Imaging Mars at High Resolution Activity Book Grades 4-8

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Student Activity Book:

The full activity book for students (39 pgs, 2.8 Mb)

Download individual sections of the book:

Introduction (5 pgs, 276 Kb)

Cover pages, table of contents and brief introduction to how HiRISE works

Activity 1: Is it a bird, is it a plane? I need more pixels! (12 pgs, 616 Kb)

This activity introduces the idea of resolution.

Activity 2: Past Missions and Regions of Mars (9 pgs, 1.3 Mb)

This activity teaches students the geography of Mars and about previous missions to Mars.

Activity 3: Geologic Features on Mars (5 pgs, 416 Kb)

This activity shows students images of different geologic features on Earth and then challenges them to do a scavenger hunt for similar features on Mars.

Activity 4: Suggest a target for HiRISE! (2 pgs, 48 Kb)

Guides students through the suggestion of a HiRISE target, to be done individually or as a class.

Activity 5: Martian Games (6 pgs, 752 Kb)

Maze, crossword puzzle, wordsearch and puzzles

Teacher's guide:

The full teacher's guide (35 pgs, 3.9 Mb)

Download individual sections of the book:

1. Introduction (18 pgs, 1.3 Mb)

Includes background information on Mars and HiRISE

2. Answers (14 pgs, 2.5 Mb)

3. National Science Standards (3 pgs, 40 Kb)

Gives the National Science Standards met by this book.

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