LIVE INTERACTIVE YOUR DESKTOP April 5, 2011 MESSENGER: Staying Cool – My Angle on Cooling Effects of Distance and Inclination Presented by: Rudo Kashiri

MESSENGER Mission to Mercury Presented by Rudo Kashiri NASA Explorer Schools

Launched 2004 In Orbit March 17, 2011 NASA, Carnegie Institute of Washington, and John Hopkins University (Applied Physics Laboratory)

Presentation Outline MESSENGER education overview NASA Connection: - MESSEGER Mission overview - Basic facts about Mercury Lesson: Staying Cool: My Angle of Cooling Seasons Addition Classroom Resources NASA Explorer Schools

QUESTION: What is wrong with this picture?

Education Materials Grade Level: Middle School Modules provide: Broad, content-rich overview Lessons are - Concept Based - Inquiry driven - Standards based Diverse activities Multimedia Resources

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What do your students know about Mercury?

QUESTION: Which statement is true for Mercury?

Fact Sheets

MESSENGER Mission Mercury Surface Space Environment Geochemistry and Ranging

Some MESSENGER Science Goals Determine if Mercury’s polar ice deposits are made of ice or sulfur Study Mercury’s interaction with the nearby Sun: magnetic field, “atmosphere” Study structure of core

What are some of the challenges for a mission to Mercury? [Type your responses in the chat] Audience Question?

Mercury orbit insertion

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Staying Cool Overview How temperature changes as a function of distance and inclination Discuss how MESSENGER uses these tactics Discuss cause of the seasons on Earth

Featured Lesson My angle on cooling National Science Standards  Earth Science - Earth in the solar system  Physical Science- Transfer of energy Time: min periods Essential question: How do distance and inclination affect the amount of heat received from a heat source?

Lesson 1: Effect of Distance Objective: Students will measure how distance from a light source can affect the amount of heat that an object receives.

Team Materials Time Keeper Temperature Monitor Recorder 2 thermometers Desk lamp or flood lamp 2 meter sticks Masking tape Stopwatch Effect of distance

Activity set up

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Lesson 2: Effect of Inclination Objective: Students will measure how the angle at which the light source is viewed can affect the amount of heat received by an object.

Materials per Team Materials per Team Materials per student Scissors or knife Masking Tape Stopwatch Colored pencils Thermometer Black construction paper Piece of cardboard Bricks or blocks Graphing paper Meter stick Effect of inclination

The real reason for the seasons

How can we study Mercury? Sensing the Invisible: The Herschel Experiment  Students examine why infrared radiation is important

Are there any problems we might face? Snow Goggles and Limiting Sunlight  Students measure their field-of- view with and without snow goggles  Students discuss how MESSENGER uses similar approaches to limit its exposure to sunlight

Are there ways to solve these problems? Design Challenges Temperature  How to Keep Gelatin from Melting?

Build a Spacecraft Geohunter “virtual" journey into outer space with Messenger Learn about instruments on board spacecraft Interactive games

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