Kids getting bored? On-line resources from the Mystic Aquarium

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STEM for Kids Online Resources Mystic Aquarium is sharing fun and free resources for families to access from home through our "STEM Mentoring for the Planet" program. This week's theme is Mars.

All About Mars     Visit the NASA Science: Space Place website to explore Mars. Read fun facts, view photos, and learn about the rovers that have visited Mars. Also available in Spanish Visit the Website

Mars Videos Watch these PBS Science Trek videos to learn about spacecraft that have visited Mars, how Mars compares to Earth, and what the moons of Mars are like.     Check Out the Videos

Mars for Kids Activities Visit NASA’s Mars for Kids website for links to Mars games, 3D photos, coloring sheets, paper spacecraft models, and more.     Visit the Website

Meet a Mars Rover Engineer Meet NASA engineer Dr. Ayanna Howard in this DragonflyTV segment. Learn how Howard uses artificial intelligence (AI) to build robots. Also available in Spanish.     Meet Doctor Howard

Mars: Our Next Home Planet? Listen to this Brains On! podcast episode to explore Mars’s past, learn what we know about Mars today, and meet an architect hoping to build cities there in the future.     Listen to the Podcast

Take a Virtual Field Trip to Mars Visit Mars without leaving Earth! Go to the Access Mars website to explore a 3D model of the Martian surface based on real images from NASA’s Curiosity rover.     Go To Mars

Offline Mars Fun Print out NASA’s Surviving and Thriving on Mars: Explorer Activities to keep exploring Mars offline. You’ll find fun facts, coloring pages, puzzles, and more.     Download the Activity Book

BONUS Webinar: An Underwater Hiker's Guide to "Dr. Seuss's Garden"  Join Dr. Peter Auster, who has studied the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts for decades with submarines and robotic vehicles, on an underwater tour of this biologically rich area. Kid friendly. Thursday, April 16, at 6:00 PM EDT  Sign up for this Webinar

Visit Mystic Aquarium on Facebook Live  Don't forget, you can tune into Mystic Aquarium's daily Facebook Live to hear from the staff and visit some of the animals in their care, daily at 11 am EDT. Watch at 11AM EDT

More Resources  You can also visit the STEM for Kids webpage for more of our favorite STEM collections, games, videos, virtual field trips, hands-on activities, e-books, podcasts and more.  Visit STEM for Kids

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