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2	Mars. Grade Category: 4-6 Team Size:1 or 2 Subject Area: Physics/Astronomy/Mathematics Project Type: Descriptive Language: English Summary Our alien lives on Mars. Mars has many volcanoes. It is cold there. Our alien lives off the planets resources. His body adapts to the different climates. Software: Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, internet Tools: Digital camera, books, school supplies, and art supplies. next
3	Mars’ Temperatures Mars’ regular temperature is -17.2 degrees c to -107 degrees c. On ice caps it is -143 degrees c. Close to the Equator, and on warm soil it gets to 27 degrees c. Back Next
4	Mars’ Rotation / Revolution It takes 24 earth hours and 37 earth minutes to rotate on its axis. It takes 687 earth days to have a year on Mars. Back Next
5	Mars’ Satellites Composition (part 1) Mars has twice as much iron as earth. The volcanoes on Mars are unbelievable sizes. Olympus mons is the biggest volcano on Mars. The volcanoes are bigger than Mt. Everest. The dune fields are in the southern hemisphere. Almost the entire surface of Mars is covered with craters. Olympus mons rises 23 km. Marineris is a canyon which is 6 km deep. Mars is three times smaller than Earth. Back Next
6	Mars’ Satellites Composition (part 2) The volcanoes were formed almost the same way as the Hawaiian Islands. There is evidence that there is water on Mars. The water is nothing like ours. Valles marineris is a huge system of canyons. Valles marineris stretches 4000 kilometers. Back Next
7	Other Information on Mars The diameter across the equator on mars is 6787 kilometers. Mars has two moons. They are called Phobos and Deimos. The red planet is 228 million kilometers from the sun. Mars is named after the god of war because of its red color that looks like blood. There is powerful dust storms on mars. Back Next
8	Zera, our Alien (habitat) our alien lives near volcanoes. He lives here because he drinks and swims in the lava. The Zifer species live in big rocks and in volcanoes sides. Back Next
9	Zera our Alien (food and drinks) Our alien drinks lava and eats iron. He drinks a round three liters in two days, and eats around a pound of iron in three days. He has two to three meals a day. Back Next
10	Zera our Alien (what it does) Our alien sleeps 40% of the time, eats 10%, learns 30%, plays lava ball, swims in lava and other stuff the rest of the time. Back Next
11	Zera our Alien (reproducing) A females zifer spits in to the lava and after a minute an egg forms. Then it is the males job to take care of the egg until it hatches. Back Next
12	Quiz Time Does mars have dust storms? Yes No Does It takes 687 earth days to have a year on Mars? Yes No Does Mars’ not have water? Yes No Does Zera look like a ham? Yes No Mars’ regular temperature is -17.2 degrees c to -107 degrees c. Yes No Mars’ has twice as much iron as earth. Yes No Is Mars’ made of pie? Yes No Valles marineris is a huge system of canyons. Yes No Mars has two moons. They are called Phobos and Deimos. Yes No Is Mars’ 3 millimeters thick? Yes No Is Zera a loper species? Yes No Does Zera poop out iron? Yes No Back Next
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15	Recourses - Websites http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-mars.html www.msss.com www.space.com/scienceastronomy/101_earth_facts_030722-1.html http://denali.gsfc.nasa.gov/research/volcanology.html Back Next
16	Resources - Books Books The Planets. By: Gail Gibbons. Solar System. By: Melvin and Gilda Berger. Mars. By: Elain Landau. The Birth of Earth. By: Jacqui Bailey and Matthew Lilly. Earth and Space. By: Laura Howell, Kirsteen Rogers and Corinne Henderson. Back Next