JPL/NSTA Web Seminar: Using Earth to Explore Mars LIVE INTERACTIVE YOUR DESKTOP

Agenda: 1.Introductions 2.Tec-help info 3.Web Seminar training 4.Presentation 5.Evaluation 6.Chat with the presenters

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Al Byers Assistant Executive Director National Science Teachers Association

Jeff Layman Tech Support NSTA T. Mike Childs Tech Support ext. 232 AVACAST Susan Hurstcalderone Science Teacher Volunteer Chat Moderator Tech Assistance

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Now, it is time for a Quiz!

JPL/NSTA Web Seminar: Using Earth to Explore Mars LIVE INTERACTIVE YOUR DESKTOP

Using Earth to Explore Mars Joshua Bandfield and Brian Grigsby Arizona State University

Earth and Mars Features Volcanoes and lava flows Rock layers, channels, and other water related features Canyons Impact craters Eolian features (dust & dunes) Polar caps Much more…

Arizona Mars NASA/JPL/Cornell

Volcanoes and Volcanic Features Olympus Mons, Mars NASA/JPL/MSSS

Kamchatka, Russia NASA Earth Observatory Hecate Tholus Mars NASA/JPL/ASU Trace where you see lava flows on both images

Arsia Mons, Mars Hawaii NASA/JPL/ASUNASA Earth Observatory

Rock Layers, Channels, and Other Water Related Features NASA/JPL/ASU Rock Layers Mars

Rock Layers Mars NASA/JPL/MSSS Great Salt Desert, Iran NASA Earth Observatory What could have caused the patterns you see in both images?

Lena River Delta, Russia NASA Earth Observatory Holden Crater Delta, Mars NASA/JPL/MSSS

Braided Stream, Madagascar Outflow Channel, Mars NASA/JPL/ASUNASA Earth Observatory Which direction the water was flowing in the Mars image?

Gullies Mars NASA/JPL/MSSS Gullies, New Mexico Joe Hearst

Canyons Valles Marineris, Mars Stretches for 1000’s of km! NASA/JPL/MSSS Originally formed through tectonics Later modified by giant floods

Grand Canyon, Arizona NASA Earth Observatory Valles Marineris Mars ESA/DLR/FU Berlin

Impact Craters NASA/JPL/ASU Can you trace the ejecta blanket in this image?

Meteor Crater, Arizona Louis J. Maher, Jr. Endurance Crater Mars NASA/JPL/Cornell

Dust and Dunes NASA/JPL/MSSS Dust Storm, Earth Dust Storm Mars

NASA/JPL/MSSS Can you identify the dust storm in the image on the right?

Dust Devils Mars NASA/JPL/MSSS NASA/JPL/ASU Dust Devil, Arizona

Sand Dunes, Colorado Louis J. Maher, Jr. NASA/JPL/MSSS Sand Dunes Mars

Polar Caps Mars’ polar caps are made of solid carbon dioxide (dry ice) and water ice Mars’ South PoleEarth’s South Pole NASA/USGS NASA/JPL/MSSS

CO2 Frost forms over many surfaces annually Layers of dust and ice Mars NASA/JPL/MSSS Erebus Glacier, Antarctica NASA Earth Observatory

Snow Drifts, Antarctica NASA Earth Observatory NASA/JPL/MSSS Swiss Cheese Terrain Mars

Mars Exploration Program Timeline

Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) (1997) Mars Odyssey (2001) Present Day Spacecraft (NASA) 2 Mars Exploration Rovers (2004) Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (2006)

What are the names of the Mars Exploration Rovers? Discovery & Columbia Lewis & Clark Spirit & Opportunity Cassini & Magellan

Future Spacecraft in Development (NASA) Phoenix Mars Lander (Aug 2007) Mars Science Lab (MSL) (Fall 2009)

Beyond 2009 Scout missions Sample Return Mission Astrobiology Field Lab

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National Science Teachers Association Gerry Wheeler, Executive Director Frank Owens, Associate Executive Director Conferences and Programs Al Byers, Assistant Executive Director e-Learning LIVE INTERACTIVE YOUR DESKTOP NSTA Web Seminars Flavio Mendez, Program Manager Jeff Layman, Technical Coordinator Judith Lopes, Administrative Assistant Susan Hurstcalderone, Volunteer Chat Moderator

Web Seminar Evaluation

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