TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter One A Red Dot 4 Chapter Two Robot Explorer 8 Chapter Three Martian Basketball 12 Chapter Four Life on Mars 18 Draw a Martian Home 22 Glossary 23 To Learn More 24 Index 24
Chapter One A Red Dot Ms Cho said we were going to learn something fun today Was she ever right She points to a map of the solar system Look It’s Mars I shout It’s that red dot between Earth and Jupiter It’s my favorite planet 4
Everyone looks at me instead of Mars My cheeks turn as red as the planet Why is Mars so red It’s because the planet’s surface is covered by reddish brown dust That makes it look red from a distance 5
