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Life
on
Mars?
is
a
Windows
to
the
Universe
Exploratour
and
provides
information
and
images
about
a
discussion
of
what
life
is,
its
characteristics,
a
summary
of
the
search
for
life
on
Mars,
a
description
of
life
that
survives
in
harsh
environments,
and
a
look
at
Mars
in
the
past.
Windows
to
the
Universe
is
a
user-friendly
learning
system
pertaining
to
the
Earth
and
Space
sciences.
The
objective
of
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In this lesson students explore the idea of finding traces of life on Mars. They look at evidence in meteorites and explore conditions on Mars that might support life. This is the sixth in a series of interactive student lessons from the Martian Sun Times.
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This
lesson
plan
is
part
of
the
DiscoverySchool.com
lesson
plan
library
for
grades
6-8.
It
focuses
on
the
possible
future
colonization
of
the
planet
Mars.
After
researching
this
topic,
students
debate
whether
or
not
we
have
the
right
to
colonize
other
planets
when
we
have
not
been
able
to
maintain
the
resources
of
our
own
planet.
It
includes
objectives,
materials,
procedures,
discussion
questions,
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This
series
of
activities
encourages
students
to
think
about
the
characteristics
of
life
and
about
the
possibility
of
looking
for
life
on
Mars.
Activities
include:
drawing
Martian
creatures,
based
on
science
fiction
as
well
as
the
students'
current
knowledge
of
Mars;
developing
a
chart
to
help
define
important
features
of
a
living
organism;
and
designing
a
plant
or
animal
life
form
that
might
survive
...
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This
article
reports
on
the
search
for
microscopic
organisms
on
Earth
and
Mars.
It
discusses
the
work
of
Chris
McKay,
an
astrobiologist
with
NASA,
what
we
know
from
previous
missions
to
Mars,
the
planetary
similarities
between
Earth
and
Mars,
and
current
research
in
the
valleys
of
Antarctica,
including
the
discovery
of
3.5-million-year-old
bacteria.
The
article
explains
how
the
work
of
McKay
helps
...
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This site from SERC presents Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) warm up questions about life on the Moon and Mars. The questions promote the examination of Archaea, evidence of life on Mars and protolife on the Moon, as well as what it would mean to scientists and society if life were found on Mars or the Moon.
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This is an archive of questions and answers about Mars. It is divided into Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced categories and covers such topics as the possibility of life on Mars, Martian atmosphere and geography, and Mars colonization. There are also links to other Mars-related sites.
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In
this
activity
students
design,
construct,
and
test
an
original
model
of
a
bouncing
Mars
lander.
They
will
hold
a
classroom
contest
to
see
which
landers
work
best
to
keep
the
cargo
(an
egg)
from
breaking.
Students
also
learn
that
early
missions
to
Mars
sent
rockets
and
robotic
vehicles
in
a
quest
to
learn
more
about
the
red
planet.
Now
the
goal
is
to
find
a
way
for
people
to
get
there.
Space
travel
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NASA
and
Russian
scientists
have
been
selected
to
take
the
search
for
life
in
the
solar
system
to
the
frozen
reaches
of
Earth.
Life
forms
(from
diatoms
and
bacteria
to
mammoths)
preserved
in
the
Siberian
permafrost
can
yield
evidence
about
how
life
has
changed
on
the
molecular
level
and
provide
a
treasure
trove
of
ancient
enzymes,
proteins,
and
biochemicals.
The
ecosystems
of
the
ice
and
permafrost
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This collection of questions about Mars covers basic facts about the planet and how it compares to Earth, whether there is water or precipitation, the history of the Martian terrain and climate, and information about volcanoes on Mars.
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