Space Science Team
Mr. Lee PARSONS |
Hengrove School, Bristol |
Mr. Adriano SILVA |
Sir George Monoux Sixth Form College, Walthamstow
|
Ms. Rania KASHI |
Cardinal Vaughan School, London |
Mr. Akiro NAKAMURA |
Kaisei Gakuen |
Mr. Toshiyuki ITAI |
Tsukuba Daigaku fuzoku Kotogakko |
Mr. Ryo NAKAMURA |
Rikkyo Niiza High School |
Team Specialists:
Dr. Carsten Riedel and Mr. Stuart Stansfield, with Professor
Steve Sparks FRS, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
Mr. Lawrence Williams, Holy Cross School, New Malden
By video link, Mr. Joseph Kolecki, Ms. Ruth Petersen, and colleagues,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Learning
Technologies Project, Cleveland, Ohio, US
Team Facilitator: Ms. Kako Iwaki
Tasks Breakdown:
Mr. Adriano SILVA
-How volcanoes form on Earth e.g. plate tectonics
-How to calculate slope angles, diameters and height from satellite
photos
-Identify features from satellite pictures which might suggest
volcanic processes in the past e.g. lava flows
-Olympus Mons - theory of meteor impact
Mr. Akiro NAKAMURA
-How volcanoes form
-Chemical relationships, and the viscosity of silicon
-How to read satellite pictures of lava flows and caldera
-Formation of caldera
-Meteor impacts on Mars
Mr. Toshiyuki ITAI
-Plate tectonics on Earth
-Volcanic eruptions on Earth and Mars
-Meteor impact on Mars
-Volcanic slopes on Earth (Hawaii) and Mars (Olympus)
-Comparison between Mount Fuji and Hawaii
Mr. Ryo NAKAMURA
-Impact size of craters
-Shock waves through Mars
-Age of Olympus
-Comparing volcanoes on Earth and Mars
Mr. Lee PARSONS
-How Olympus Mons was formed
-The theory of how Mariners Valley was formed
-The theory of how plate tectonics formed on Mars in the past
Ms. Rania KASHI
-Meteor theory for volcano formation on Mars
-Investigative methods used in science
-Mathematical evidence to prove/disprove theory
-Working effectively as a group
-New communication skills, across language barriers
Joe "The Lone Ranger" Kolecki
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