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Our Solar System: Exploring Mars Title: Our Solar System: Exploring Mars Objectives: It has been discovered that Mars and Earth have several similar geological features. Similar geological features may be useful for supporting life on both planets. Materials APT Videos Grade Levels: 4th and 5th Grades Engage Part: Watch the APT video, Our Solar System: Exploring Mars. Discuss: Scientists use telescopes to look at objects in space. You can use the telescope tips listed at this website: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/howto/basics/How_to_Start_Right_in_Astronomy.html Procedure: Comparing Earth and Mars Tell students that they are going to compare Earth and Mars to find similarities between the two planets. Have them begin by doing research to find information and collect pictures of geological features of both planets. They should start their research at the following Web sites: o NASA: All about Mars http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/allaboutmars/extreme/ o NASA: Earth Observatory http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ Instruct students to download and print pictures of geological features and formations on Earth and Mars. They can also find pictures in text references and photocopy them. Have students post pairs of pictures of Earth and Mars side-by-side on a bulletin board in order to compare similar geological features and formations shared by both planets. For each pair of pictures, students should identify the planet in each picture and write short descriptions of the geological features being compared. Students should do further research to include in their descriptions explanations of how the feature was probably formed and of how the feature may be useful for supporting life on both planets. Additional Mars Activities: Make a Mars Rover Have students raid the recycling bin, the trash can and the bottoms of their closets for items to make a Mars Rover model. They can also head outside and find rocks, sticks, acorns or other seeds. 1 www.aptplus.org Our Solar System: Exploring Mars Provide them with sheets of aluminum foil for the solar panel. Show pictures of the rover (see list of websites below) and see how close they can come to making a model with found items that looks like the rover. Another option is to make an edible Rover model. Provide students with crackers, round cookies, small candy wafers, marshmallows, candy bars, frosting and gum drops. Make the models and then take pictures before feasting on the results. Websites for images: MiRISE: http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ HiRISE: http://hisrise.lpl.arizona.edu/ HiBlog: http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/HiBlog HiRISE on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/hirise Suggest an image on HiWish: http://www.uahirise.org/hiwish/ Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mro NASA’s Mars Exploration Program: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/ University of Arizona Phoenix site: http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/mission.php Phoenix Mars lander press releases: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/phoenix/news.php NASA’s Mars Exploration Program site: http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/ Course of Study: Science (2004) Grade 4 8.) Identify technological advances and other benefits of space exploration. 8a.) Listing highlights of space exploration, including satellites, manned moon missions, the unmanned Mars mission, and an inhabited space station Grade 5 11.) Compare distances from the sun to planets in our solar system. 11a.) Relating the size of Earth to the size of other planets in our solar system 11b.) Identifying technology used to study planets Examples: Hubble telescope, space probes, Mars Exploration Rover Author: Alabama Public Television Last Update: November 21, 2011 2 www.aptplus.org