Live From Mars was active July 1996-December 1997.


PLANET EXPLORER TOOLKIT

Planetary Data Input from:

Patricia Duggan Cook, Forest Acres Elementary-4th gr

I. SITE DESCRIPTORS

  1. Latitude/Longitude of data collection site:
      34 north degrees latitude
      82 west degrees longitude
  2. Time zone: EST
  3. Biome Description: forest
      coniferous
      Welcome to our Mars site. It seems there is life here! We landed in some kind of forest with different colored plants, and a slow-moving creek that is located is in a small ravine. The ground is sandy, grassy and dry. grassy.
II. WEATHER DATA

  1. TEMPERATURE in CElSIUS

    Recording date: 3/27/97

  2. AIR TEMPERATURE (CELSIUS)
    1st reading
    time: 12:30
    2nd reading
    12:40
    3rd reading
    12:50
    1 CM ABOVE GROUND: 2122 23
    1 METER ABOVE GROUND: 2023 23
    2 METERS ABOVE GROUND: 1821 21

    High temperature for the day: 20 degrees celsius
    Low temperature for the day:: 5 degrees celsius

  3. GROUND TEMPERATURE (celsius)
      1 CM BELOW SURFACE: 25 degrees celsius
      10 CM BELOW SURFACE: 20 degrees celsius

  4. WATER TEMPERATURE (celsius)
      1 CM Below surface: 13 DEGREES CELSIUS

  5. WIND SPEED and DIRECTION
      Wind speed Beaufort Number: 2
      Wind Speed in (Km/hour): 9

      Wind direction:

      This reading was taken at 1300

  6. BAROMETRIC PRESSURE

      30.30 Inches of Mercury steady

      Altitude: 486 M above sea level

  7. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
      Relative humidity: 20 percent
III. SAMPLE RETURN ANALYSIS
  1. SOIL
    40 percent Clay
    56 percent Sand
    4 percent Silt

  2. WATER ANALYSIS - (50ml sample)
      pH Value: 6
      Hardness: 8 grains per gallon
      Iron:
        Colloidal (bacterial iron): 0 parts per million
        Red Water Iron: 0 parts per million
        Clear Water Iron: 2 parts per million

  3. FLORA/FAUNA ANALYSIS
    • Three most common trees:
        red oak
        VA pine
        dogwood
    • Three most common plants:
        grass
        violets
        honeysuck
    • Three most common birds:
        wren
        cardinal
        robin
    • Other common animals:
        squirrel
        chipmunk
        frog

  4. ROCK ANALYSIS
      granite
      quartz
      feldspar

    Site collection took place in the following areas:
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