Marslink

The Marslink Project focuses on the development, dissemination, and evaluation of instructional materials about the composition, structure, and dynamics of the Martian atmosphere, surface, and interior. A multi-year effort is underway so that middle and high school students can follow a full Martian year of seasonal changes using data from NASA's Mars Observer spacecraft, and the Mars Observer Project has time to process and release the appropriate data sets. Monthly activity packets for students, teacher enhancement sessions, a teacher resource center, an on-call Mars data specialist, daily SPACELINK electronic bulletin board updates, and semi-annual NASA Select TV broadcasts will constitute the basis of the Marslink Project. Various aspects of the Marslink Project are briefly discussed.