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Learn all about Earth's closest neighbor in this unprecedented guide to the red planet. Including up-to-the-minute data from NASA's ongoing explorations, this amazing resource tells the whole story - from Mars' mystical significance in early cultures to the ambitious future plans for manned-flight explorations.
74 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2004
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December 21, 2017
This book, one of the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Books, explores the Red Planet. Learn about the ancient astronomers, the planet’s features, its moons, and much more.
Why do scientists search for water on the red planet? Were there ever people living on Mars?
Readers can see close-up photographs of the planet, learn about the Martian rovers, and explore the questions-and-answers section.
A perfect volume for students interested in space science, space exploration, and the solar system.
Recommended.
Why do scientists search for water on the red planet? Were there ever people living on Mars?
Readers can see close-up photographs of the planet, learn about the Martian rovers, and explore the questions-and-answers section.
A perfect volume for students interested in space science, space exploration, and the solar system.
Recommended.
May 14, 2017
This book was good. I was disappointed about how they talked about life possibly being on Mars. Overall, this book was a great book. I liked how they sent rovers to Mars to explore. I recommend this book.
March 17, 2018
Choke full of facts and brimming with gorgeous imagery, both real and speculative.
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April 18, 2014Murray, Stuart. Mars (DK Eyewitness Books series). London, New York: DK Publishing, Inc. 2004. Target Audience: Ages 10-13. Reading Level: 6.2. Thirty visually-appealing two-page spreads covering such topics as Mars of the Ancients, NASA space missions to Mars, the Mars Rover landing, Martian geography, and Martian geology. Short explanatory paragraphs accompanied by full-color photographs, diagrams, charts, graphs, and maps. Includes a timeline, glossary, and suggestions for further reading at the end. There are approximately 134 books in the DK Eyewitness Books series, including such topics as Light, Force & Motion, Mummies, and so on. Not all written by the same author, but all use the same layout, features, and approximate reading level and page length. CSULB Class 6 Nonfiction MS Series.
November 11, 2008
Awesome book on Mars for children and adults alike. Fascinating!
May 8, 2024
DK Eyewitness Books: Mars (Hardcover)
by Stuart Murray
A Great resource for children about mars, good pictures and explanations a good resource for their ideal of space travel and explanation.
by Stuart Murray
A Great resource for children about mars, good pictures and explanations a good resource for their ideal of space travel and explanation.
January 3, 2018
رحله الي المريخ للتعرف علي تاريخ اكتشافه واهم مظاهر السطح وتكوين التربه والغلاف الجوى ، اهم الرحلات الإستكشافية للكوكب الأحمر وأهم النتائج والحقائق التى نعرفها عن المريخ الآن ، واهم مميزات الكتاب يحتوى صوراً التقطتها المركبات الفضائيه بدقه عاليه
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March 21, 2019Summary:
This is an informative, nonfiction picture book about the planet Mars. Not only does it contain facts about the landform descriptions, atmosphere, polar ice caps, craters/canyons, water on the site, ect., it features a lot about the founding of Mars and how it was discovered and first inhabited by rovers we created. One thing that I learned from this is that there are volcaneos on Mars, and there is a section that talks about this. It talks about why it is called the Red Planet and how it was a part of the Space Age. There are also pieces of information from Astronomers.
My Thoughts:
This book had so much information that at times it was a little bit overwhelming. What did offset this though was the amount of pictures that were sprinkled throughout the information that made it easier to navigate and interact with. There were a lot of diagrams that i found useful, and I think this would be perfect for someone who was doing a project on Mars.
Classroom Usage:
I think that this would be good for a unit about planets. I would have this book out among other books that discussed in detail all of the other planets and have the students each get into groups based on what planet interested them the most. From here they would do a group project and incorporate information found from the book.
This is an informative, nonfiction picture book about the planet Mars. Not only does it contain facts about the landform descriptions, atmosphere, polar ice caps, craters/canyons, water on the site, ect., it features a lot about the founding of Mars and how it was discovered and first inhabited by rovers we created. One thing that I learned from this is that there are volcaneos on Mars, and there is a section that talks about this. It talks about why it is called the Red Planet and how it was a part of the Space Age. There are also pieces of information from Astronomers.
My Thoughts:
This book had so much information that at times it was a little bit overwhelming. What did offset this though was the amount of pictures that were sprinkled throughout the information that made it easier to navigate and interact with. There were a lot of diagrams that i found useful, and I think this would be perfect for someone who was doing a project on Mars.
Classroom Usage:
I think that this would be good for a unit about planets. I would have this book out among other books that discussed in detail all of the other planets and have the students each get into groups based on what planet interested them the most. From here they would do a group project and incorporate information found from the book.
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