Teacher Resources

Planetary Exploration Resource Materials available at the TES Facility Arizona Mars K-12 Education Program

Arizona Mars K-12 Education Program
Department of Geology, Arizona State University
Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, U.S.A.

The following is a partial list of materials available for examination by educators visiting the Mars Global Surveyor Space Flight Facility on the campus of Arizona State University. Many of these materials are available from commercial sources and are therefore subject to copyright protection. Materials are available for reference only and may not be removed from the lab. Our intention is to provide visiting educators with an opportunity to preview resources they may wish to purchase for their classrooms through the respective vendors. Providing this service to educators in no way implies an endorsement, by Arizona State University or the Arizona Mars K-12 Education Program, of the materials listed.

Audio Visual

Slide Sets available from the Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas;
-- Volcanic features of Hawaii and Other Worlds			 	(40 slides)
-- Shuttle Views the Earth:  Clouds from Space				(40 slides)
-- The Apollo Landing Sites						(40 slides)
-- A Spacecraft Tour of the Solar System				(40 slides)
-- Stones, Wind, and Ice:  A Guide to Martian Impact Craters		(30 slides)
-- Shuttle views the Earth:  Oceans from Space				(40 slides)
-- Terrestrial Impact Craters						(26 slides)
-- Shuttle Views the Earth:  Geology from Space				(40 slides)
-- Volcanoes on Mars							(20 slides)
-- The Winds of Mars:  Aeolian Activity and Landforms			(30 slides)

Slide Sets & Video Cassettes available from The Planetary Society, Pasadena, CA
-- Impact Craters							(20 slides)
-- The Vikings Explore Mars						(40 slides + audio tape)
-- New Images on Mars							(20 slides)
-- Mars & Mercury							(VHS)
-- On Robot Wings							(VHS)

Slide Set available from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
-- Cassini / Huygens Saturn Mission					(20 slides)

Slide sets produced by Arizona Mars K-12 Education Program
-- The Story of TES, Part 1 (1994)					(20 slides)
-- 1995 Slide Set (topics include:  Arizona - Mars 
   comparisons, Mars Global Surveyor, and Mars Pathfinder)		(more than 20 slides)


Books
--  Astronomy for Every Kid					Janice VanCleave
--  The Case for Mars III Vol. 1 & 2					Carol Stoker, et. al.
--  The International Space Year Resource Compendium for Educators	Dr. Helenmarie Hofman, et. al..
--  Journey to the Planets						Patricia Lauber
--  Liftoff!							Astronaut R. Mike Mullane
--  Mars							Hugh H. Keiffer, et.al.
--  The New Solar System					J. Kelly Beatty & Andrew Chaikin
--  Our Planetary System					Isaac Asimov
--  Our Solar System						Seymour Simon
--  The Red Planet: Mars					Issac Asimov
--  Space at Your Fingertips					Judy Nayer
--  Space Travel for the Beginner				Patrick Moore
--  The Space Atlas						Heather Couper & Nigel Henbest
--  The Visual Dictionary of the Universe			Dorling Kindersley

Periodicals
--  American Mineralogist					Mineralogical Society of America
--  Applied Optics						Optical Society of America
--  Astronomy							Kalmbach Publishing
--  Aviation Week & Space Technology				McGraw Hill
--  Discovery							Solar System Exploration Division of NASA
--  ESA Bulletin						European Space Agency
--  The Earth Observer						EOS Project Science Office
--  Final Frontier						Final Frontier Publishing
--  The Geological Society of American Bulletin			Geological Society of America Inc.
--  Odyssey							Cobblestone Publishing
--  Sky & Telescope						Sky Publishing
--  Space Markets						Interavia
--  Space News							Army Times Publishing Co.
--  Stardate							McDonald Observatory Public Info. Office
--  The Planetary Report					The Planetary Society

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TES 1995-1996 Curriculum Guide / Arizona Mars K-12 Education Program