From: Linda Conrad <lindac@quest.arc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Preview of coming attractions
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 20:08:03 -0700 (PDT)
Hi folks, The annotated, working copy of the Table of Contents for the Teacher Guide is online now at: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/teachers/tg Linda For your convenience, a text version follows: Live from Mars Teacher's Guide Table of Contents as of 9-23-96 (subject to change) Introductory Articles * Project Notes * Letter of welcome from the Project Director and Executive Producer * Video, Online and Print: a Guide to the integrated multimedia components, with specific examples (e.g. Field Journals, etc.) keyed to an overview of the project * Teacher-to-Teacher: Live from Mars as an unique opportunity, Pat Haddon. How to implement the project over 2 school years, and/or adapt it to local circumstances NASA's Mars missions timeline, and the Live from Mars implementation timeline (graphic) Suggestions for correlations between fixed mission dates (e.g. launch, landing, etc.), fixed project dates (the live videos) and other project activities * Opening Activities: Project Objectives/Program 1 * Activity A-1 -Mars Mission Logbooks: an assessment tool for students and teachers A way for students to record and reflect on their learning experience * Activity A-2 - Constructing a "History of Mars Exploration" Timeline the past is prolog... * Activity A-3 - Become a member of the Live from Mars Mission Team: an introduction to the men and women of the MGS and MPF project, their roles, and an invitation to students to "imagine" themselves into the project * Activity A-4 - Mission Planning: Earth/Mars Comparisons A-4 Student Worksheet exploring "Same and Different" features of the two planets * Activity A-5 - Mission Planning: Geology and Areology My state, nation and Mars Program 1 "COUNTDOWN" Description * Activity 1.1 Rocket Science 101 Student Worksheets Experiments with balloon rockets * Activity 1.2 Mapping the Topography of Unknown Surfaces a simulation of how MGS's laser altimeter will be used to create a global topographic map of Mars * Activity 1.3 Follow the Water -- Investigations with stream tables 1.3 Student Worksheet Hands-on experiments to explore the processes which led to channels on Mars most likely made by running water Program 2 "CRUISING BETWEEN THE PLANETS" Description * Activity 2.1 Observing Mars in the Night Sky Sidebar: MarsWatch '97, The "Opposition Opportunity" Building a model to demonstrate Mars' retrograde motion -- out of students, and how to enlist local astronomers during the Spring 1997 "opposition" (closest approach of Mars to Earth.) * Activity 2.2 Building Rovers out of Junk Experiments with designs for planetary rovers * Activity 2.3 Reading the Shapes of Volcanoes on Earth and Mars How slope angles can tell us about plate tectonics, and the past history of volcanoes Program 3 "TOUCHDOWN" Description * Activity 3.1The Incredible Light Bulb-Egg Drop Challenge sidebar: Pathfinder, the Incredible Bouncing Spacecraft Engineering to protect a fragile "Descent Module" * Activity 3.2Creating Craters 3.2 Student Worksheet Students experiment with mass, velocity and size of impact bodies, to simulate craters seen on Earth, the Moon, and Mars * Activity 3.3Detecting Magnetic Materials in "Martian Soil" An activity to provide context for one of MPF's experiments Program 4 "WITH PATHFINDER TO MARS" Description A note on how to use this taped program to begin the ongoing project with new students in the new school year: Activities are drawn from Programs 1 - 3. Program 5 "TODAY ON MARS" Description * Activity 5.1 Using Heat Radiation to Characterize a Planet's Surface 5.1.A, B Inside and Outside Lab Worksheets An activity to provide context for one of MGS's experiments, the Thermal Emission Spectrometer * Activity 5.2 "And here's today's weather on Mars... " How to access and use the live weather data that will be coming down from MPF, and the first data from MGS * Activity 5.3 Sun, Shadows, Surface Structure... and the Face on Mars Building and lighting models to show how to interpret novel landforms Wrap-Up Activities * Activity B-1 Been there, Done that... Where Next? Selecting sites for upcoming missions: synthesizing project learning to date, and projecting forward * Activity B-2 The Case for Mars: flags, philosophy, the future... * Activity B-3 Assessing the project, and providing feedback * Getting the most out of the Online Components * MultiMedia Resources and Recommendations: books, video, CD-ROMS, etc. * Glossary, Vocabulary and Key Concepts * Science Standards and Themes Matrix, correlating Activities to the National Standards, and indicating interdisciplinary connections Co-packaged materials * Student Worksheets * Copy masters of graphics required for the Activities * A note on Assessment, and EDC's pre-paid registration postcard * the Live from Mars poster * MGS and MPF Fact Sheets (NASA) * MPF brochure (NASA)