Lessons on 1995 CMEX Mars Sampler CD ROM

The Teachers Center is a sampler of lesson units from three different sources. We are anxious to hear which (if any) activities were useful in the classroom. If you modified one of the units, or developed your own, we'd like to hear about it. We can be reached at:

Mars CD Sampler, c/o Cara Stoneburner SETI Institute 2035 Landings Drive Mountain View, CA 94043 (415) 961-6633

MarsLink

An Educational Project Sponsored by the Planetary Society

The MarsLink unit contains three activities to provide an integrated lesson on Mars topography. The lessons were intended to complement the Mars Observer mission. Click here to go to the MarsLink topography section.

We've included handouts for these lessons in the MarsLink Handouts folder. These handouts are encapsulated postscript files, but you can preview them by clicking here

Life: Here? There? Elsewhere? The Search for Life on Venus and Mars

Life: Here? There? Elsewhere? The Search for Life on Venus and Mars is one of a series of Life in the Universe Teachers Guides produced by the SETI Institute, sponsored by NSF and NASA, published by Teacher Ideas Press.

This lesson is a two part simulation of a Viking Lander-type test for life.

Life: Here? There? Elsewhere?: Table of Contents

  1. Introduction to Life: Here? There? Elsewhere?

  2. Activity: Mission to Planet Earth! Life in Soil

  3. Life: Here? There? Elsewhere? Resources

  4. Life: Here? There? Elsewhere? Glossary

  5. Life: Here? There? Elsewhere? Acknowledgments

  6. SETI Institute Information

Live From... Other Worlds

An Educational Project Sponsored by NASA, NSF and PBS

The following five lessons, taught in the order presented, provide an integrated unit on robotics and telepresence. The lessons were intended to complement a series of "Virtual Field Trips" called "Live From... Other Worlds." "Live From... Other Worlds" was a mini-series of 3 interactive television programs, broadcast on December 1, December 3, and December 7, 1993.

Live From... Other Worlds: Table of Contents

  1. Live From... Other Worlds Project Description

  2. Activity 1: Long-Distance Data Transmission
  3. Activity 2: Build A Robot out of Humans
  4. Activity 3: Build A Robotic Arm
  5. Activity 4: Mapping Unseen Landforms
  6. Activity 5: Creating and Exploring a Virtual Environment
  7. Live From... Other Worlds Credits