Mars Global Surveyor Magnetic Field Experiment for Kids
GREAT ACTIVITIES ABOUT MARS
Instrument Matching Game
Test your knowledge of the instruments on MGS. Match the picture (or clue,
for text-based browsers) with the correct instrument. Then try another!
Build your skills!
Mars Mazes
Twist your brain into knots with these tricky Mars mazes -- and have fun
doing it. Not just for kids; mazes can be fun for all ages.
MGS MAG/ER Word Search
32 words and a hidden message to find.
Mission to Mars
This page from NASA's Ames Research Center lets you simulate a flight to
Mars: you can zoom in on the Red Planet and focus on any of 32 famous
Martian features of eleven types. Includes a scale comparing your view to
parts of the Earth.
Space Educators' Handbook
Index and
Auxiliary pages
These pages provide a variety of information and classroom activities.
Exploring Mars
[external link]
A variety of educational products about Mars that have been developed at the
Lunar and Planetary Institute.
The Martian Sun-Times
[external link]
Hailing from the University of Chicago, The Martian Sun-Times offers
investigations into Martian weather for the classroom and links to weather
sites used in the investigations. The site is aimed at middle-school-age
students.
Mars Activites
[
external link]
American Museum of Natural History's Mars activites includes online and
offline activites.
Mars Global Surveyor for Kids
- Contributor: Lishan Amde
- Authors: Theresa Valentine and Hailey King
- NASA Official: Mario Acuña
- Email: Mario.H.Acuna@nasa.gov
- Curator: Patricia Lawton, ADNET Systems, Inc.
- Email: Patricia.J.Lawton@nasa.gov
- Last Modified: 09 November 2006
