From: Jan Wee <jwee@mail.arc.nasa.gov>
Subject: What's Up: Week of November 2-8, 1997
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1997 19:33:24 -0600
Dear discuss-lfm members, What's Up: November 2-8th, 1997 >>>ALERT: ORDER YOUR COPY OF "DESTINATION MARS" If you missed the October 30th airing of Live From Mars Program 4, "Destination Mars", you may order a VHS copy directly via the Passport to Knowledge office for $19.95. Money orders, checks, and purchase orders should be made out to: Passport to Knowledge. Price includes shipping and handling in US only. Send order to: Passport to Knowledge P.O. Box 1502 Summit, NJ 07902-1502 Rebroadcasts of Program Four are anticipated via NASA-TV beginning in December. More news as that information is released. >>>ALERT: LIVE FROM MARS #5: "TODAY ON MARS..." November 13, 1997, 1-2 p.m., Eastern 12 DAYS UNTIL >final< LFM *LIVE* PROGRAM AIRS... Live weather data and imagery from Mars show what has been learned to date from the Pathfinder lander and rover: how the continuing data stream provides students with material to analyze in math and computer classes. What Sojourner has revealed, to date, about the actual composition of Martian rocks, and what this implies for the question of liquid water and the possibility of life. A preview of the next decade of exploration. SEE: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/teachers/tg/program5/index.html for complete program description! SEE: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/video/ for complete satellite coordinate information (Seeing the Broadcast section) ALERT>>>ACTIVITY 5.1 SEE: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/teachers/tg/program5/5.1.html for hands-on activity "Today's Weather on Mars" correlating to Program 5! Objective: Students will research temperature and wind data locally, nationally and internationally and compare these to conditions on Mars, and draw conclusions about differences and causes. ALERT>>>ACTIVITY 5.2 SEE: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/teachers/tg/program5/5.2.html for hands-on activity "Sun, Shadows, Surface Structure... and the Face on Mars" activity correlating to Program 5. Objectives: * Students will use light and shadow information to make inferences regarding the three dimensional shapes of specific objects photographed on the surface of Mars. * Students will explain the limitation of some data in reaching definitive conclusions about the shape of the specified objects. * Students will explain what further data would be needed to more precisely describe the three dimensional shape of the objects. REMINDER>>>:UNMODERATED WEB CHAT WITH PROJECT STAFF/EDUCATORS EASTERN PACIFIC November 6 Noon 3:00pm and November 13 3:00pm 6:00pm SEE: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/events/interact.html for more details. REMINDER>>>MARS TEAM ANSWERS QUESTIONS The Mars Team will continue answering questions via the LFM Q and A service through >>>>DECEMBER, 1997<<<<<. Be sure to >>>first<<<< read over the informational file at: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/ask/question.html Helpful hints: * Check the archive of Q and A's BEFORE submitting your question! You may find the answer to your question >already< available online! * Submit questions to: question-lfm@quest.arc.nasa.gov * A capability has been set up for those people that would like to receive ongoing email with answers to all of the questions asked. Each night, one mail message will be sent to those interested. This message will contain a copy of every question/answer pair generated that day. If you would like to receive these message, please send an email to: listmanager@quest.arc.nasa.gov In the message body, write these words: subscribe answers-lfm NEW>>>PATHFINDER CONCENTRATE - TESTS YOUR MARS-MEMORY! SEE:http://ptkmars.ivv.nasa.gov/concentrate/concentration.html You must have a browser that supports Java to play Concentrate! Directions: A tile is flipped by clicking on the Mars rover image. Begin play by flipping two tiles, one at a time. If the tiles match, they will be removed. If they do not match, they will be flipped back. Repeat this process until all twelve pairs of matching tiles have been removed. KUDOS>>>THANKS for SHARING! Appreciation goes to Charlie L., John G., Mike R., David G., Bob A., Ginny D., Laura B., and Stephanie W. for sharing resources, support, suggestions this past week! Jan Wee, discuss-lfm moderator Live From Mars http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars