The project is now evolving to include the upcoming NASA Mars missions and other current Mars work underway. Mars Team Online provides opportunities to visit with the enthusiastic men and women engaged in the exciting exploration of Mars. All of the NASA sponsored projects share the same features . Rather, kids simply follow along as the scientific work proceeds. Nonetheless, there's a lot of good scientific information here, most of which is part of journal entries by scientists released periodically during the experiment.
Kids can e-mail questions to the scientists.
Beginning on Groundhog's Day each year and continuing throughout the Spring, students virtually travel northward with spring as it sweeps across the continent of North America. Students also report their migration observations to participating classes. Migrations tracked in the Journey North project include robins, caribou, and monarch butterflies to name just a few. MayaQuest '96 is an interactive learning expedition for grades 4-12. In the spring of 1995, the first MayaQuest team visited archeological sites in Mexico and Central America, with students directing the bicycle expedition.