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MarsQuest
Recommended
for
Upper Elementary
Grades thru College
Narrated by Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard of Star Trek: The Next Generation), this program begins by tracing Mars through human history, including fictional science fiction stories about Martians. Excerpts are heard from H.G. Wells "War of the Worlds" and Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Barsoom" novels.
Next, we see the Mars of our time. We observe Mars as it appears though binoculars and telescopes and through our explorations of the red planet by Viking, Pathfinder, and the Mars Global Surveyor. These findings feature reports of the weather on Mars, its climate and in general areology (the study of Mars). The climate and terrain of Mars is compared to the Earth.
We will see where on Earth we can prepare for living on Mars, what will be needed to get a crewed mission to Mars, and what the first landing of humans on Mars may be like.
Finally, the show ends with a poetically styled "Ode to Mars" from a future perspective.
SC-05-2.3.3 – An atmosphere is a mixture of gases and has different properties at different elevations. Mars and Earth are compared.
SC-05-2.3.4 – Global patterns of atmospheric movement can be observed on Earth and Mars.
SC-06-2.3.3 – Volcanism and tectonic movement altered the surface of Mars.
SC-06-4.6.2 – The Sun’s radiation is the major source of Earth’s energy.
SC-07-2.3.1 - Volcanism and tectonic movement altered the surface of Mars.
SC-07-4.6.4 - The Sun’s radiation is the major source of Earth’s energy.
SC-08-2.3.2 - Volcanism and tectonic movement altered the surface of Mars.
SC-08-4.6.1 – Energy transfer from the Sun influences global climate.
SC-HS-2.3.8 - Volcanism and tectonic movement altered the surface of Mars.
SC-HS-4.6.8 - The Sun’s radiation is the major source of energy on Earth and Mars
SC-HS-4.6.9 – Energy transfer from the Sun has a global effect on Earth and Mars.