HAZARD

Poison Soil

Locations

This hazard appears on Mars.

skull and cross bones to signify DANGER POISON

Rules

On this card, play these mitigations:
“Space Suit,” “Filters,” “Get Out of There!,” “Go Inside,” or “Use What is Around”

Optional

Background

The soil on Mars contains salts that are poisonous to humans because they interfere with a human organ, the thyroid. Astronauts on Mars will need to avoid touching the soil and dust unless they filter out the poison.

Video

Watch or listen to this video about dangerous dust.

Translatable Space Hazards Card Webpages

This is an index of our Space Hazard card webpages that are designed to be text to speech that are also translatable into other languages (including Braille) by using the change language function of Google or other translation software.

Hazard Cards

Mitigation Cards

Safety Tip Cards

Chance Cards

Deck A: Safety

For Science Adventure #2

NOTE: Deck B: Blank Cards does not have webpage counterparts, so it is not listed here. It is used in Adventure #3.

Deck C: Earth

For Science Adventures #4 & #6

Deck D: Earth & Space

For Science Adventures #4, #5 & #6

Deck E: Space

For Science Adventures #5 & #6

Here’s a short video about How to Play the Game.

How to Translate a page to other languages in Google Chrome