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April 5, 2011

MESSENGER: Staying Cool – My Angle on Cooling Effects of

Distance and Inclination

Presented by: Rudo Kashiri

MESSENGER Mission to Mercury

Presented by Rudo Kashiri NASA Explorer Schools

Launched 2004In Orbit March 17, 2011

NASA, Carnegie Institute of Washington, and John Hopkins University (Applied Physics Laboratory)

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/

Presentation Outline

MESSENGER education overviewNASA Connection:

- MESSEGER Mission overview

- Basic facts about MercuryLesson: Staying Cool: My Angle of CoolingSeasonsAddition Classroom ResourcesNASA Explorer Schools

QUESTION: What is wrong with this picture?

Education MaterialsGrade Level: Middle SchoolModules provide: Broad, content-rich overview Lessons are

- Concept Based - Inquiry driven

- Standards based Diverse activities Multimedia Resources

http://btc.montana.edu/messenger/main/epo.phphttp://messenger.jhuapl.edu

Let’s Pause for

Questions.

What do your students know about Mercury?

QUESTION: Which statement is true for Mercury?

Fact S

heets

MESSENGER Mission

Mercury

Surface

Space

Environment

Geochemistry

and Ranging

Some MESSENGER Science Goals

Determine if Mercury’s polar ice deposits are made of ice or sulfurDetermine if Mercury’s polar ice deposits are made of ice or sulfur

Study Mercury’s interaction with the nearby Sun: magnetic field, “atmosphere”Study Mercury’s interaction with the nearby Sun: magnetic field, “atmosphere”

Study structure of coreStudy structure of core

What are some of the challenges for a mission to Mercury?[Type your responses in the chat]

Audience Question?

Mercury orbit insertion

Let’s Pause for Questions.

Staying Cool Overview

• How temperature changes as a function of distance and inclination

• Discuss how MESSENGER uses these tactics

• Discuss cause of the seasons on Earth

Featured Lesson

My angle on cooling National Science Standards

Earth Science - Earth in the solar system Physical Science- Transfer of energy

Time: 1-2 45 min periodsEssential question: How do distance and

inclination affect the amount of heat received from a heat source?

Lesson 1: Effect of Distance

Objective: Students will measure how distance from a light source can affect the amount of heat that an object receives.

TeamTeam Materials Materials

• Time Keeper• Temperature

Monitor• Recorder

2 thermometersDesk lamp or

flood lamp 2 meter sticksMasking tapeStopwatch

Effect of distance

Effect of distance

Activity set up

Let’s Pause for

Questions.

Lesson 2: Effect of Inclination

Objective: Students will measure how the angle at which the light source is viewed can affect the amount of heat received by an object.

Materials per Team

Materials per Team Materials per studentMaterials per student

Scissors or knife Masking TapeStopwatchColored pencils

ThermometerBlack construction

paperPiece of cardboardBricks or blocks Graphing paperMeter stick

Effect of inclination

Effect of inclination

The real reason for the seasons

The real reason for the seasons

How can we study Mercury?

Sensing the Invisible: The Herschel Experiment Students examine why infrared radiation is

important

Are there any problems we might face?

Snow Goggles and Limiting Sunlight Students measure their field-of-

view with and without snow goggles

Students discuss how MESSENGER uses similar approaches to limit its exposure to sunlight

Are there ways to solve these problems?

Design ChallengesTemperature

How to Keep Gelatin from Melting?

Build a Spacecraft Geohunter

“virtual" journey into

outer space with

Messenger

Learn about instruments

on board spacecraft

Interactive games

Let’s Pause for Questions

CEUs for e-PDs

CEUs provided by Oklahoma State University•1 CEU – Fully participate in 7 different live e-PD sessions and complete the NES surveys on the VC.

•2 CEUs – Fully participate in 14 different live e-PD sessions and complete the NES surveys on the VC. Live e-PDs must be completed between September 14, 2010 – May 25, 2011.

Application deadline: May 31.

CEU eligibility will be evaluated in June 2011 and CEU certificates

will be issued mid-summer. 

CEUs provided by Oklahoma State University•1 CEU – Fully participate in 7 different live e-PD sessions and complete the NES surveys on the VC.

•2 CEUs – Fully participate in 14 different live e-PD sessions and complete the NES surveys on the VC. Live e-PDs must be completed between September 14, 2010 – May 25, 2011.

Application deadline: May 31.

CEU eligibility will be evaluated in June 2011 and CEU certificates

will be issued mid-summer. 

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