Image Gallery (CNN) Provides photos and links. Mars Pathfinder Movies (Florida Today) Provides Quick Time movie clips related to the Pathfinder Mission and Mars. Mars Polar Lander - Live Images (NASA) Designed to provide the latest images from the Mars Polar Lander, starting December 3, 1999. As of 12-12-99, no images were received and expectations were low. 12-99 Mars Slides 3-00 Mars Today Weather Report (NASA) Mars Volcanos (LPI) Voyager and the Search for Life Out There (NASA) News Astronomy - Water Discovered on Mars (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Describes efforts to find water on Mars on the Odyssey project. 'The signal we're getting is loud and clear. There's lots of ice on Mars," Boynton said. "We're not just looking at surface frost. It's a fair amount of ice." Finding water on Mars means that Humans may be able to live there. 6-02 Mars May Have Underground Water (CNN) Summarizes the finding of vast amounts of amounts of hydrogen under the ground surface on Mars. This probably means that Mars has vast amounts of water. 5-02 Mars Polar Lander (NASA) Provides the latest news related to Mars Polar Lander. This is NASA's official Web site for the craft. 12-99 Researchers Prepare for Mars Exloration (DenverPost.com - Lofholm) Describes efforts by scientists to live in an area of Utah that is similar to Mars in order to test living conditions on Mars. 3-02 Papers Comparing Earth and Mars (Urquhart) Provides a table comparing the two planets and includes comments. 3-02 Life On Mars? (CNN) Mars (Hamilton) Includes pictures, articles, and links. Mars (KidsAstronomy.com) Provides a picture and information, such as the orbit, rotation, mass, distance from the sun, speed, volume relative to the earth, temperature, atmosphere, and diameter. Even tells how much you would weight if you were there. 11-00. Mars (National Geographic Society) Describes Mars and missions to Mars. 4-01 Mars (Royal Observatory) Provides a picture of the planet and a description of its characteristics. 10-00 Mars - Strong Evidence of Life (CNN) Provides the conclusion of scientists that a rock, believed to be 4.5 billion years old, contains fossilized bacteria that originated on Mars. 12-00 Mars Exploration (NASA) Provides news and other information on exploration of Mars. 4-01 Mars Pathfinder (Florida Today) Provides a short summary of facts about the Lander and the Rover. Mars Pathfinder Frequently Asked Questions (NASA - Ames) Provides answers to frequently asked questions. Mars Surveryor 1998 Climate Orbiter (NASA) Provides information on space flights to Mars. Mars Up Close (BBC News - Whitehouse) Shows a picture from the Hubble telescope, from the closest Mars has been to Earth since 1988. 6-01 Odyssey Mission to Mars (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Provides news on the Mars mission. Sometimes misspelled by visitors as Odessy, Odesy, Oddesy, or Odessey. 10-01 Terraforming - Bringing Life to a Planet (SpaceRef Interactive) Provides sources of information on terraforming, especially Mars. 8-00 Terraforming Mars - Paintings (SpaceRef Interactive) Provides artist depictions of Mars after bringing life to it. Loads very slowly. 8-00 Terraforming Mars for Humans (HowStuffWorks.com) Describes how Mars may be changed to allow humans to live there. 4-01 Water May Flow on Mars (BBC News - Whitehouse) Shows pictures that suggest that water may have flowed on the surface of Mars recently. 6-01 Water on Mars - How It Is Detected (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Shows how water is detected on Mars, using a gamma ray spectrometer. Also provides the latest news on the Odyssey mission. 3-02 Water on Mars - Odyssey Mission (CNN - Space) Provides a drawing of the spacecraft that will determine if Mars has water and possibly whether life ever existed there. 4-01 Water on Mars - Odyssey Mission (HowStuffWorks.com) Explains the Odyssey mission. 4-01 Water on Mars Debate (CNN - Space) Describes the debate on whether there is water on Mars. An alternative theory is that the markings on Mars that look like they are caused by water are actually caused by liquid carbon dioxide. 4-01 Weight on Other Planets (Discovery.com - WebMath) Provides your weight on other planets or the moon. 6-01 Projects Colonies - Planning a Mars Colony (Urquhart) "Reaching for the Red Planet is a multi-purpose curriculum focusing on planning a Mars colony. The project entails learning general facts about the planets, learning about the Earth's environment, choosing a purpose for a colony on Mars, and planning and designing a colony on Mars. The students will use drawings, creative writing, research skills, team work, math, and the scientific method to explore their own environment, and design an artificial one for Mars." 3-02 Mars Trip - Lessons and Projects (Urquhart) Provides activities about traveling to Mars and then colonizing Mars. "What follows is a course outline describing each module of the project. The modules include assignments for the students as well as experiments that can be completed in class, and in some cases, teacher's guides." 3-02 Water - Reaching Water Below the Surface on Mars (Urquhart) "In this activity, students will record and graph temperature data to learn about the search for water on Mars. Students will use a model of an ice-rich and ice-free near-surface on Mars to examine how the ice content of the martian soil will affect the rate at which a warm probe will cool." 3-02

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