{"id":977,"date":"2021-02-19T06:50:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T14:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=977"},"modified":"2021-02-18T16:17:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T00:17:37","slug":"explore-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/explore-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/exploremars_fc.jpg?resize=402%2C549&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"402\" height=\"549\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13780\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ds9wtg\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/6037\/9781728404103\">Bookshop<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781728404103?aff=anasuen09\">IndieBound<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Explore Mars<\/em><br \/>\nby Jackie Golusky (Author)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> After Earth, Mars is the most explored planet in our solar system. Rovers travel across its surface to find out answers to scientists&#8217; questions. What is Mars like? Did it ever have life? Learn all about this strange world next door! Access a downloadable 3D printer model from NASA via Page Plus QR codes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/exploremars1.png?resize=328%2C449&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"449\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13778\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/exploremars2.png?resize=316%2C433&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"433\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13779\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XoT1EGnz2UY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=6064&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>See <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XoT1EGnz2UY?t=6064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA&#8217;s Mars Rover Perseverance land on February 18, 2021<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For touchdown, fast forward to 1:39<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-889\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/stemfriday.tiny_.jpg?resize=216%2C104\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"104\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/\">STEM Friday!<\/a> (<strong>STEM<\/strong> is <strong>S<\/strong>cience, <strong>T<\/strong>echnology, <strong>E<\/strong>ngineering, and <strong>M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Explore Mars by Jackie Golusky (Author) Booktalk: After Earth, Mars is the most explored planet in our solar system. Rovers travel across its surface to find out answers to scientists&#8217; questions. What is Mars like? Did it ever have life? Learn all about this strange world next door! Access a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/explore-mars\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Explore Mars&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stem-friday-round-up"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pamhGQ-fL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":723,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/dr-maggies-grand-tour-of-the-solar-system\/","url_meta":{"origin":977,"position":0},"title":"Dr. Maggie&#8217;s Grand Tour of the Solar System","author":"Anastasia Suen","date":"March 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr. Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System by Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock (Author) and Chelen \u00c9cija (Illustrator) Booktalk: Just how much would it cost to colonize Mars? 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