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In the NewsThis summer, a global dust storm encircled Mars, blocking much of the vital solar energy that NASA’s Opportunity rover needs to survive. After months of listening for a signal, the agency has declared that the longest-lived rover to explore Mars has come to the end of its mission. Originally slated for a three-month mission, the Opportunity rover lived a whopping 14.5 years on Mars. Opportunity beat the odds many times while exploring the Red Planet, returning an abundance of…

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While we may not be able to live on Mars (yet!), there’s a goldmine of interesting facts about Mars to enrich your elementary students’ knowledge of the red planet and the galaxy around us. Keep reading for 20 kid-friendly facts about Mars, plus a few creative ways you can use these facts for classroom activities. Facts About Mars, Outer Space Facts, Mars Facts, Space Lessons, Chemical Science, Organized Teachers, Space Facts, Upper Elementary Resources, Early Elementary Resources

While we may not be able to live on Mars (yet!), there’s a goldmine of interesting facts about Mars to enrich your elementary students’ knowledge of the red planet and the galaxy around us. Keep reading for 20 kid-friendly facts about Mars, plus a few creative ways you can use these facts for classroom activities.

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Want an inside look into Space Club’s Mission to Mars? Vivify's own Michelle Bogden is also a science teacher for grades 5-8 and her students went on an epic adventure as they tested out Space Club’s Mission to Mars curriculum! Read their experience and take on two space-themed engineering design challenges you can try in your classroom! Stem Activities Middle School, Space Lesson Plans, Space Club, Engineering Design Challenge, Planets Activities, Stem Lesson Plans, Homeschool Stem, Space Lessons, Out Space

Want an inside look into Space Club’s Mission to Mars? Vivify's own Michelle Bogden is also a science teacher for grades 5-8 and her students went on an epic adventure as they tested out Space Club’s Mission to Mars curriculum! Read their experience and take on two space-themed engineering design challenges you can try in your classroom!

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After studying about Mars the boys and I put together our own version of The Mars Rover. Its powered by a balloon. Material: We gathered our supplies and got started on making our Rover. I poked holes in the 4 bottle caps, and the boys helped me assemble the rest. This Rover would not be practical on Mars and we discussed the whys. We also experimented how we could make it go faster and a long distance by adjusting how much air, surface, and the position. The boys enjoyed making and testing…

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