Life on Mars?

Activities

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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Page updated May 2010.