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Learn all about the Red Planet in our fascinating facts about Mars. How big is Mars? What's the temperature on Mars? Is there water on Mars?
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18 maj 2023 · Mars Activities for Kids. Learn about Mars and the Mars rover, Perseverance, with hands-on science and engineering activities that you can do at home.
25 maj 2023 · Learn about Mars and NASA’s missions to the Red Planet in this quick and fun animated video series. Download the videos or watch online.
19 mar 2021 · On February 18, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars. Its mission: to seek evidence of past microbial life. Something may have thrived on the planet billions of years ago. An easy landing was not guaranteed. The rover’s 300 million–mile journey…
10 maj 2023 · Explore standards-aligned STEM lessons that help students learn about the Red Planet and NASA’s missions to Mars. This collection of science, technology, engineering and math activities and lessons include building rovers, using Pi, programming robots, making solar system models and more than 40 more hands-on activities.
Size, Mass, and Density. Mars is the second smallest planet in the solar system, after Mercury. Mars’s diameter at the equator is 4,221 miles (6,792 kilometers), which is only slightly more than half the size of Earth’s. Mars’s lower density makes the planet only about a 10th as massive as Earth.
Download our free Marvellous Mars primary resource sheet: tailored to the curriculum, this science resource helps pupils learn about the red planet and how it compares to Earth. What's the average temperature on Mars? How long does it take a spaceship to travel to Mars? Whys is Mars red?
