From: Jan Wee <jwee@mail.arc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Registering for PET Activity
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 09:21:05 -0600
Dear Marcella and all discuss-lfm members,
Marc Siegel did a super job responding to your questions about
the Nov. 19th broadcast! Thanks, Marc!! You had just one more question....
>3. My students registered to participate in the toolkit project. Is there
>any way I can check that they are registered or should I just register again?
I do NOT have a registration note from you, Marcella. I do have them
from the following:
Edward Beidas, Ruth Wahl, Charles Lindgren, John Kannel, Thomas Reeves,
Jim Fergus, Robin Woods, and Tim McCollum.
Now, we do know that there are MANY, MANY more folks doing the P.E.T. Activity
as there have been postings to discuss-lfm describing activities and posing
questions. BUT these are the ONLY FOLKS who have sent me a specific note
REGISTERING them as participants. I am not able to cull back through all
the discuss postings to find out who the others are, so PLEASE send me
a note with the subject PET Registration. Indicate your name, grade level,
number of students, school name and location and send this along ASAP to
my attention.
Marc just posted the note about registering for the PET in the last
updates-lfm newsletter that was sent out on Monday, October 11th so
there are many folks who may not have had time to read it through
carefully as of yet.
If you are an educator just joining this list or worried that you
may be late in starting the PET Activity, please erase that concern!
The very first online activity does not begin until December 10th
when classes will be sharing their best PET proposal. The debate
will not begin until January! Yes, it does take some time to explain
and conduct your class discussions but you still have time! (Up to
December 10th)
Planet Explorer Toolkit TIMELINE
October 17-December 10th: Brainstorm the Planet Explorer Toolkit
and determine your proposal.
December 10-December 20th: Share your *best* Planet Explorer Toolkit
proposal and rationale online via the debate-lfm forum
Each class may post one PET proposal.
December 20th-January 3rd: Break for the Holidays
January 6th-January 31st: Classes debate online the relative
merits of the PETs presented. Advisors/mentors will be
online to help moderate the discussion and help us reach
consensus. Reach consensus by January 31st on a uniform
February 3-February 28th: Classes collect data from local
environments and submit their PDI (Planetary Data Input)
to NASA Quest for sharing online.
March 3rd-7th: PTK staff and advisors create FIVE data sets and
clues to represent the Mystery Sites for the next activity
and prepare the set of clues for each grade level
range (elementary, middle, high school).
March 10th-April 16th: Classes participate in the "Where in the
World are these Mystery PET Sites?" Students will also be
able to participate in activities relating to interpreting
the data collected. These activities will be presented at
our LFM web site.
April 17th -onwards: This collaborative activity will remain
online for all interested students, educators, parents, etc.
to enjoy over the coming months as the Mars Pathfinder reaches
its destination.
If you are interested in participating in the Live From Mars
PLANET EXPLORER TOOLKIT activity, be sure to check out the detailed
project writeup at our Live From Mars web site at this URL:
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/events/pet.html
Hope this helps!
Jan Wee
Jan Wee, Education Outreach Coordinator
Passport to Knowledge
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/interactive
Voice: 608-786-2767 (8am-4pm Central time) Fax: 608-786-1819
Email: jwee@mail.arc.nasa.gov