Life on Mars-Activities

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Activities \| Life on Mars?

TERC (USA)
- Life on Earth...and elsewhere? – students complete a range of classroom activities exploring the possibility of life on other planets.
- Astrobiology: An integrated science approach (Extreme life card game) – students play a matching card game about extreme habitats of life on Earth and similar extraterrestrial environments.
Arizona State University (USA)
- Mars activities – presents a wide range of classroom activities related to Mars, including life on Mars.
Mars Quest Online (USA)
- Mars mysteries – an interactive online activity in which students learn about the search for life on Mars.
Cosmos teacher’s notes (Australia)

Issue 32 – provides a series of activities on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
(available to Cosmos subscribers)

Planet Quest (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, USA)
- LifeSigns game – gives information about what elements are present in the atmospheres of different planets. Students then decide if life is likely to occur on the planet.

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Updated May 2010.