Live from Earth and Mars

WALK-THROUGH

 

Note: Print this handout and use it along with the online version. Work with a partner, if possible.

Begin at LEM home-page

Explore Earth

  1. Click Earth. This area features the unique weather and climatology of the Northwest with links to live weather data via our "Make your own plots of Pacific Northwest weather data" and the "Department of Atmospheric Sciences..." link (Scroll to see the offerings and note the framed links).
  2. Return to Washington Climate/Weather page by clicking the "Back" button.
  3. Click on the "Washington State climate information"
  4. Click a climatic zone, e.g. "Puget Sound." Click a "station" e.g. "Sea-Tac." A new window pops up, click "zoom box" to enlarge. Note the offerings in the upper frame. Close the window by clicking the "Close box."
  5. Return to home-page by pulling down "Go" to Live from Earth and Mars.

Explore Teaching Tools

  1. Click Teaching Tools. This module features curricula written by teachers in collaboration with scientists. They have been reviewed, pilot-tested, and kid-approved!
  2. Click Virtual Sojourner. This module simulates a mission to Mars similar to last Summer's Mars Pathfinder. Classes can choose to attempt a complete mission (Activity 1) or merely navigate a "rover" without seeing it move (Activity 2).
  3. Return to modules index by pulling down "Go" to "LFEM Educational Module Index."
  4. Click Danger in the Air! This module connects weather and air pollution. Click for next page. Scan and scroll to bottom of page--read offerings. Online and classroom activities, such as #2 where students experiment with seed growth.
  5. Return to modules index by pulling down "Go" to "LFEM Educational Module Index."
  6. Click Digging the Dirt. This module experiments with heating various soils and comparing that outcome with data from a Mars Viking temperature plot. Click to the next page. Scan and scroll, read offerings at bottom--experiments and data for comparison. Click "Inside Lab" and scroll. Click "Back." Click "Mars Soil Data" and scroll.
  7. Return to modules index by pulling down "Go" to "LFEM Educational Module Index."
  8. Click Let it Snow!. This module features a "memorable Seattle snowstorm and connects personalization of the events with the phenomena surrounding snow, particularly in our area. Scan and scroll. Click "Snow Stories"--students interview. Click "Tell it All" where students report on their interviews. Click "What Makes it Snow?" to begin exploring the concepts related to snow and the connection with our unique geography.
  9. Return to modules index by pulling down "Go" to "LFEM Educational Module Index."
  10. Click Mission to Mars. This module explores the problems related to choosing a landing site on Mars. Scan and scroll to bottom, show offerings. Click "Student Activity 1" and follow link to "Data Sheet." Teachers can print the data sheet or download the postscript file using the link.
  11. Return to modules index by pulling down "Go" to "LFEM Educational Module Index."
  12. Click Water: A Never Ending Story. This module explores the water cycle. Scan and scroll, show options at bottom. Click " The Whole Water Cycle" and scroll to bottom. Click " The Olympic Peninsula Rain Forest" and discuss how "live data" is used.
  13. Return to modules index by pulling down "Go" to "LFEM Educational Module Index."
  14. Click Way Cool Tools for Mars Exploration. This module looks at the "tool" aspect of space exploration. Click "Student Activity #2, Rover Relay" and show how kinesthetic learning supports learning about the time delay.
  15. Return to home-page by pulling down "Go" to Live from Earth and Mars.

New titles coming "soon"

Chill Out!--Exploring "Wind-Chill"

Cool Heights--Profiles in Temperature

Send in the Clouds--Cloud formation on Earth & Mars

Explore Mars

  1. Click "Mars."
  2. Scroll to read about Mars, the Mars Pathfinder mission, and highlights of Martian meteorology.
  3. Click on "Atmospheric Pressure" for a referenced article comparing the Pathfinder and Viking missions. Click the "Back" button when finished.
  4. Click on "Overview" under "Atmospheric Temperature" for more Mars Viking information. Click the "Back" button when finished.
  5. Return to the top of the page and click "Atmospheric temperatures from the surface of Mars!" to explore the temperature data and plots from the Pathfinder mission.
  6. Return to home-page by pulling down "Go" to Live from Earth and Mars.

 

 

© 1998 Live from Earth and Mars, Janice DeCosmo, and Rich Edgerton