curiosity-ca stem summit 2012
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Jet Propulsion LaboratoryCalifornia Institute of Technology
CSLNet California STEM SummitOctober 15-16, 2012
David SeidelDeputy Education DirectorNASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Launch Year
MRO
Mars Express(ESA)
Odyssey
MER
20132011
Phoenix
Mars Science Lab
2000 to Present
MAVEN
MER
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It just LOOKS like Arizona…
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Earth MarsDiameter 1 53 %
Volume 1 15 %
Gravity 1 38 %
Day/Sol 24 hours 24 hours 40 minutes
Year 1 1.88 (687 days)
Tilt 23 ½ degrees 25 degrees
Moons 1 2
Surface Temperature 57° F -81° F
Atmospheric Pressure 1013 millibars 7.5 millibars
Sunlight 1370 w/m2 (100%)
590 w/m2 (43%)
Atmosphere 77% Nitrogen 21% Oxygen
95.32% Carbon Dioxide0.13% Oxygen
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DESTINATION NEW HOMEGale Crater
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NEW HOMEGale Crater
NASAJPL-Caltech/ASU/UA
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25 kg 175 kg 900 kg
Spirit andOpportunity
2004
Sojourner1997
Curiosity2012
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• Clara Ma, a sixth grader from Kansas, wrote the winning essay. An excerpt:
• “Curiosity is an eternal flame that burns in everyone’s mind. It makes me get out of bed in the morning and wonder what surprises life will throw at me that day.”
2009
Launch - 2011
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“7 Minutes of Terror”http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index.php?id=1090
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“Eyes on the Solar System”http:/eyes.nasa.gov/
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“Mars Curiosity Descent – Ultra HD 30fps”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esj5juUzhpU
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“Heat Shield, Meet Mars”http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index.php?id=1119
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• Mastcam: Mast Camera• ChemCam: Chemistry and Camera• RAD: Radiation Assessment Detector• CheMin: Chemistry and Mineralogy• SAM: Sample Analysis at Mars• DAN: Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons• MARDI: Mars Descent Imager• MAHLI: Mars Hand Lens Imager• APXS: Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer• REMS: Rover Environmental Monitoring Station• The brush, drill, sieves and scoop are tools on the rover's
robotic arm.
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Jet Propulsion LaboratoryCalifornia Institute of TechnologyReflections on Space Exploration and STEM
Education:
• It is difficult to integrate the rapid pace of scientific discovery into the classroom.
• Today’s teachers have grown up in the post-Apollo/post-Watergate era characterized by both nostalgia and cynicism.
• E-LA and math are important but they are not simply skills.• For the last decade students have essentially been reading about nothing, so…• They have not been reading for pleasure, so…
• They have not been reading science fiction, so…• How do we expand their horizons beyond the horizon?
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The Angry Red PlanetBrought to you in Cinemagic
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Thanks
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