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This section provides spotlight notes on all of the LFM web pages, hot topics about Mars, daily pictures of current planetary conditions, news releases, and a link to the "Updates" newsletters.

Hot Topic: Life on Mars?

Carbonate mineral globules found in a meteorite, called ALH84001, believed to have been formed on Mars more than 3.6 billion years ago, suggest that they may have been formed with the assistance of primitive, bacteria-like living organisms.
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Mars Today

poster described at right Mars Today is a poster produced daily to picture current conditions on Mars and its relationship to Earth.

The lower left hand panel displays a simulated image of Mars as it would appear at the present time to a very high resolution Earth-based telescope. At the present season --- the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern hemisphere --- traces of the northern hemisphere's seasonal polar cap can be seen.

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Live From Mars Project News

November 6, 1996

Visit the Kids' Corner to see photos of Marilyn's students doing the rocket activities suggested in the Teachers Guide. We have already received wonderful pictures from other involved classrooms. More material should be placed in the Kids' Corner soon. Please visit at: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/lfm/kids/index.html

October 31, 1996

The complete Teachers Guide is now available in its finished form. There are web versions to browse, and an Adobe Acrobat version for downloading. See http://k12-dev.arc.nasa.gov/lfm/teachers/tg
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Updates

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October 3, l996:
The weekly Thursday WebChats to connect with other teachers and
LFM staff are really taking off. Consider joining us live for
an hour on Thursdays to meet your colleagues in real time.
Go to the Teachers' Lounge under "WebChat Discussion."
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Mars in the News

  • November 1, l996: New Hubble Images Show Dust Storms at Mars North Pole
  • October 16, l996: Three Mars Missions to Launch in Late 1996
  • September 20, l996: Views of Mars Spacecraft Processing Available
  • September 24, l996: Second New Millennium Flight will send Microprobes to the Surface of Mars
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Example:

NEW HUBBLE IMAGES SHOW DUST STORMS AT MARS NORTH POLE

Two Hubble Space Telescope images of Mars, taken about a month apart on September 18 and October 15, 1996, reveal a Texas-sized dust storm churning near the edge of the Martian north polar cap. The polar storm is probably a consequence of large temperature differences between the polar ice and the dark regions to the south, which are heated by the springtime Sun.
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Project Update Archive

(a link to LFM Newsletters)

Example:

UPDATE #4 - October 9, 1996
LIVE CHATS WITH NASA FOLKS; A NETDAY96 CELEBRATION

In many places, this coming Saturday (October 12) is a time for volunteers to materialize at schools around the United States and install network cabling. This wonderful ritual is called NetDay. In support of the activity, NASA is organizing a full day of content to go with all of the connectivity. The idea is to help the NetDay folks get a glimpse of how schools break down walls to connect with exciting resources.
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This page was created by Daniel Helfman, a senior at Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, CA.

 
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