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JPL/NSTA Web Seminar:
Using Earth to Explore Mars
LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP
Agenda:
1. Introductions
2. Tec-help info
3. Web Seminar training
4. Presentation
5. Evaluation
6. Chat with the presenters
Let’s do a poll question!
Is this your first Web Seminar?
Al Byers Assistant Executive DirectorNational Science Teachers
Association
Jeff LaymanTech Support703-312-9384
[email protected] NSTA
T. Mike ChildsTech Support
323-939-1544 ext. [email protected]
AVACAST
Susan HurstcalderoneScience TeacherVolunteer Chat
Moderator
Tech Assistance
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Where are you now?
Now, it is time for a Quiz!
http://institute.nsta.org/web_seminars.asp
JPL/NSTA Web Seminar:
Using Earth to Explore Mars
LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP
Using Earth to Explore Mars
Joshua Bandfield and Brian GrigsbyArizona 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 TholusMars NASA/JPL/ASU
Trace where you see lava flows on both images
Arsia Mons, MarsHawaii
NASA/JPL/ASUNASA Earth Observatory
Rock Layers, Channels, and Other Water Related Features
NASA/JPL/ASU
Rock LayersMars
Rock LayersMars
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 CraterDelta, 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?
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 MarinerisMars
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 CraterMars
NASA/JPL/Cornell
Dust and Dunes
NASA/JPL/MSSS
Dust Storm, Earth
Dust StormMars
NASA/JPL/MSSS
Can you identify the dust storm in the
image on the right?
Dust DevilsMars NASA/JPL/MSSS
NASA/JPL/ASU
Dust Devil,Arizona
Sand Dunes,Colorado
Louis J. Maher, Jr.
NASA/JPL/MSSS
Sand DunesMars
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 iceMars NASA/JPL/MSSS
Erebus Glacier,Antarctica
NASA Earth Observatory
Snow Drifts,Antarctica
NASA Earth Observatory
NASA/JPL/MSSS
Swiss Cheese TerrainSwiss Cheese TerrainMarsMars
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 2009Scout missions
Sample Return Mission
Astrobiology Field Lab
Additional Websites:http://marsed.asu.eduhttp://themis.asu.eduhttp://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/http://msip.asu.edu
Time for Quiz #2!
National Science Teachers AssociationGerry Wheeler, Executive Director
Frank Owens, Associate Executive Director Conferences and Programs
Al Byers, Assistant Executive Director e-Learning
LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP
NSTA Web SeminarsFlavio Mendez, Program Manager
Jeff Layman, Technical CoordinatorJudith Lopes, Administrative Assistant
Susan Hurstcalderone, Volunteer Chat Moderator
Web Seminar Evaluation
http://institute.nsta.org/survey/xx.asp
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