Workshop Program
Thursday, April 27
5:00-6:00 pm Tours of the Mars research facilities in the Moeur Building6:00-9:30 Dinner followed by keynote and icebreaker
- Keynote speaker Phil Christensen: THEMIS and the Mars Facility at ASU
- Icebreaker: discussion of images brought by participants
Friday, April 28
7:30-8:10 Continental breakfast8:15-8:30 Preview of the workshop
The purpose of this workshop is to catalyze development of activities that can be integrated into undergraduate courses at all levels to teach geologic concepts through Mars examples.
- Mars researchers will present catalyst ideas that could be developed into assignments and activities.
- Brainstorming sessions following each presentation of catalyst ideas will allow participants to explore where we might go with the ideas presented in the catalyst talks, as well as other ideas that participants suggest.
- Poster presentations at the end of each half day will illustrate existing examples of assignments and activities in the catalyst topics.
Catalyst ideas presented by Margie Chan and Ron Greeley, followed by discussion and brainstorming.
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Catalyst topic #2: Hydrogeology and climate change
Catalyst ideas presented by Brian Hynek, followed by discussion and brainstorming.
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-1:30 Posters related to the morning catalyst topics
Poster presentations will include:
- Using sand dunes to interpret geologic processes on Mars (Jacquelyn E. Hams, Los Angeles Valley College)
- Comparative Planetary Geology and Geomorphology—An Advanced Geomorphology Lab Exercise (Jennifer Anderson, Winona State University)
- A High-Tech Martian Wind Tunnel Lab (James Woodhead, Occidental College)
- Angle of Repose Measurement on Mars and Earth: An Activity for a Non-Major Geology Elective Course at a 2-Year Community College (Bill Case, Salt Lake Community College)
- Teaching About Unconformities and Relative Dating on The Earth, Moon, and Mars: Challenges And Opportunities Presented by Spacecraft Images (Marek Cichanski, DeAnza College)
- Did it Rain on Mars? Analysis of Valley Networks on Mars in an Intro Geo Course (Barbara Tewksbury, Hamilton College)
- Hydrologic Environments on Mars Using GIS and Topography Data: An Exercise in Stream Networks and Drainage Basins (Arwen Vidal, University of Colorado)
- View From Space: What Surface Features Tell Us About the Evolutionary History of Planetary Bodies (Dean Moosavi, Walden University)
1:30-3:00 Catalyst topic #3: Rock compositions as determined using TES, THEMIS, APXS, and Mö€”
