During the 1996/97 school year, 7th and 8th grade students in Mr. McCollum's science classes at Charleston Jr. High School in Charleston, IL are active participants in the Live from Mars project. They are following the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Pathfinder missions and communicate with NASA project scientists and engineers via e-mail. Samples of student projects and pictures of various activities are listed below. On to Mars!

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Writing Samples

• Challenge Questions and Answers

• Mission to Mars: Recorder's Log - by Tom Rooney

Images - Chat Sessions

• Rebekah online with Bob Haberle, NASA Atmospheric Scientist

• Tom, David, Bethany, Brian, Megan & Kristy online with B. Haberle

• Megan, Kristy, Jami & Shaun online with B. Haberle

• Mike, Marqeita, Christy & Micah online with David Mittman, Mars Pathfinder Flight Engineer

• Student and teacher participants in chat sesion with Guy Beutelschies, Mars Pathfinder Test Director

• Sarah, Jessie & Chad online with Greg Wilson, Planetary Geologist, NASA Ames Research Center

Images - Activity 1.2 Mapping the Topography of an Unknown Surface

• Examples of cardboard, paper and 3-D computer models

• Richard & Mitch mapping topography

• Angela, Desiree & Nicole building a terrain

• Holly & Molly as interplanetary geologists

• Chasity & Megan preparing for MOLA

• Erin, Alison, Melanie & Laura designing a Martian landscape

• Cristy, Heather, Carissa & Shianne rendering in 3-D

• Kelly, Brittany, Jenna & Stacy designing a virtual model

• Stephanie, Marie, Shelly & Rachel converting to "Bricks"

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