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Educational Activities
- A Tale of Two Deserts - Una Historia de Dos Desiertos
- [English Version]
- Grade Level: 9 - 12
- Teacher-friendly standards-based exercises comparing desert landforms on Earth and Mars. Hands-on modeling component included!
- [En Español]
- Grade Level: 9 - 12
- Ejercicios, fáciles de implementar en clase, que comparan formas de relieve en la Tierra y en Marte. ¡Incluye un componente para crear un modelo!
- Europa Geology Jigsaw Puzzle - El Rompecabezas de la Geología de Europa
- [English HTML|English PDF]
- Grade Level: 5 - High School
- This activity includes several exercises designed to introduce students to one of the moons of Jupiter (Europa) and how its icy crust has been broken apart.
- [Español HTML|Español PDF]
- Grade Level: 5 - High School
- Esta actividad incluye varios ejercicios diseñados para que los alumnos conozcan una de las lunas de Júpiter (Europa) y cómo su corteza helada está fragmentada.
- Flexing Muscles and Moons - Flexionando Músculos y Lunas
- [English HTML|English PDF]
- Grade Level: 5 - 8
- Students calculate the difference in gravity across Io, and then model the tug-of-war heating (a process called 'tidal flexing') by repeatedly squeezing a rubber ball. Students then act out the inner structures of Io and Europa.
- [Español HTML|Español PDF]
- Grade Level: 5 - 8
- Los alumnos calculan la diferencia de gravedad a través de Io, y después modelan el calentamiento por fricción (un proceso llamado 'flexuramiento de mareas') exprimiendo una pelota de goma. Los estudiantes luego estudian las estructuras internas de Io y Europa.
- Lava Layering - Capas de Lava
- [English HTML|English PDF]
- Grade Level: 4 - High School
- Learn how lava flows form from multiple eruptions.
- [Español HTML|Español PDF]
- Grade Level: 4 - High School
- Aprende cómo los flujos de lava se forman a partir de múltiples erupciones.
- Life on Europa?
- [English HTML]
- Grade Level: 2 - 5
- A game of chance involving gathering the ingredients necessary for life as we know it.
- Mars Pathfinder Rover Exercise - Ejercicio con el Rover del Mars Pathfinder
- [English]
- Grade Level:
- Through hands-on experience, students explore the concepts of remote rover operation and communication.
- [Español PDF]
- Grade Level:
- A través de una experiencia didáctica, los alumnos emploran los conceptos de operaciín y comunicación remota de vehículos.
- Mission to Jupiter
- [English: HTML]
- Grade Level: 4 - High School
- Computer based "field-trip" in which participants are part of a space mission, from planning stage to data analysis.
- Mission to Mars
- [English: HTML]
- Grade Level: 7 - 10
- An electronic field trip intoducing students to the varied geology and surface processes of Mars via similar features on Earth and other planets.
- Planetary Geology: A Teachers Guide with Activities
- [English PDF]
- Grade Level: K - College
- The recent revision of this workbook for K-12 and college laboratory science courses is now available in Adobe PDF format.
- Planetary Geology of Arizona Educational Guidebook
- [English HTML]
- Grade Level: 4 - College
- This manual is designed to provide a guide to some of the resources available for exploring planetary science in Arizona.
- Pudding Volcanism: Exploring Lava Flows
- [English PDF]
- Grade Level: Middle School
- This activity explores how different properties of lava flows can control the size and shape of volcanoes.
- Returning Pictures from Space
- [English HTML|English PDF]
- Grade Level: 5 - High School
- Students learn how images are created and returned to Earth, and then apply the concepts to interpret pictures of Jupiter returned from the Galileo spacecraft.
- [Español HTML|Español PDF]
- Grade Level: 5 - High School
- Students learn how images are created and returned to Earth, and then apply the concepts to interpret pictures of Jupiter returned from the Galileo spacecraft.
- Volcanoes on Io
- [English PDF]
- Grade Level: Middle - High School
- Features associated with active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io are studied to determine what they are made of and how they were put in place. Students will use images of Io to determine characteristics of volcanic features.
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