Josh will be visiting St Emilie's on Thursday 28 August to meet with students in years 4-6. Use the ideas on this page to help prepare your students for Josh's visit. After the visit think of how you can further extend your students experience of the incursion to provide further interesting learning experiences.
You could incorporate aspects of the incursion into the Science Expo in week 8. Here are some ideas
You could incorporate aspects of the incursion into the Science Expo in week 8. Here are some ideas
- write a recount of the visit
- use iPads to capture students responses
- design a sustainable Mars community out of recyclable materials
- design Mars Rover vehicles
- drawings/diagrams of the type of organisms that may survive on Mars.
- research the different missions to Mars. How many missions have there been? What were the names of the missions? What year were they launched?
Focus questions
Here are some questions to help you prepare your students for the visit.
- Is there life on Mars?
- Is it possible for humans to live on Mars?
- Is there any evidence that life existed on Mars in the past?
- Are conditions on Mars suitable for humans?
- How many moons does Mars have?
- What temperature can it drop to on Mars in winter?
- How long is a typical year on Mars?
- Why is Mars a red colour?
- When did the first spacecraft land on Mars?
- How large is Mars compared to Earth?
- How strong is the gravity on Mars?
- How long is a day on Mars?
- How long does it take for Mars to go around the Sun?
- How bad are the dust storms on Mars?
- Is there water on Mars?
- Does Mars have an atmosphere?
- Can humans breathe on Mars?
- What is the temperature on Mars?
- How long does it take to get to Mars from Earth?
Documentary and movie clips about Mars
These short 'Mars in a Minute' clips answer some of the most common questions about Mars.
Lesson ideas
The links below contains plenty of interesting lesson ideas and activities and about Mars.
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Powerpoints about Mars
This interesting powerpoint covers many of the considerations about sending people to live on Mars.
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About Josh Richards
Josh has his own website. Click on the link below to learn more about Josh.