Live from Earth and Mars
Two-Day Workshop Schedule
Time | Activity | Notes |
9:00-9:30 | Introduction, greeting, names | "Navigating the World Wide Web" handout |
9:30-10:30 | Log on, walk-through Website | "Walk-Through" handout, begin "Scavenger Hunt" |
10:30-11:00 | Break | Encourage questions from participants, post them on bulletin board |
11:00-11:45 | Continue worksheets | Finish "Scavenger Hunt" |
11:45-12:30 | Mars temperature data downloading & analysis | "Mars Temperature Data Downloading and Analysis" handout (uses online data for Martian sols 2-7) |
12:30-1:30 | Lunch | -- -- |
1:30-2:30 | Life on Mars | Discussion of the "Mars Meteorite" by Tony Irving |
2:30-3:00 | Break | -- -- |
3:00-4:00 |
Mars/Earth temperature comparison |
"Earth and Mars Temperature Comparison" handout featuring data from an Earth-based "temperature profiler" |
4:00 |
Day's wrap-up |
Conclude activities, preview tomorrow, request questions for tomorrow. |
Time | Activity | Notes |
9:00-9:30 | Welcome back | Q & A, overview of yesterday and today, turn in paperwork |
9:30-10:30 | Climate Inquiry | Washington Climate Inquiry" handout |
10:30-11:00 | Break | -- -- |
11:00-12:15 | Choice-time | Choices: try a curriculum module, continue Washington Climate Inquiry, or complete Mars Temperature Analysis |
12:15-12:30 | Planning | Discuss a "follow-up plan" for the next school year. |
12:30-1:30 | Lunch | -- -- |
1:30-2:30 | Mars Pathfinder update | Discussion by Jim Tillman |
2:30-3:00 | Break | -- -- |
3:00-4:00 |
Wrap-up, Evaluations |
Conclude activities, hand out and collect "Workshop Evaluation" |
© 1998 Live from Earth and Mars, Janice DeCosmo, and Rich Edgerton