Mars Exploration: The Mars Phoenix Scout Mission

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Electromagnetic Spectrum Remote Sensing Ices on
Mars Presented by Rudo Kashiri
November 15, 2011
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AGENDA

• Product overview
• Buried Water Ice on Mars
• NASA Connection
• Mars Odyssey Spacecraft
• Phoenix Mars Mission
• Featured lesson Buried water ice on Mars
• Remote sensing ices on mars
• Remote sensing with gamma rays
• NASA Explorer Schools

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BURIED WATER ICE ON MARS

• Middle and high school
• Physical and Earth science
• National Science Standards
• Structure properties of matter
• Interaction of energy and matter
• Guided and open inquiry
• Use real data from Mars
• Lessons include Teacher guide, Student guide,
  Multimedia presentations

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OBJECTIVE

• Students learn how scientists use remote
• sensing data to draw conclusions about the
• physical and chemical nature of planets.
• LESSONS
• Why Follow the Water
• Remote Sensing Ices on Mars
• Dirty Ice or Icy Dirt
• Mars Exploration Debate
• Dirty Ice Snowcones

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Lets Pause for Questions.
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NASA MARS SCIENCE STRATEGY
W A T E R
Follow the Water
Climate
Geology
Prepare for Human Exploration
Image Credit NASA/JPL
When Where Form Amount
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2001 MARS ODYSSEY

• Instruments
• Thermal Emission Imaging System or THEMIS
  mineralogy
• Gamma Ray Spectrometer or GRS
  elemental composition
• Martian Radiation Environment Experiment or
  MARIE space radiation

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REMOTE SENSING
Phoenix Mars Mission

• Mars Odyssey Spacecraft

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DISAPPEARING ICE
Sublimation of ice in the trench informally
called "Dodo-Goldilocks" over the course of four
days.
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What does the map tell about Mars? (Write
answer in the chat)
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A
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Lets Pause for Questions.
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LESSON IN DETAIL

• MATERIALS
• Student Guide (1 per student)
• Computer with projector, or overhead with
  transparency
• Computers (extension)
• Optional
• 1 clear pitcher with liquid water and water ice
• 1 Thermometer

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OBJECTIVES

• Compare maps of Mars showing different types
  of data to characterize the types of ice at the
  polar regions of Mars
• during different seasons.
• Data
• Visible Albedo
• Surface temperature
• Elemental composition

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ICE PROPERTIES
BACKGROUND READING

• Phase change
• Molecular structure
• Frost point temperature
• Sublimation

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QUESTION Answer in chat area
What do you think the white areas are?
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TYPES OF LIGHT
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Northern Summer
Northern Winter
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What is the surface temperature of the ice cap
during the winter?
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GAMMA RAY DATA
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Remote Sensing Ices On MarsStudent Guide
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VISIBLE DATA
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What is the South Pole Arctic Cap composed of?
Substance Frost point Temp.
Water -75C
Carbon Dioxide -123C
Ammonia -200C
Season Temp Composition
South Pole Winter Around -125C
South Pole Summer Around -125C
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GAMMA RAYS
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Remote Sensing Ices On MarsStudent Guide
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EXTENSION ACTIVITY
Remote Sensing Ices on Mars
Objectives Students explore an online
simulator to learn more about how gamma rays that
are produced at the surface of Mars are used to
determine the composition of the surface.
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TYPES OF LIGHT
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http//grs.lpl.arizona.edu/curricula/animation/101
805_Version_FINAL/gammaProject4.html
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How do the composition of soils compare?
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How do the composition of soils compare?
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STUDENT HANDOUTS
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