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Hi, all....
This is a wonderful group with excellent projects. Consider doing this with
your classes next year.
-- Janice Johnson-Palmer Curriculum Specialist Instructional Technology 206.366.7915 johnsonpalmer@seattleschools.org---------- > From: Geoffrey Haines-Stiles <ghs@passporttoknowledge.com> (by way of Eileen > Bendixsen <eb@passporttoknowledge.com>) > Reply-To: eb@passporttoknowledge.com > Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 17:41:43 -0400 > To: updates-lfrf@passporttoknowledge.com > Subject: LIVE FROM MARS 2001--new from PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE! > > PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE, public television's longest-running series of > interactive learning adventures is pleased to announce 2 new programs for > the 2001-2002 school year. Building on the phenomenal interest in NASA's > Pathfinder mission to Mars--which brought half a billion hits to NASA > websites in the summer of 1997--PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE invites teachers and > students to return to the Red Planet with the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission! > > LIVE FROM MARS 2001, Tuesday October 30, 2001, 13:00-14:00 Eastern > LIVE FROM MARS 2001 originates live from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory > in Pasadena, California, where the spacecraft is managed for NASA by the > California Institute of Technology. Just days after the Odyssey mission > (named for Arthur C. Clarke's famous science fiction story and film) > reaches Mars orbit (October 24), mission scientists and engineers take > students behind the scenes for a live update on the spacecraft as it begins > to lower itself down towards Mars to begin its science mission. Amazing > images from the ongoing Mars Global Surveyor mission show new evidence for > the existence of water on the planet, raising the continuing and > tantalizing possibility of past life. > > Web-based e-mail allows students from any location to send questions to the > NASA researchers, and receive back answers in real time. Pre-taped segments > show how to follow this and other NASA missions throughout the school year, > including--courtesy of NASA, JPL and researchers at Arizona State > University--opportunities for students to actually target some of Odyssey's > science instruments and analyze results, working alongside Mars scientists! > > LIVE FROM MARS 2002, Tuesday March 19, 2002, 13:00-14:00 Eastern > LIVE FROM MARS 2002 updates viewers on new results "just in" from Mars > Odyssey, and explains how this information will contribute to understanding > the Red Planet as well as our home, the Earth. Students will see how > Odyssey's instruments use parts of the electromagnetic spectrum beyond > visible light to discover otherwise hidden aspects of Mars' mysterious > surface. At Arizona State's new Imaging Facility--built specially to > accommodate student guest observers!--viewers will see how 5th to 12th > graders can become directly involved in Mars science. LIVE FROM MARS 2002 > will explain how "virtual observations" are open to any teams of students, > anywhere, via the Internet. > > Video reports on the Mars Exploration Rover mission ("MER" for short) being > built by NASA/JPL, Cornell University and international partners, show how > the new images and understanding coming from Odyssey, Global Surveyor and > other observations will help support ambitious plans to launch 2 large and > capable robots to Mars in 2003. > > Satellite and downlink information > Both programs will be accessible on one of the PBS digital transponders, as > well as from a non-encrypted, analog Ku-band transponder. Details will be > published on FirstClass and via fax and personal e-mail to station ITV > directors in coming months. > > In addition, subject to Space Shuttle and International Space Station > programming, we expect both programs to be carried live and/or on tape > delay on NASA-TV. > > Running time and technical details > The programs will be 59:29, mono 2-track, and closed captioned. > > Educational support materials and resources > Both programs will relate exciting, cutting-edge space research to > fundamental science concepts being studied in every course of instruction: > light and optics, force and motion, weather on Earth and the planets of our > solar system, water and life, and many more topics central to the > curriculum. Target grades are 5-9, though extension options will easily > engage elementary and high school students. Interdisciplinary opportunities > including math, language arts, social studies and more will also be > offered. Online resources (debuting in Fall 2001) will relate the content > of the programs directly to national and state science standards. > > Hands-on activities created by NASA, JPL, ASU and others are already > available online in PDF and html formats, via the Mars Exploration Program > and Mars Odyssey websites: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/teachers.html > > Discuss-Mars > For more information on LIVE FROM MARS 2001 and LIVE FROM MARS 2002 you're > invited to subscribe to a moderated discussion group designed to support > teachers interested in using the exploration of Mars to excite and inform > students. Check the PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE website for background > information and details about how to subscribe (coming soon!) > > http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars > > Questions about broadcast information or educational resources > Please contact PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE at 973.656.9403 or via > ptkinfo@passporttoknowledge.com > > Credits and Acknowledgments > LIVE FROM MARS 2001 is made possible in part by major support from the > Office of Space Science, NASA, and through the cooperation of the Mars > Exploration Program at JPL (NASA/Caltech) and by the ASU Mars K-12 > Education Program, Arizona State University, Tempe. > >
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