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Buried Water Ice on Mars DLESE Reviewed Collection
http://grs.lpl.arizona.edu/lessons/buried_water.html
From NASA Reviewed Collection
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This product includes five classroom activities related to the discovery of water ice on Mars. In 2001, the Mars Odyssey spacecraft discovered significant amounts of water ice buried in the high latitude regions of Mars. This discovery, based upon data from the Mars Gamma Ray Spectrometer, helped motivate the development of the Mars Phoenix Lander mission, which arrived in the Martian arctic in 2008 to investigate this buried water ice. These classroom activities involve both guided and open inquiry approaches, using real data to allow students to investigate and learn about processes occurring on Mars. Each lesson includes a teacher guide and student guide. In addition, some of the lessons are accompanied by PowerPoint presentations and one extension activity uses an educational Flash animation.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Classroom activity
    • Guide for instructor
  • Dataset:
    • Remotely sensed
Subject:
  • Space science
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
Cost information is not known
This product is free and clear for general use.
DLESE Catalog ID: NASA-ESERevSProd319
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Contact: LPL/ University of Arizona