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Home » Activities » Mars Diary » Chapter Four: Science on Mars » Space Lab

Space Lab

Mars Diary

Activity 4.4

Designing an experiment to test a hypothesis is a fundamental part of scientific enquiry. This chapter builds up to this concluding challenge by laying the foundations for students to investigate the presence of methane on Mars. To finish this chapter, they must consider how they find out where – or whom – it was coming from!

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Subjects

  • Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC)
  • Primary Science / Working Scientifically
  • Design and Technology (DT)

Learning Methods

  • Write
  • Imagine and Invent
  • Draw
Space Lab

Support Materials

Links

  • Filmed interview with John Grotzinger – a Curiosity project scientist
  • How the ExoMars mission will research the presence of methane

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Chapter Four: Science on Mars


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