Live From Mars was active July 1996-December 1997.
PLANET EXPLORER TOOLKIT
Planetary Data Input from:
Eileen Bendixsen, Beers Street Middle School
I. SITE DESCRIPTORS
- Latitude/Longitude of data collection site
:
40 N degrees latitude
74 W degrees longitude
- Time zone: Eastern Standard Time
- Biome Description: forest
deciduous
Basically our terrain was flat with a slight hill at
one
end. Most of the area was open with a row of trees around
the edge. The area is grassy with no water except puddles
caused by a recent rainfall.
II. WEATHER DATA
- TEMPERATURE in CElSIUS
Recording date: April 8, 1997
- AIR TEMPERATURE (CELSIUS)
| 1st reading
time: 10:45 | 2nd reading
| 3rd reading
|
1 CM ABOVE GROUND: |
16 |
| |
1 METER ABOVE GROUND: |
18 |
| |
2 METERS ABOVE GROUND: |
22 | |
|
High temperature for the day: 14 degrees celsius
Low temperature for the day:: 5 degrees celsius
- GROUND TEMPERATURE (celsius)
1 CM BELOW SURFACE: 15 degrees celsius
10 CM BELOW SURFACE: 11 degrees celsius
- WATER TEMPERATURE (celsius)
1 CM Below surface: DEGREES CELSIUS
- WIND SPEED and DIRECTION
- BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
- RELATIVE HUMIDITY
Relative humidity: 29 percent
III. SAMPLE RETURN ANALYSIS
- SOIL
30 percent Clay
50 percent Sand
20 percent Silt
- WATER ANALYSIS - (50ml sample)
pH Value:
Hardness: grains per gallon
Iron:
Colloidal (bacterial iron): parts per million
Red Water Iron: parts per million
Clear Water Iron: parts per million
- FLORA/FAUNA ANALYSIS
- Three most common trees:
white pine
red maple
holly
- Three most common plants:
- Three most common birds:
- Other common animals:
squirrels
potato bug
worm
- ROCK ANALYSIS
Site collection took place in the following areas: