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Arrakeen Colony, Mars
During our fall 2016 semester at American Academy of Innovation, we selected Mars Exploration as the theme of our first school-wide project. To prepare my classes and get students excited, I involved them in creating several projects related to … Continue reading
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Tagged american academy of innovation, arrakeen, engineering through art, junk sculpture, living on mars, mars colony, mars exploration, materials science education, modeling in science, names for mars, project based learning, steam education, steam projects, stem education, visualizing the future
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Using Mars MOLA 3D Data
Fourteen years ago I was on a quest. I knew that 3D altitude data of Mars was available online because I had seen it used in illustrations for National Geographic and other magazines. I wanted to figure out how to … Continue reading
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Tagged 3d modeling in science, aram chaos, ares vallis, artemis westenberg, authentic astronomy data, chryse planitia, david black, image j, kees veenenbos, mars 3d data, mars exploration, mars global surveyor, mars mola data, mars orbiter laser altimeter, steam education
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Riding Curiosity Down to Mars
The following are my notes from the landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars as it happened. You know by now how it all ended. But I hope I’ve captured my feelings and impressions as Curiosity came down; I hope you’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged curiosity, curiosity rover, edl, entry descent and landing, gale crater, jet propulsion laboratory, jpl, mars, mars exploration, mars rover, rover
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At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
I am in Pasadena, California at JPL, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, attending an educator conference in conjunction with the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory rover. When I got word that this conference was happening, I immediately filled out the … Continue reading
