NASA Scavenger Hunts

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Mission to Mars: A Scavenger Hunt!

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Do your students want to take part in a Martian mission? Use our Mars scavenger hunt in your next lesson! Students can complete the scavenger hunt activity by reading the selected articles on the NASA Space Place website to find the answers to each clue. Once they have all the clues, they will be able to spell the secret word! You can check their answers with the answer key provided below.

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article last updated June 23, 2021
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