Mars Teacher Workshop
Date: Saturday October 11, 2008
Time: 8:30 am - 3 pm
Location: Kuiper Space Sciences Building, Room 330
Cost: Free!
Pizza lunch will be provided.
Target Audience: Science Teachers who teach grades 5-9
Schedule of Events:
Registration and coffee
Mars 101 Presentation
Mars Match Activity (link to it)
compare features on Earth and Mars
Break
History of Mars Exploration Presentation
Activity (name?)
description?
Mission Design and Remote Sensing Activity
design a mission to Mars and select a landing site or study region
Lunch
Getting Dirty on Mars Activity
experience how scientists and spacecraft analyze martian soil
HiRISE Information and Clickworkers Demonstration
Break
Tour of HiRISE Operations Center and Kuiper Space Sciences Building (optional)
More details coming soon!
SPACE SCIENCE EDUCATION-RELATED LINKS:
HiRISE Education and Public Outreach- find Mars activities for your classroom!
http://hirise.seti.org/epo
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/epo/epo.php
HiRISE QuestChallenge- suggest an image of Mars with your classroom and interact with Mars scientists
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/challenges/hirise/index.html
Past Challenges: Spring 2007:
http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/hirise/quest/
Fall 2007:
http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/hirise/quest/fall07/
Spring 2008:
http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/hirise/quest/spring08
HiRISE Clickworkers- help scientists create databases of Mars features using HiRISE images
http://clickworkers.arc.nasa.gov/hirise
HiRISE Homepage- learn all about the highest resolution camera ever in Mars' orbit
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu
UA Mars Homepage- learn about the University of Arizona's involvement with Mars exploration
http://mars.arizona.edu/
ASU Mars Education
http://marsed.asu.edu/
Mars for Educators
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/
Space Science Education/ Public Outreach Sites
http://spacescience.nasa.gov/education/educators/links/
Space Science Education Resource Directory
http://teachspacescience.org/cgi-bin/ssrtop.plex
Science Information for Educators- from the American Association for the Advancement of Science
http://www.aaas.org/port_educators.shtml
NASA’s Mars Exploration Home
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/overview/
Updated: 8-8-08