This interactive feature provides younger students with basic information about Mars. Topics include the length of the Martian day, the size of the planet relative to Earth, and its gravity and atmosphere. There are also features on the search for life on Mars and what forms it might take, as well as a downloadable activity in which students conduct an 'interview' with the planet and provide the answers. ... Full description.

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. Full description.

This section of the Windows to the Universe web site provides information and images about Mars including detailed information about this planet, space science, Martian atmosphere, Martian weather, planetary geology, space missions, myths, surface topography, moons, rings, and craters. Windows to the Universe is a user-friendly learning system pertaining to the Earth and Space sciences. The objective ... Full description.

This module from the Mars Exploration Curriculum serves as an introduction to studying Mars in the classroom develops students' understanding of Mars, the solar system, and planetary exploration. The module introduces many of the intriguing riddles posed by Mars and provides teachers a variety of ways to integrate the study of Mars into their classrooms. Full description.

In this lesson students explore the climate and seasons of Mars and compare them to Earth's. This is the first in a series of interactive student lessons from the Martian Sun Times. Full description.

In this lesson students explore the dust storms on Mars and compare the temperatures to days without storms. Students also examine the Martian orbit around the Sun and its control of the seasons. This is the fourth of interactive student lessons from the Martian Sun Times. Full description.

Mars Climate, Now and In the Past is a Windows to the Universe Exploratour and provides information and images about Mars' unusual climate, Martian cryosphere, possible running water, Martian atmosphere, Martian clouds, Martian orbital eccentricity, global cooling, Mars Pathfinder Results, and theories. Windows to the Universe is a user-friendly learning system pertaining to the Earth and Space sciences. ... Full description.

This collection includes QuickTime, MPEG-1, and GIF animations and interactive images of Martian exploration and geology. These visualizations illustrate Mars' surface geology and historical and current water presence and display information from the Spirit, Opportunity, Pathfinder, and Sojourner rovers and landers. Many of the visualizations have long download times, but are well worth your patience. ... Full description.

This lesson plan is part of the Center for Educational Resources (CERES), a project where a team of master teachers, university faculty and NASA researchers have created a series of web-based astronomy lessons. In this lesson students compare real-time Earth and Mars measurements for temperature, wind speed, humidity and atmospheric pressure. They then compare the two planets weather patterns. This ... Full description.

In this lesson students explore the idea of water on Mars. Many active links allow the students to come to their own conclusions about water on Mars and explore how Earth might appear from space without water. Other links provide the students with the opinions of experts. This is the eighth in a series of interactive student lessons from the Martian Sun Times. Full description.