With this hands-on activity, students will learn the basic concepts of planetary geologic mapping based on photointerpretation of spacecraft images of planetary surfaces. They will practice on different images of planet Mars, reconstructing the sequence of events that shaped that precise place of the red planet, learning to become real Geo-detectives!

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We all live on a small planet within the Solar System

We all live on a small planet within the Solar System

Source: AstroEdu – International Astronomical Union