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NASA celebrates the 'landiversary' of its Perseverance Mars rover on February 18. Now three years into its mission, the rover has collected a diverse array of scientifically intriguing samples on Mars. All the while, mission teams here have been busy designing, developing, and testing various devices to bring those samples to Earth.

Join the celebration and get students following along with classroom activities, projects, and challenges that have them apply their coding and collaboration skills to designing their own Mars sample return missions.

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Educator Resources

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  Mars Sample Return Lessons for Educators

  Explore classroom activities to bring the excitement of STEM and NASA's Mars Sample Return mission to students.

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  NASA's Mission to Mars Student Challenge

  Bring students along for the ride as we explore the Red Planet with NASA's latest rover to land on Mars!

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  Exploring Mars Lessons for Educators

  Get students engaged in the excitement of NASA's next mission to Mars with standards-aligned STEM lessons.

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  Teachable Moments

  NASA's Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars

  Learn how, why, and what Perseverance is exploring on Mars, plus find out about an exciting opportunity for you and your students to join in the adventure!

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  Teachable Moments

  Meet Perseverance, NASA's Next Mars Rover

  Find out how the rover has been "souped up" with science instruments, cameras and technologies to explore Mars in new ways – plus, what to expect on launch day.

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  Edu News

  Spend the School Year With NASA - February

  Make educational connections to NASA and JPL happenings all year long with this calendar of upcoming events and links to educational resources you can use to explore STEM with us.

Student Activities

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  Mars Sample Return Activities for Students

  Learn all about NASA's Mars Sample Return mission with these projects for students.

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  Exploring Mars Activities for Students

  Make a cardboard rover, design a Mars exploration video game, learn about Mars in a minute and explore more STEM activities for students.

Expert Talks

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  Expert Talks

  Exploring Mars With the Perseverance Rover

  Learn what goes into successfully designing, building, launching, and landing a rover on Mars and meet the scientists and engineers working on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover mission.

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  Learning Space With NASA

  Building and Operating a Mars Rover

  In this talk for students in grades 5-12, we discuss how NASA builds and operates rovers on Mars and build a rover together while answering students' questions.

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  Learning Space With NASA

  Experts Discuss NASA's Mars Helicopter

  Join NASA experts to learn about Ingenuity, the first helicopter designed to fly on Mars. Learn what to expect during Ingenuity's historic first flight and how to follow along with resources from NASA.

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  Learning Space With NASA

  Build Your Own Mars Helicopter

  In this talk for students in grades K-8, we build our own paper helicopters as we learn about the first helicopter to fly on Mars and answer students' questions.

Articles

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  Meet JPL Interns

  The Class of Mars 2020

  Meet JPL interns who joined the Mars 2020 mission team to prepare NASA's Perseverance rover for its debut on the Red Planet.

Join the Conversation

• Learn about the latest news, events, and resources from the education team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Sign up for the JPL Education newsletter

• Join the conversation and find out about the latest opportunities with @NASAJPL_Edu on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Explore More:

• Downloads: Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Backgrounds – Mobile | Web Meeting/Dekstop
• Website: Perseverance Mars Rover
• Website: NASA Mars Exploration
• Website: Space Place - All About Mars
• Video: Perseverance Mission Landing Trailer
• Profiles: Meet the Martians
• Simulation: Fly Along with Perseverance in Real-Time
• Videos: Mars exploration videos from NASA
• Images: Mars exploration images and graphics from NASA
• Articles: Articles about Mars exploration from NASA
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