Live From Mars was active July 1996-December 1997.


PLANET EXPLORER TOOLKIT

Planetary Data Input from:

Rhonda Toon, Lamar County Elementary

I. SITE DESCRIPTORS

  1. Latitude/Longitude of data collection site:
      degrees latitude
      degrees longitude
  2. Time zone: Eastern
  3. Biome Description: grassland

      Mostly flat, former cotton field, covered in grasses with some exposed areas of red clay soil.
II. WEATHER DATA

  1. TEMPERATURE in CElSIUS

    Recording date: 3-27-97

  2. AIR TEMPERATURE (CELSIUS)
    1st reading
    time: 1400
    2nd reading
    3rd reading
    1 CM ABOVE GROUND: 25
    1 METER ABOVE GROUND: 23
    2 METERS ABOVE GROUND: 23

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

  3. GROUND TEMPERATURE (celsius)
      1 CM BELOW SURFACE: 20 degrees celsius
      10 CM BELOW SURFACE: 23 degrees celsius

  4. WATER TEMPERATURE (celsius)
      1 CM Below surface: 20 DEGREES CELSIUS

  5. WIND SPEED and DIRECTION
      Wind speed Beaufort Number: 2
      Wind Speed in (Km/hour): 6.4

      Wind direction:

      This reading was taken at 1450

  6. BAROMETRIC PRESSURE

      Inches of Mercury

      Altitude: M above sea level

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

  2. WATER ANALYSIS - (50ml sample)
      pH Value: 6.0
      Hardness: grains per gallon
      Iron:
        Colloidal (bacterial iron): parts per million
        Red Water Iron: parts per million
        Clear Water Iron: parts per million

  3. FLORA/FAUNA ANALYSIS
    • Three most common trees:
        oak


    • Three most common plants:
        grass
        clover
        wild onion
    • Three most common birds:
        blackbird
        sparrow

    • Other common animals:
        deer
        rabbit

  4. ROCK ANALYSIS
      quartz
      granite


    Site collection took place in the following areas: