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Like detectives, MESDT students analyze CRISM data sets, searching and sifting through clues in order to piece together a story of our neighboring planet’s history. After learning Mar’s geomorphology and mineralogy as well as how to use the computer software programs, the students choose a research area, and get to work.
Periodically the teams report their findings to the science team via online presentations and can submit requests for areas of interest to be imaged by the CRISM instrument in higher resolution. During the 2007-2008 beta tests, all student requests were imaged. Samples of the student presentations can be found on the links below. Watch for more student work as this year’s teams get started!
2007-2008 Team Presentations
Durham Academy, Durham, NC:
https://breezemeeting.asu.edu/p74844107/
Kickapoo High School, Kickapoo, MO:
https://breezemeeting.asu.edu/p70913714/
Livonia High School, Livonia, NY:
https://breezemeeting.asu.edu/p26788301/
John Dewey High School, Brooklyn, NY:
https://breezemeeting.asu.edu/p17677390/
https://breezemeeting.asu.edu/p92965919/
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Slide from target submission presentation by Kickapoo High School, MO |
High resolution image of area targeted by John Dewey High School, NY |
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The Livonia team chose this site for a more detailed observation after studying images that showed outcrops of clay-like minerals, which indicate the past presence of water. |
The Durham Academy team chose this site for a more detailed observation after identifying a rock outcrop that could help test their hypothesis that the irregular depression was formed by volcanism. |
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