Making Mars surfaces is so much fun! Particularly if you use reddish coloured clay material. I have done this on paper plates, and made little volcanoes with the clay.
To explore Mars up close you can use Google Earth, choose Mars from the drop down at the top. For some of the rover missions (Spirit and Opportunity), there is the ability to “fly into the image” and this can elicit more than a few ‘wows’ from viewers when you do this in the classroom.
You can search for the rover in the search panel in the left of the google earth screen.
Look for a little camera symbol on the route of the rover and then you can “fly in”.
