Pleasanton teacher joins NASA team seeking answers about life on Mars

Contra Costa Times 16 months ago

Pleasanton teacher joins NASA team seeking answers about life on Mars

handful are teachers from the United States and Canada, whose travel is covered by NASA. Full Article at Contra Costa Times

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Students, and some adults, think 'Ugh, science? Pound the books,' ... You take science, particularly field science; it actually is really fun.
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It's not a dog-and-pony show ... It's not watered down at all.
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I thought I'd be doing cubicle work
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We'll be studying the arctic as a model for the Martian arctic ... We're going to a place on earth that is kind of similar.
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The ultimate education goal is to get students excited about science
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This partnership with Internet Archive enables NASA to provide the American public with access to its vast collection of imagery from one searchable source, unlocking a new treasure trove of discoveries for students, historians, enthusiasts and researchers ... This new resource also will enable the agen...
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NASA's media is an incredibly important and valuable national asset. It is a tremendous honor for the Internet Archive to be NASA's partner in this project ... We are excited to mark this first step in a long-term collaboration to create a rich and growing public resource.
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In 1983, when I looked down on Earth, I could see glaciers in the Himalayas, atolls in the Pacific Ocean, and rain forests in Madagascar. Since then, many glaciers have disappeared, some atolls are underwater, and the rain forests have thinned ... Climate change is an ideal interdisciplinary, integratin...
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People are learning so much and are fascinated by climate change these days. Teachers are a key to ensuring that tomorrow's citizens will have the information they need to deal with one of the world's great challenges in an informed way
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