A Stroll Around Mars

Materials Mars and Earth comparison Inflated Earth beach ball Two inflated Mars beach balls Martian surface Slides of Mars surface, orbital photos, showing rocks, ice caps, clouds, volcanoes, dry river beds Ice on Mars Block of dry ice Heavy gloves Cooler Small pick, screwdriver Glass of water Mars and Earth models Crayola Model Magic - for 60 Earth and 60 Mars models: 6 packets (4 oz.) of Model Magic White Modeling Compound, 13 packets (4 oz.) of Blue, and one 2-pound bucket (4 color assorted) - total cost about $60 Small plastic bags - one per planet to store freshly made models Handouts YSE sheet "What's Up?" Hubble handout on Mars Hubble pictures, stickers, bookmarks Evaluation form Outline Interpretting the globe of the Earth (markings, color coding for land, water, ice caps) Comparing the appearance and size of the Mars globes - half the diameter but would take 8 Mars to make 1 Earth Closeup views of Mars, using our NASA spacecraft - rocks, dust, ice, volcanoes, dry river bed, dust storms, etc. Timely information (summer was opposition, fall was dust storm, Mars Oddysey spacecraft arrival) What is the ice made of? "Dry ice" versus water ice. Make scale models of Mars and Earth.