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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
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
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
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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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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These
are
the
teaching
notes
for
a
case
study
that
deals
with
the
question
"Was
there
past
life
on
Mars?"
This
issue
received
attention
in
1996
when
a
group
of
scientists
associated
with
the
National
Aeronautics
and
Space
Administration
(NASA)
held
a
press
conference
where
they
revealed
evidence
favoring
the
presence
of
life
on
Mars
billions
of
years
ago.
These
findings
were
publicized
days
in
advance
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Mars certainly does not support life now, but did it once? This radio broadcast introduces the work of a NASA exobiologist who is planning to look for ancient fossils on Mars, including stromatolites left behind by microbes. The clip is 2 minutes in length.
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