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Properties of Living Things: Searching for Fingerprints of
Life on Mars
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During this web seminar participants learned how to incorporate NASA’s goals of
Mars exploration into life science lessons. The presenter provided a refresher on
the characteristics of life on Earth and explained how NASA uses that information
to look for life on other planets. The web seminar featured two lessons: one on
extremophiles and the other on searching for life on Mars. After receiving an overview
of each lesson, participants learned about strategies for using the activities and
adapting them to suit students’ needs.
Details
This web seminar is part of a series of electronic professional development experiences
sponsored by the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) project. NASA Explorer Schools invests
in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics educators to inspire and engage
a whole generation of future scientists, engineers and technicians that NASA needs
to continue our journey. NES gives educators of grades 4-12 free access to NASA's
people, missions, research, and facilities. We take the work out of searching through
thousands of materials on the NASA website and provide a comprehensive set of teaching
materials for dozens of STEM concepts. For additional information about the NASA
Explorer Schools project, visit
http://explorerschools.nasa.gov.
See when other
NASA Explorer Schools web seminars are scheduled.
For more information contact webseminars@nsta.org
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Sponsored by NASA
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