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Web Seminar Archive |
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Online Archive |
| Date: |
Held on February 28, 2007 |
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Middle School, High School, Informal Education |
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Description
Building Robots to Explore Mars!
The fourth seminar in the JPL series, "Robotics Engineering: Big Toys, Big Fun", was held on Wednesday, February 28, 2007, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. The presenter was Kobie Boykins, Mechanical Engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Mr. Boykins gave the audience a "behind the scenes" look of what it was like to build the twin rovers that are still driving across the surface of Mars. For more information about this web seminar, its presenter(s), read what participants said about it, and to see and download its PowerPoint slides go here.
Ideas For Use
This seminar can be used by new teachers of Earth/space science or by those who have not taught the topic in a long time. The presenters provide content update for understanding as well as examples of how to teach the material to students.
Additional Info
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Science Discipline:
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Earth's revolution
Earth's rotation
Moon
Sun
Volcanoes
Weathering
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Lithosphere
Gravity
Planets
Stars
Newton’s laws of motion
Space exploration
Space technology
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| Intended User Role: | High-School Educator, Informal Educator, Middle-Level Educator, Professional Development Provider, Teacher |
| Educational Issues: | Assessment of students, Informal education, Inquiry learning, Learning theory, Professional development, Teacher content knowledge, Teacher preparation, Teaching strategies |
Technical
| Resource Format: | application/x-shockwave-flash, audio/mp3, image/jpeg |
National Standards Correlation
This resource has 11 correlations with the National Standards.
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- Physical Science
- Motion and Forces
- An object that is not being subjected to a force will continue to move at a constant speed and in a straight line. (inertia)
- If more than one force acts on an object along a straight line, then the forces will reinforce or cancel one another, depending on their direction and magnitude.
- Earth Science
- Properties of earth materials
- Earth materials are solid rocks and soils, water, and the gases of the atmosphere.
- The varied Earth materials have different physical and chemical properties, which make them useful in different ways, for example, as building materials, as sources of fuel, or for growing the plants we use as food.
- Changes in earth and sky
- Some changes to the surface of the Earth are due to slow processes, such as erosion and weathering
- Objects in the sky have patterns of movement.
- Earth in the solar system
- Most objects in the solar system are in regular and predictable motion.
- Gravity is the force that keeps planets in orbit around the sun and governs the rest of the motion in the solar system.
- Gravity alone holds us to the earth's surface and explains the phenomena of the tides.
- The sun is the major source of energy for phenomena on the earth's surface, such as growth of plants, winds, ocean currents, and the water cycle.
- Seasons result from variations in the amount of the sun's energy hitting the surface, due to the tilt of the earth's rotation on its axis and the length of the day.
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